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The Leopard Society Murders: Congo's Occult Rebellion
In 1930, the Belgian Congo was shaken by a series of brutal killings in the Kasai region. Victims were found with wounds that looked like leopard attacks, but the truth was far more disturbing. This episode explores the Aniota, a secret society that believed wearing leopard skins and using iron claws could grant them supernatural power and protection from colonial authority. Lucas and Luna trace the origins of the leopard-men cult, its links to local resistance against Belgian forced labor and rubber quotas, and the colonial state's brutal crackdown that followed. They discuss the trial…
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