Entombed

Episode 106: Adopted son case in Takatsuki

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Naoko Takai was a 54-year-old unmarried and childless woman when she suddenly adopted an adult man. Even more surprising was that she was found dead in her home some time later. Was there a connection between these two events?

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Episode 105: Disappeared mistress in Seoul

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Kim In-suk was 39 years old and expecting her first child. The situation was complicated by the fact that the child’s father already had a family with another woman. The lovers decided to run away together, but in the end, only Kim In-suk disappeared without a trace.

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Episode 104: Disappearance in Zermatt

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Junko Sato was a 28-year-old Japanese tourist who vanished without a trace in Zermatt, Switzerland. The case has given rise to theories ranging from an accident to an abduction carried out by North Korea, but answers are still missing.

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Episode 103: The mysterious Sai Kung barrier

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Hong Kong is a modern metropolis, but it is also home to nature and hiking trails. The area called Sai Kung is one of the hiking destinations, but strange stories also circulate about people disappearing into another dimension.

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Episode 102: Tokyo Metropolitan murders

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Between 1968 and 1974, nine similar murder cases occurred in the Tokyo metropolitan area. A man named Etsuo Ono was accused of them, but he even gained his own support association and was eventually cleared of the charges. Why, however, was another similar murder still linked to him about twenty years later?

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Episode 101: The Setagaya family murder

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT

The four-member Miyazawa family was found murdered in their own home on the last day of the year 2000. The case remains one of Japan’s most well-known mysteries.

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Episode 100: Mysterious drowning in Yongso Valley

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

EPISODE 100! This time, the topic is a case that took place in Yongso Valley, South Korea, where a man in his forties tragically drowned during a trip with his wife and friends. The man had an unusually large life insurance policy, and when the insurance company immediately refused to pay, his wife took the case to the media. In the end, this may not have been a very good idea for her.

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Episode 99: The Pocheon plastic barrel case

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

In an apartment in Pocheon, South Korea, a gruesome discovery was made in 2014: inside a plastic barrel were two heavily decomposed bodies. Who did the bodies belong to, and where was the apartment’s owner?

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Episode 98: Maibara manhole murder case

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Noriko Ogawa was a 28-year-old introverted woman who still lived with her parents, and whose life mainly consisted of going to work and staying at home. So why did she suddenly disappear? It soon emerged that there was a side of her life her parents had never known about.

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Episode 97: Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT

33 men set out from the Chinese city of Rongcheng to fish for squid in the waters off Peru and Chile. Only 11 returned. What really happened?

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Episode 96: 67 Days on the Sea of Okhotsk

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Mikhail Pichugin was on a boating trip with his brother Sergei and his nephew Ilya to watch whales on the Sea of Okhotsk when they met with an accident and were left drifting helplessly. Hope of finding the group had already been abandoned when, after 67 days, an unexpected turn of events occurred.

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Episode 95: Sadako’s mother

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Many people are familiar with the horror film Ring, which originally comes from Japan. Far fewer, however, know about the real-life individuals who inspired the film. In this slightly different episode, we delve into the stories of these women.

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Episode 94: The disappeared sisters in Yokohama

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Chen Baolan and Chen Baozhen were sisters in their early twenties who had moved from China to Japan after graduating from high school. In 2017, however, they suddenly disappeared. At first, the police believed they had left voluntarily, but thanks to the persistence of their friend, something far darker was eventually uncovered.

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Episode 93: Cheongju water tank room murder

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT

Kang Jeong-suk was a middle-aged wife and mother who suddenly disappeared in 2002. The police believed she had left of her own free will, but her husband, Song Hyeon-seo, did not accept this explanation. It soon became clear that Kang was closer than anyone could have imagined.

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Episode 92: The murder of a young husband in Suzuka

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In the Japanese city of Suzuka lived a woman named Fujiko Yokoyama. She was 45 years old and married for the fifth time. Each of her husbands had been in his twenties, and the most recent one was a former classmate of her son. This final marriage, however, ended differently from the ones before.

