{"podcast":{"title":"True Crime South Africa","slug":"true-crime-south-africa-633511","podcast_index_feed_id":633511,"rss_url":"https://iono.fm/rss/chan/4652","website_url":"https://truecrimesouthafrica.com/","image_url":"https://cdn.iono.fm/files/p1387/logo_4652_20250910_202918_1400.jpeg","author":"Killer Audio Creations","episode_count":333,"summary":"True Crime South Africa covers solved and unsolved South African true crime cases.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T04:20:02.037340+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-south-africa-633511"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 206 The Rotten Milk Scam","slug":"episode-206-the-rotten-milk-scam","published_at":"2026-07-17T11:46:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-south-africa-633511/episode-206-the-rotten-milk-scam","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-south-africa-633511","url":"https://iono.fm/e/1697542","audio_url":"https://dl.iono.fm/epi/prov_1387/epi_1697542_medium.m4a?p=rss","summary":"In 1980s South Africa, a well-known resident of a small Northern Cape town, launched a scheme many believed would be their ticket to the soft life. But it wouldn’t be long before people outside of the scheme started to ask questions. When they did, they were shut down, even threatened by those within the scheme’s quarters. Soon though, the sheer scale of the fraud was laid bare, and it wasn’t just contained to South Africa. The scheme became the biggest postal fraud case in United States history at the time, and for the man at the helm, in many ways, it was just the beginning. - 24-hr trauma helpline 082-821-3447 - Support the show on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/truecrimesa - Support the show on PayPal https://www.paypal.me/truecrimesa - Get TCSA and General True Crime Merch on https://sacriminologist.co.za/shop/ 10% off with code TCSA sitewide - The disclaimer voiceover was done by Karabo Peter at the VOW 88.1 studios Instagram · Pinterest · Facebook · YouTube · Twitter · LinkedIn","meta_description":"In 1980s South Africa, a well-known resident of a small Northern Cape town, launched a scheme many believed would be their ticket to the soft life. But it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3484,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-crime-south-africa-633511/episodes/episode-206-the-rotten-milk-scam/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-crime-south-africa-633511/episode-206-the-rotten-milk-scam.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}