AThere is something I witnessed the year I left high school. It has been more than 20 years since I resolved to forget it forever. And I did. Until now.

This is a podcast and a live investigation. Join me in November 2019 as I dig into the past to try to stop a terrible crime being committed in December.  

"At one time in my life, I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell." -- Donna Tartt

My Only Story is written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope.

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Two years ago, the bottom fell out of my life and my youth. I found myself back in 1997, back in Cape Town. I was a 17-year-old boy again, and I was seeing something that I almost managed to forget. But first, someone had to die. “At one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell.” (Donna Tartt)

TRIGGER WARNING. If anything comes up for you while listening to this episode, there are plenty of resources at MyOnlyStory.org. Please, please talk to someone. If you're in South Africa, you can always, always phone SADAG on 0800 456 789. You deserve to be heard.

My Only Story is written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope.

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On Jimmy's LinkedIn profile, you may have been struck by a strange gap: the seven missing years between his graduation and the "start" of his working life. Luckily, I know more than LinkedIn: I know where he was. Well, so I thought, until I talked my way into the archives of a famous high school.

TRIGGER WARNING. If anything comes up for you while listening to this episode, there are plenty of resources at MyOnlyStory.org. Please, please talk to someone. If you're in South Africa, you can always, always phone SADAG on 0800 456 789. You deserve to be heard.

My Only Story is written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope.

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"I can tell you everything," he said, and he wasn't kidding. Outside a Thai restaurant in 2019, Ben remembers a winter's night from 1990 and tells me what he saw. 

TRIGGER WARNING. If anything comes up for you while listening to this episode, there are plenty of resources at MyOnlyStory.org. Please, please talk to someone. If you're in South Africa, you can always, always phone SADAG on 0800 456 789. You deserve to be heard. 

My Only Story is written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope.

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The seven missing years draw to a close when a bullfrog plague hits global media titan Naspers – and me too.

TRIGGER WARNING. If anything comes up for you while listening to this episode, there are plenty of resources at MyOnlyStory.org. Please, please talk to someone. If you're in South Africa, you can always, always phone SADAG on 0800 456 789. You deserve to be heard.

My Only Story is written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope.

2019–2022 ©My Only Story NPC. All Rights Reserved.

A discussion between Nokuthula Manyathi and Deon Wiggett on what's happened since My Only Story - Season 1 aired.

My Only Story is written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope.

2019–2022 ©My Only Story NPC. All Rights Reserved.

We're back with a brand new investigation, a six-part true-crime podcast series written & narrated by Deon Wiggett and produced by Alison Pope, is now live. 

In 2018, a boy died in the clinic of an elite South African school. According to the school, his death remains a mystery – but we suspect there’s more to it than that. 

Join us as we hunt our way through a dozen famous schools to find out why Thomas Kruger had to die.

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In 2018, a boy died in the clinic of an elite South African school. According to them, his death remains a mystery. We suspect there’s more to it than that. Join us as we hunt our way through a dozen famous schools to find out why Thomas Kruger had to die.

Please continue sending your information and your tip-offs – you can contact us, completely confidentially, at MyOnlyStory.org, or message us on WhatsApp or Telegram on 072 382 7030. MyOnlyStory.org is also the place to go for bonus materials and loads of resources about recovering from sexual abuse.

2019–2022 ©My Only Story NPC. All Rights Reserved.

Episode Credits:

Research, writing and editing: Deon Wiggett
Executive producer: Alison Pope 
Associate producer: Nokuthula Manyathi 
Sound engineer: Sean Jefferis
Original score: Charl-Johan Lingenfelder 
Artwork: Carla Kreuser
Social Media: Andrea Penfold

For News 24:

Reporting:  Sesona Ngqakamba 
Production manager: Sharlene Rood
Editor-in-chief: Adriaan Basson
Special thanks to Sheldon Morais and Mpho Raborife.

Additional music: Getty Images | Epidemic Sound

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TRIGGER WARNING. This podcast discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it troubling. If anything comes up for you while listening to this episode, there are plenty of resources at MyOnlyStory.org. Please, please talk to someone. If you're in South Africa, you can always, always phone SADAG on 0800 456 789. 

My Only Story is proudly hosted on Buzzsprout. Join over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world. Following this link let's Buzzsprout know we sent you, gets you a $20 Amazon gift card if you sign up for a paid plan, and helps support our show. https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=621677