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Episode 91: The murder of a Chinese student in Iowa

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Shao Tong was only 19-year-old university student in the United States when her life ended tragically. Her boyfriend, Li Xiangnan, had just traveled to China, so the case soon became an intercontinental one.

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Episode 90: The Disappearance of a journalist in Ise City

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In November 1998, young journalist Noriko Tsujide left work late at night but never made it home. Her car was later found abandoned, with the driver’s seat positioned farther back than usual. Noriko herself had vanished without a trace, and even decades later, the mystery remains unsolved.

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Episode 89: The mysterious death of a housewife in Tokyo

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Park Jung-hyun was a successful manga editor with a loving wife and four children. Unusually for Japan, he was on parental leave and appeared to be the ideal family man. Beneath the surface, however, things were not as perfect as they seemed.

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Episode 88: Disappearance on a Mediterranean cruise (again)

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Li Yinglei was a Chinese-born mother who set out on a Mediterranean cruise with her family in 2017, but she never arrived at the ship’s final port. Her husband claimed that she left of her own free will, yet many pieces of evidence suggested otherwise.

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Episode 87: Suspicious bullets in Los Angeles

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Kazuyoshi and Kazumi Miura were walking down a street in Los Angeles when a car stopped in front of them — and suddenly, shots were fired at them. Kazuyoshi escaped with minor injuries, but Kazumi eventually died from her wounds. This marked the beginning of a 27-year-long saga that ultimately left many questions unanswered.

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Episode 86: A botched murder plot in Shiojiri

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Daisuke Maruyama, a member of the Nagano prefectural assembly, was interviewed on television on the anniversary of his wife’s death. When he said he hoped the killer would be punished, he couldn’t suppress a brief chuckle. Did he himself know more about the perpetrator?

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Episode 85: Death at JR Ikebukuro Station

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT

21-year-old Satoru Kobayashi was waiting for the last train of the evening at JR Ikebukuro Station when an argument with a drunken fellow passenger led to tragic consequences. The indifference of other people on the platform also shocked many.

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Episode 84: The young serial killer Norio Nagayama

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Norio Nagayama was a Japanese serial killer who committed four murders in 1968 when he was only 19 years old. He claimed that poverty and the cruelty of society drove him to kill, but the court did not consider these as mitigating circumstances.

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Episode 83: The Busan fall case

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 05:00:00 GMT

A young woman fell from the 9th floor of an apartment building in Busan, South Korea. Was it suicide, an accident, or perhaps murder?

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Episode 82: Haunting in Kaohsiung

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT

A 23-year-old Japanese woman, Mariko Iguchi, went on a vacation to Taiwan but never returned. Her disappearance seemed to involve something supernatural — but the truth was eventually revealed.

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Episode 81: The Kyoto Animation arson attack

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Kyoto Animation is a well-known and beloved animation studio both in Japan and internationally. However, in 2019 it became the target of a devastating attack when one of its studios was set on fire. The incident claimed 36 lives and left 33 injured, making it one of the deadliest mass murders in Japan since World War II.

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Episode 80: Murder in Auburn’s Chinese community

Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In 2020, in the U.S. college town of Auburn, a case that began with a dispute over a rented room escalated unexpectedly into murder. The people involved were Chinese residents living in the United States, which deeply shocked the local Chinese community.

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Episode 79: The Kōfu arson murders

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT

19-year-old Yuki Endo had an obsession: his beautiful 17-year-old classmate Misaki Inoue. This obsession ultimately led to a brutal crime and landed Endo on death row despite his young age.

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Episode 78: A murder in Silicon Valley

Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Chen Liren and Yu Xuanyi seemed like a happy married couple. Both worked as engineers at Google and lived together in Silicon Valley, California. However, things were not quite as they appeared, and their relationship ended tragically when Chen killed his wife.

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Episode 77: The missing bride in Fukushima

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT

The wedding of 21-year-old Hitomi Masuyama was just three weeks away when she suddenly disappeared. Only her car was found, defaced with insults. It still remains a mystery what happened to Hitomi.

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Episode 76: The murder of a manga artist in Tokyo

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In 2000, young manga artist Yōko Yoshida was found dead in her apartment in the Kōtō ward of Tokyo. Many questions still surround the case, and the police never uncovered the truth about what happened.

