Between 1986 and 1994, the people of Mitchells Plain in Cape Town lived with a terrifying shadow over their lives. A killer was abducting young boys, often close to railway stations, raping and murdering them. By early 1994, 22 bodies had been discovered across an extensive area of sand dunes.
Thirty years later, a Showmax original documentary, The Station Strangler, investigates one of South Africa’s most notorious serial killings. It explores the feelings of loss, fear and anger still felt in the affected communities. It also asks whether the man widely thought to be the killer – Norman Afzal Simons – is the Station Strangler at all.
