Bare Bones: Cold Cases from True Crime South Africa by Nicole Engelbrecht

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In this episode of Pagecast, Anthony Molyneaux is in conversation with Nicole Engelbrecht about her new book, Bare Bones.

Nicole Engelbrecht is the creator and host of one of SA’s biggest podcasts, True Crime South Africa, and is the author of Samurai Sword Murder: The Morne Harmse Story.

Anthony Molyneaux is a Documentary Director & Video Journalist with over a decade of experience. He is the director of Netflix’s 'Beauty and the Bester' (September 2025).

More about the book:
Nicole Engelbrecht is back with a new book that delves into the cold cases of her phenomenally popular True Crime SA podcast.

In Bare Bones, she re-examines missing and murder cases she has covered in her podcast series, and revisits the leads and the interviews she conducted. Much of the information has never been made public before.

From the bones of a Jane Doe discovered under a swimming pool to a troubled young man who seemed to vanish in the prison system, from a business trip turned deadly to a child snatched from outside her home, Engelbrecht sifts the evidence anew and shines a light on old and new unsolved cases in the hope of bringing closure to the victims’ families and friends. Join her in the search for the truth behind the scenes of the podcast desk.

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10 Nov 2025 English South Africa Books · Society & Culture

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