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Apr 3
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MURDEROUS MINDS: Oscar Pistorius Pt. 2

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About this episode

After Oscar Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013, he claimed he'd mistaken her for a home invader. But the authorities weren't so sure. As they looked into Oscar's past, they realized there were a lot of things people didn't know about him... and they wondered if he was capable of murder.


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