Left For Dead: Alison Botha and the Ripper Rapists (Part 2)
On December 18, 1994 around 1:00am, 27 year old Alison Botha was returning to her home after spending an entire day out with friends. She pulled into a parking spot and turned off her lights and engine, happy to be home…when suddenly, somebody opened her driver side door and pressed a knife to her throat. “Move over or I’ll kill you”, the figure said – and so would begin a story of unimaginable horror. This is truly one of the most grotesque cases I’ve heard of, so tread lightly. Trigger Warnings: Rape, sexual assault Resources https://medium.com/cogent-hex/woman-survives-brutal-attack-and-rape-dc56f751e418 https://www.mamamia.com.au/alison-botha/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/alison-botha#:~:text=On%20December%2018%2C%201994%2C%20Alison,in%20Port%20Elizabeth%2C%20South%20Africa. Book: Gruesome – The Crimes and Criminals That Shook South Africa Book: I Have Life – Alison’s Journey https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/pair-sentenced-in-1995-for-rape-of-alison-botha-granted-parole-20230704 https://medium.com/@mmgbdcom/raped-disemboweled-nearly-decapitated-the-remarkable-survival-story-of-alison-botha-c1a2c8eaaabd https://thecrimewire.com/multifarious/how-alison-botha-survived-disembowelment https://thenetline.com/alison-botha-story/ https://www.pereestupinya.com/pdf/sexual_arousal_during_forced_sex.pdf https://vocal.media/criminal/the-amazing-survival-of-alison-botha-case-of-frans-du-toit-and-theuns-kruger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa https://www.crisiscenterbham.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CC-vol5.-Overview.pdf https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/mail-guardian/20230714/281530820492078 Special thank you to Jay Tigner (IG: @kngshxt) for the amazing logo and Michael Barrera (IG: @hiddenviewmusic) for the intro and outro music! Follow Pathological on Instagram @Pathological_Podcast