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Why did catering magnate Sjoerd Kooistra of De Drie Gezusters commit suicide? | podcast After Closing, episode 1

On a summer day in 2010, catering magnate Sjoerd Kooistra is found dead in his bathtub in his villa in Ubbergen. The police speak of suicide. But who are the men seen at his villa on the weekend of his death? And why are cigarette butts found in his house, while Sjoerd hated smoking so much?

How is it possible that he was so notorious in the hospitality industry for his way of doing business? And why is his story still unfinished more than ten years after his death?

Listen here to the first episode of After Closing Time, the story of Sjoerd Kooistra

After Closing Time was made by Myrthe Klaus and Geesje Oostland (De Soundmakers) for Dagblad van het Noorden. A six-part podcast about the mysterious and turbulent life of catering magnate Sjoerd Kooistra, which can be heard in all podcast apps from Saturday 17 July. We will publish one new episode on DVHN.nl in the coming days.

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