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Episode 75: Japanese streamer in a suitcase

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 GMT

46-year-old Tadayuki Hara was a hardened criminal who shared popular streams on social media about his prison and crime experiences. However, he met a grim end in 2023, and the police had their hands full investigating his potential killers.

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Episode 74: South Korea’s Talented Mr. Ripley

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In South Korea’s Gyeonggi Province, a chilling case was uncovered in 2022 when a body was found in a young man’s home. The investigation revealed a web of lies, fraud, and murder, with the main suspect being a man who had presented himself as charming and charismatic.

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Episode 73: The kidnapping murders of Toyama and Nagano

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In 1980, two consecutive kidnapping-murder cases took place in Japan. In both cases, a woman had picked up the victims in a red sports car. The perpetrator eventually became the seventh woman in Japan to be sentenced to death.

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Episode 72: The murder of Saki Kondo in Osaka

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Saki Kondo was a young Japanese woman who was considered warm and open by nature. She spoke excellent English and enjoyed meeting foreigners. Unfortunately, one meeting with an American tourist proved fatal for her.

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Episode 71: The murder of the Gyoza King

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT

The president of a Japanese restaurant chain, known as the “Gyoza King,” was found shot dead in 2013 in the parking lot of the company’s headquarters in Kyoto. Rain had nearly washed the crime scene clean, and there were no eyewitnesses. Who wanted the 72-year-old CEO dead – and why? The case appears to be linked, at least in part, to the Yakuza criminal organization.

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Episode 70: Murder of a Japanese student in Romania

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT

20-year-old Japanese student Yurika Masuno traveled to Romania through the AIESEC organization but disappeared shortly after arriving in the country. A few days later, she was found murdered. The case revealed a disturbing serial offender and serious negligence by both the authorities and the organization.

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Episode 69: The Sister Hong case

Wed, 23 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In July 2025, China’s online world was shaken when secretly recorded videos of a man dressed as a woman engaging in sexual encounters with other men began to spread. This "Sister Hong" was a 38-year-old man who, despite not being particularly attractive, claimed to have met with over 1,600 men. The case quickly sparked a wave of memes, and the phrase “Well, since we’re already here...” became especially popular.

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Episode 68: The Doppelgänger Murder in Germany

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In 2022, a murder case in Germany quickly became known as the "Doppelgänger Murder." A young woman was found dead in a car, and at first, she was believed to be the owner of the vehicle. However, the truth left even the police in disbelief.

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Episode 67: Buried in Ishikawa’s sand

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT

A playful prank went terribly wrong in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture in 2011. A young couple ended up buried headfirst in the sand—and in the end, no one was laughing.

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Episode 66: Shin Chang-won – South Korea’s Robin Hood

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Shin Chang-won is a man who committed crimes in South Korea during the 1990s and became famous for his prison escape and thefts. He stole from the rich and gave to the poor – at least sometimes.

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Episode 65: Dismemberment murder in Shibuya

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Kaori and Yūsuke Mihashi’s marriage seemed perfect on the outside, but behind closed doors, deep conflicts simmered. When Yūsuke disappeared in December 2006 and body parts were found in Tokyo around the same time, a horrifying truth began to emerge.

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Episode 64: The Kōtō spirited away case

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT

23-year-old Rurika Tojo vanished without a trace from a new apartment building in Tokyo’s Kōtō ward in 2008. The case became well-known in Japan because the disappearance initially seemed impossible—surveillance footage showed no outsiders entering or leaving the building. Eventually, it was revealed to be a murder connected to a neighbor's violent fantasies and incel worldview.

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Episode 63: The survival story of Young Sook An

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In 2022, in the peaceful town of Lacey, Washington, 42-year-old stay-at-home mom Young Sook An mysteriously disappeared — but the truth was quickly uncovered thanks to an Apple Watch. This episode tells the story of Young Sook’s resilience and her narrow escape from a killer.

