South Africa

Beauty and the Bester is a Netflix documentary series about South African convicted murderer Thabo Bester, who faked his death and escaped from prison in May 2022 with the alleged help of celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana.

The Senzo Meyiwa murder case is a South African homicide in which Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead on October 26, 2014, at a home in Vosloorus, Gauteng.

The Thabo Bester case is a South African prison-escape scandal in which a convicted rapist and murderer faked his own death with a burned corpse and fled custody in May 2022.

The Circumciser is a 2018 Danish documentary about Peter Frederiksen, arrested in South Africa for pedophilia, genital mutilation, and murder. Available on Apple TV.

Steinheist is a Showmax documentary series about the Steinhoff International accounting scandal, the largest corporate fraud in South African history, wiping out R200 billion in shareholder value.

Rosemary's Hitlist is a South African true crime documentary series about former police officer Nomia Rosemary Ndlovu, who murdered six of her own family members to collect funeral insurance payouts. The series traces how a woman sworn to protect the public instead built a hit list targeting her closest relatives.

Tracking Thabo Bester is a Showmax documentary series about convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester, who faked his death in a 2022 prison fire to escape incarceration in South Africa.

Devilsdorp is a four-part South African true crime docuseries about the Krugersdorp Killings, 11 cult murders committed between 2012 and 2016, now streaming on DStv Stream.

A Danish podcast series examines the case of Britta Nielsen, a 65-year-old former employee of Denmark's National Board of Social Services who embezzled 117 million Danish kroner over 25 years. Released in February 2021, the podcast explores one of Denmark's most serious economic crimes—a stark contrast to the Nordic nation's reputation as the world's least corrupt country.

Oscar Pistorius, the celebrated South African sprinter known as the Blade Runner, shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day 2013. After a lengthy legal battle spanning years, he was ultimately convicted of murder and sentenced to over 13 years in prison.