15: Kristy Bamu: Tortured by Belief

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🎙️ Episode Title: Kristy Bamu: Tortured by Belief
Podcast: Heinous Beliefs
Episode Type: Full-Length, Deep Dive (Trigger Warning: Child Abuse, Faith-Based Violence)
Runtime: ~55 Minutes
🔊 Episode Description:
In this powerful and deeply disturbing episode of Heinous Beliefs, we explore one of the most heartbreaking and brutal cases of faith-fueled violence in recent memory: the murder of 15-year-old Kristy Bamu.
In December 2010, Kristy traveled from Paris to London with his siblings to spend Christmas with their older sister, Magalie Bamu, and her boyfriend, Eric Bikubi. But instead of holiday cheer, Kristy walked into a nightmare. Convinced he was possessed by “kindoki” a Congolese witchcraft belief Magalie and Eric subjected Kristy to days of violent “exorcism” rituals that ended in his death on Christmas Day.
This wasn’t a horror movie. It was real. And it happened in a city where people assume belief-based violence is a thing of the past.
In this episode, we break down:

• Kristy’s background and who he was beyond the headlines
  
• The cultural belief system of kindoki and how it impacts children
  
• The build-up to the murder and the spiritual paranoia that took over
  
• The graphic and painful details of the crime itself
  
• How law enforcement handled the investigation
  
• The outcome of the trial — and what it says about faith, fear, and justice
  
• Broader conversations on immigrant communities, Pentecostalism, and silence around spiritual abuse
  

This episode pulls no punches and honors Kristy’s life by telling the truth.
🚨 Content Warning (Please Read):
This episode includes explicit discussions of child abuse, spiritual torture, and violent death. Listener discretion is strongly advised. If you’re not in a space to hear this kind of content, please take care of yourself first.
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