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Episode 62: The Okegawa stalking murder

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In the spring of 1999, 21-year-old university student Shiori Ino became the target of increasingly severe harassment and threats from her ex-boyfriend. The authorities’ indifference allowed the situation to escalate, with tragic consequences. The case sparked widespread public debate in Japan about stalking and the lack of protection for victims.

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Episode 61: Miyuki Ueta – Tottori’s most unlikely Femme Fatale

Wed, 28 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Miyuki Ueta was a Japanese female serial killer suspected of involvement in six suspicious deaths. However, only two of these cases resulted in official murder convictions. Ueta did not fit conventional beauty standards, and the media were baffled by how she managed to seduce and manipulate so many men. Her charm, it seems, lay elsewhere.

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Episode 60: A 13-year mystery in Singapore

Wed, 21 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In June 2007, 19-year-old art student Felicia Teo Wei Ling mysteriously vanished in Singapore. The investigation stalled for years—until an unexpected twist 13 years later revealed a chilling truth. How are two students, one body, and a decade of silence connected—and why is the truth still only half-known?

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Episode 59: Cave diving accidents in Guangxi

Wed, 14 May 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In the Guangxi Autonomous Region of southern China, there are many underground, water-filled caves that attract diving enthusiasts for exploration. One cave in particular, known as the “Underwater Mount Everest” — Jiudun Cave — has captivated divers. Unfortunately, it has also claimed many lives. In this episode, we focus especially on the death of renowned Chinese diving professional Han Ting in 2023.

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Episode 58: A true crime murderer in Busan

Tue, 06 May 2025 21:00:00 GMT

In 2023, a brutal murder took place in Busan, South Korea. The perpetrator was a young woman who claimed to have drawn inspiration from crime novels. Her story changed several times, but one motive she mentioned was simply "curiosity." Despite her apparent familiarity with crime fiction, she made many foolish mistakes and was caught quickly.

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Episode 57: The Sayama case and the Totoro conspiracy theory

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:46:09 GMT

In 1963, a young girl was murdered in the city of Sayama, Japan — a case that shocked Japanese society. A man with a burakumin background was arrested, but later claims suggested that the arrest was due to his social status. The case has also been linked to Totoro, which may sound strange, but online theories continue to circulate.

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Episode 56: A 26-year mystery in Adachi

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

An art teacher named Chikako Ishikawa disappeared in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward in 1978. At first, her disappearance raised suspicions of a North Korean abduction, but the truth was revealed only 26 years later.

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Episode 55: The Hekinan robbery-murders

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In 1998, Kazuo and Satomi Magoori were found murdered in their home in Hekinan, Japan, following a violent home invasion. Nearly ten years later, 31-year-old Rie Isogai was abducted and murdered in Nagoya. What initially appeared to be separate cases eventually became connected by a single piece of evidence.

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Episode 54: The case of the elite couple from Hong Kong

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

The marriage of Tina Chan Wai-man and Cheung Kie-chung, who lived in Hong Kong, appeared successful on the surface: they had two adult children, several investment properties, and a high level of education. Behind closed doors, however, their relationship was full of arguments, control, and financial disputes. When Tina disappeared in 2018, her husband claimed she had gone on a trip – but the reality was far darker.

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Episode 53: Ear cleaning and stalking in Tokyo

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

In Japan, there are salons that offer ear cleaning services, where the customer lays their head in the lap of a female employee. This experience may evoke childhood memories and a sense of closeness. However, one man in Tokyo was unable to distinguish fantasy from reality and ended up stalking one of the ear-cleaning salon’s workers. The events ultimately ended in tragedy in August 2009.

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Episode 52: The murder of an elderly couple in Izumi

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In this episode, we delve into the chilling disappearance of Kenji and Kiyo Asai in the city of Izumi, Japan. What began as a search in 2004 gradually turned into a complex criminal investigation, revealing stolen valuables, misleading messages, and ultimately the bodies of two people hidden in metal barrels.

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Episode 51: The Boseong fishing boat case

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In 2007, a young university couple first disappeared in Boseong, South Korea, followed later by two young women. As the investigation progressed, all leads pointed to the same person – a 70-year-old local fisherman named Oh.

