Episode 97: The Memory Card Killer

Sinister Crimes and Cocktails: A True Crime Podcast

In Anchorage, Alaska on February 22, 2024, 53-year-old South African immigrant Brian Steven Smith was convicted in 14 charges including first and second-degree murder, sexual assault, tampering with physical evidence and misconduct involving a corpse for the murders of 52-year-old Veronica Abouchuk and 30-year-old Kathleen Jo Henry. Both women were from small villages in western Alaska and had experienced homelessness and addiction. Smith was connected to the murders in September of 2019, when a stolen phone containing gruesome photos and videos spanning over a five-day period, which included the brutal beating and strangulation of a woman was turned over to the Anchorage police. Strangely enough, the police recognized the voice in the videos as that of Brian Steven Smith, a South African native they knew from a previous investigation. So, what would make a man without a criminal history to become such a sinister monster.
References:
Alaska Serial Killer Secretly Records Murders: ‘In My Movies, Everybody Dies’ (people.com)

Alaska Memory Card Murders: AK v. Brian Steven Smith | Court TV

As Smith murder trial begins, a new explanation of how digital card showing killing got to Anchorage police - Anchorage Daily News (adn.com)

How a Stolen Memory Card Became Key Evidence in a Double-Murder Case (people.com)

Brian Steven Smith: What we know about the SA-born Alaskan killer (thesouthafrican.com)

A woman stole a memory card from a truck. The gruesome footage is now key to an Alaska murder trial. (boston.com)

Jury returns verdict in violent murder seen on stolen memory card | Court TV

After Brian Smith's Anchorage murder conviction, MMIP advocates hope for change - Alaska Public Media

Jury watches video of killer singing AC/DC while killing woman | Court TV

Trial of Brian Smith, accused of murdering two Alaska Native women, enters third week - Alaska Public Media

Jury makes quick decision in the Brian Smith murder trial, convicting him in the deaths of two Native women (knba.org)

Alaska ‘Memory Card’ Murderer ‘Didn’t Seem Weird,’ Say Brian Smith’s

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