#73: The Blade Runner, Oscar Pistorius

<p>Reeva Steenkamp was a promising young star and social justice advocate on the rise in South Africa. She had been dating Olympian Oscar Pistorius for three, difficult months before her horrifying murder that took place at Oscar’s home in Pretoria. There is no doubt that Oscar is the one who pulled the trigger--but was it an accident or homicide? Join us as we discuss this mind-boggling case this week. </p> <p>You can join our True Crime Dumpster Facebook group. Follow us on Twitter: tcdumpster and on Instagram: truecrimedumpster. You can email us at truecrimedumpster@gmail.com. Listen to our show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher,  Podbean, Spotify, YouTube, and many other platforms.</p> <p>Don’t forget to rate, review, subscribe, and tell your friends about our podcast. Every review, rating, and referral helps us get to a larger audience. Tune in next time as we continue talking out the trash. Bye!</p> <p>Sources we used for this episode:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/oscar-pistorius-timeline-of-how-he-shot-reeva-steenkamp'>Oscar Pistorius' Timeline of How He Shot Reeva Steenkamp</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/06/oscar-pistorius-murder'>Inside the Oscar Pistorius Murder Case: What Paths Took the Couple to That Final Night?</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/oscar-pistorius-prison-fight-injured-public-phone-inmate-reeva-steenkamp-murder-a8105096.html'>Oscar Pistorius injured in prison fight over use of public phone | The Independent</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=3925781'>Amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius injured in boat accident</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/01/reeva-steenkamp-was-murdered-shame-on-the-bbc-for-forgetting'>Reeva Steenkamp was murdered. Shame on the BBC for forgetting | Sonia Sod