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Episode 50: The mystery of Mayumi Arashi

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In 1994, 27-year-old Mayumi Arashi left her home in Tokyo to meet a friend – and never returned. In 2011, the unsolved case resurfaced when a mysterious note reading "Don't believe Yoko's words" appeared in a TV interview, sparking wild speculation on the internet. Was it a crime, a voluntary disappearance, or just an urban legend?

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Episode 49: The murder of the Ueno restaurant couple

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT

The Takarajima couple ran successful restaurants in the Ueno area of Japan’s capital, Tokyo, but in April 2024, they met a gruesome fate. Their partially burned bodies were found arranged in the shape of a cross in a remote forest. Was the culprit a bitter rival, the yakuza, or perhaps someone they knew?

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Episode 48: The murder of Kayo Matsuzawa in Auckland

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Kayo Matsuzawa was a young Japanese woman who had long dreamed of traveling to New Zealand. In September 1998, she was living that dream—but tragically became the victim of a murder in Auckland. The case remains unsolved to this day.

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Episode 47: The Curse of Kaohsiung

Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Strange events unfolded in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2005. The Wu family began experiencing what they believed to be a divine—or alternatively, demonic—presence in their bodies. To exorcise the demons from the family members, rituals were performed, including incantations and the forced consumption of feces. Ultimately, these events took a tragic turn, resulting in the death of one family member.

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Episode 46: The Kanazawa mystery murder

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Kiyokatsu Hashimoto was a 22-year-old young man living in Kanazawa, Japan, when his life was tragically cut short as the victim of a murder in 2008. The case remains unsolved, but Kiyokatsu’s parents have not given up hope and continue to keep their son’s memory alive.

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Episode 45: The woman who vanished into the night in Ibaraki

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Misato Harada was a 21-year-old second-year university student with a promising future ahead of her. However, everything changed when she left one night to meet a friend—but never returned.

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Episode 44: The mystery of Mount Kirizumi

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In this episode, we return to Japan in 1972, to Mount Kirizumi in Gunma Prefecture. A 24-year-old woman, Keiko Inoue, stayed alone at an inn located on the mountain but became the victim of a homicide during her descent from the mountain. What made the case particularly mysterious were the photographs found on Keiko's camera, including one final image that was never released to the public.

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Episode 43: 48 years on death row - The story of Iwao Hakamada

Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Iwao Hakamada is the world's longest-serving death row inmate. He spent 47 years and 7 months in prison before finally being released in 2014. Hakamada had been accused of the murder of an entire family in 1966, but the evidence against him was questionable. This episode delves into the details of Hakamada’s case.

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Episode 42: The Singapore Rolex murder

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In 1998, a man living in Singapore became desperate to gift his girlfriend a Rolex wristwatch. This idea turned into an obsession, which ultimately led to tragic consequences.

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Episode 41: The Ochang well case

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT

In 2010, a mysterious death occurred in the Ochang area of Cheongju, South Korea. A 41-year-old man was found hanged from the grate of a well in a remote mountainous area. To this day, it remains a matter of debate whether this was a murder or a staged suicide.

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Episode 40: A murder in Montana eight days after wedding

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 05:00:18 GMT

Jordan Linn Graham and Cody Johnson were married in the state of Montana, USA, during the summer of 2013. However, just eight days after their wedding, Jordan killed her husband by pushing him off a cliff. What led this newlywed wife to commit such an act?

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Episode 39: The Seven-Faced Woman - Kazuko Fukuda's 15-year escape

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:00:03 GMT

At the age of 34, Kazuko Fukuda committed a homicide and subsequently fled justice, managing to remain hidden for a long time, partly through the use of plastic surgery. The crime took place in 1982, at a time when murder charges in Japan had a statute of limitations of 15 years. Just as those 15 years were about to expire, Kazuko's luck ran out.

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Episode 38: Sad story of a young actress in Tokyo

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 05:00:10 GMT

The life of 25-year-old Risa Kagaya in Tokyo in 2015 felt like the fulfillment of her dreams. She had long aspired to a career in acting, and now she had secured a position with a theater group and was about to perform on stage. However, one August night, her life ended in tragedy.

