S4 Ep12: The Tsavo Man Eaters

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In 1898, a pair of killers stalked a worksite in the Tsavo region of Kenya. They evaded blockades and booby traps to torment hundreds of men who'd simply signed up to do a job but instead found themselves marked as prey for a seemingly unstoppable deadly duo.

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0:00.0	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society or even earn the label crime of the century.
0:15.0	But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:22.0	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist in office. aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:23.2	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author, and in each episode of this show I'll examine a case
0:28.5	that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.
0:34.0	This is crimes of the centuries. They were a killing team. By the end of their run it was estimated they had killed 135 men.
0:57.0	They would hunt together, stalking, watching, waiting until the perfect moment to strike their prey.
1:04.3	They seemed invisible.
1:05.9	At times their prey could hear them breathing, but couldn't see them,
1:09.3	not even if they were sitting right next to them.
1:12.3	Eventually, traps would be set up to stop them but somehow the
1:15.9	pair got wind of the plans and managed to delay a planned killing or just choose another
1:21.3	locale. They were quick, they were methodical, they were efficient.
1:26.0	At one point, as many as 125 professional trackers were on the case,
1:32.0	and still, still the pair found a way to elude capture and kill again.
1:37.0	They were hard to figure out though. The usual motives described to serial serial killers weren't applicable here.
1:44.4	It wasn't about money or sex.
1:46.7	Power, on the other hand.
1:48.8	Well, that's a question mark.
1:50.4	Maybe they just wanted to show that they were still there in charge of this part of the world.
1:55.0	The reign of terror lasted nine months.
1:58.0	They were a scourge unlike any previously seen in these parts.
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