Binge on intriguing SA stories on History Channel

History Channel is set to be thestage for powerful storytelling of major South African events.

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Great African Crimes season 2, premiered last Friday with Mandy Wiener hosting the series.

Episode two revisits the case of the only white woman put to death for murder in the Cape Colony during the 18th century.

Maria Mouton was executed after being found guilty of murdering her husband with the help of two enslaved people.

It later emerged she was having an affair with one of them.

We uncover what drove Maria to murder and look at life and slavery in the Cape at the time.

Each episode will see Wiener visit the crime scenes, examine historical records and speak to experts to piece together the chilling case details.

"The cases we've chosen to explore are historical crimes I'd never even heard of before and they are fascinating. These aren't stories you've seen on every true-crime list," says Wiener.