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Benedict Cumberbatch: Lost in the Himalayas, Stopping a Mugging in London, and a Kidnapping in South Africa

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Long before he played a world-famous detective, a comic book superhero, or one of literature’s most famous dragons, Benedict Cumberbatch was robbed by a group of thieves in South Africa, who bound him up and threw him in the trunk of a car…and then drove him to what he thought would be an early death.

Sources

Man wielding fish knife attacked home of Benedict Cumberbatch (The Guardian)

Benedict Cumberbatch Recalls How He Stopped A Robbery In London (Deadline)

Benedict Cumberbatch talks about thwarting 'robbery' (BBC News)

When Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped at gunpoint, made to plead for his life: 'Are you going to kill us?' (Hindustan Times)

Benedict Cumberbatch Reveals He Was Once Abducted in South Africa (State Journal-Register)

Benedict Cumberbatch Recalls Terrifying Time He Was Kidnapped (Screenrant)

The Chilling True Story Of Benedict Cumberbatch's Kidnapping In South Africa (Grunge)

Inspired by Music

Benedict Cumberbatch reveals car-jack terror (London Evening Standard)

Denise Black’s harrowing carjacking with Benedict Cumberbatch (This Morning)

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch survived kidnap attempt in South Africa (Telegraph)

Benedict Cumberbatch saves defenceless Deliveroo cyclist from brutal assault by gang of four muggers (The Sun)

Benedict Cumberbatch 'saves cyclist from four attackers in London' (The Guardian)

A car-jacking and terrorist attack: The near death experiences of Benedict Cumberbatch (Express)

Benedict Cumberbatch Became An Adrenaline Junkie After Carjacking Incident In Namibia (8days)

Benedict Cumberbatch’s knife raid terror (Daily Mail)

Benedict Cumberbatch opens up about London robbery (Ellen)

The Mind-Bending Benedict Cumberbatch (Vanity Fair)

Benedict Cumberbatch: 'Neighbour live-tweeted my movements' (Digital Spy)

Safety and security - South Africa travel advice (GOV.UK)

How bad is South Africa’s murder rate? (GroundUp)

South Africa bottom of the class for road safety? Here’s why this isn’t true (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg)

To The Ends Of The Earth press pack Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC)

When Benedict Cumberbatch lost his way in the Himalayas (Times of India)

'Doctor Strange' Star Benedict Cumberbatch on Actually Losing His Mind While Lost in the Himalayas (Inside Hook)

Hungry Ghosts of Buddhism (Learn Religions)

Disgraceland is a podcast about musicians getting away with murder and behaving very badly. It melds music history, true crime and transgressive fiction. Disgraceland is not journalism. Disgraceland is entertainment. Entertainment inspired by true events. However, certain scenes, characters and names are sometimes fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

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Hosted by Jake Brennan.

Written by Ted Omo.

Copy edited by James Sullivan.

Scored and mixed by Matt Tahaney.

Additional music and score elements by Ryan Spraker.

*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak