DAISY DE MELKER - GUILTY OR INNOCENT?
The 1932 trial of Daisy de Melker was a first in many respects. It drew unprecedented media coverage, locally and abroad. Spectators queued from sun-up just to get a glimpse of her.
Daisy de Melker is considered South Africa's first serial killer - but did she really murder the three men she had been accused of poisoning? What if ... she had not?
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