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Episode 37: Nagaokakyo Hill homicide

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:00:20 GMT

In May 1979, three women ventured into the mountainous forests near the city of Nagaokakyo, Japan, to forage for a plant known as kogomi, a local edible green. Only one of them returned. The other two were brutally murdered, and even 45 years later, the killer remains unidentified. One of the victims also left behind a mysterious message.

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Episode 36: The murder of the high school girl in Kagawa

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:00:58 GMT

In 1997, 16-year-old Waka Manabe lived in the city of Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. She worked part-time at a nearby store, but one evening after her shift, she never returned home. This episode delves into the details of this still-unsolved murder.

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Episode 35: South Korean criminal group in the Philippines

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 05:00:30 GMT

In the previous episode, we discussed a South Korean criminal group that robbed a currency exchange business and murdered its clerk. In this episode, the story of these criminals continues in the Philippines, where they kidnapped—and in some cases murdered—their fellow countrymen who had traveled there as tourists.

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Episode 34: The robbery-murder at the Anyang currency exchange

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 05:00:16 GMT

In 2007, a trio of criminals devised what they believed to be the perfect heist at a currency exchange in the city of Anyang, South Korea. However, during the robbery, the store's employee was also killed. As it turned out, the criminals weren’t as clever as they had imagined.

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Episode 33: YOG'TZE

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:00:26 GMT

In a small rural village in West Germany in 1984, a mysterious death occurred, now known by the code YOG'TZE. A man named Günther Stoll wrote these letters on a piece of paper before his death under suspicious circumstances. The meaning of this abbreviation continues to raise questions to this day.

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Episode 32: A bloody wedding in Thailand

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:28:24 GMT

In November 2023, a joyful wedding celebration took place in Wang Nam Khieo district, Thailand. However, the party turned tragic when the groom picked up a gun and shot dead his bride, three wedding guests and eventually himself. In addition, one guest was seriously injured in the shooting. Why did the groom take such an extreme step? The answer may never be known, but jealousy played a major role.

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Episode 31: The disappearance in the Akagi temple

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:27:09 GMT

A 48-year-old housewife named Noriko Shizuka mysteriously disappeared while visiting a temple on Mount Akagi in Japan in 1998. Was she taken away by the gods, or was there perhaps a more natural explanation? An American psychic was even called in to investigate the case, but no definitive explanation has been found.

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Episode 30: Missing veterinary student from Jeonbuk University

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:25:49 GMT

In 2006, Yoon-hee Lee was in the final stages of her veterinary studies at the prestigious Jeonbuk University in Jeonju City, South Korea. However, after a party night, she disappeared into thin air. The case is still unsolved, although there are at least two suspects.

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Episode 29: Hachioji's triple murder in a supermarket

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:24:02 GMT

In 1995, a supermarket called Nanpei Owada was operating in Hachioji in the Tokyo metropolitan area. One evening in July, a gruesome triple murder, still unsolved, took place in this store. Why were three female shop assistants murdered in cold blood? There may never be any definitive answers, but this episode explores the possible causes.

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Episode 28: The Uttarakhand tunnel collapse

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:22:20 GMT

In November 2023, India witnessed a major rescue operation after 41 excavation workers were trapped in the Silkyara tunnel under construction in the state of Uttarakhand after its exit collapsed. This episode looks at the operation and the causes of what happened.

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Episode 27: The Hwaseong serial killer

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:20:24 GMT

The Hwaseong region of South Korea lived in fear from 1986 to 1991, as a serial killer was on the loose, targeting women and girls of all ages. This episode looks into these murders and why the killer was not caught in time, despite not particularly covering his tracks.

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Episode 26: The Pocheon nail polish murder

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:17:43 GMT

In the South Korean city of Pocheon, a high school girl was murdered in 2003, with unusual details such as horizontally painted fingernails on her body. Was the case linked to a known serial killer?

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Episode 25: Hong Kong's scariest haunted village

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:16:26 GMT

This time, for a change of pace, we take a look at a creepy urban legend from Hong Kong. The story goes that the inhabitants of Solopun, a village in the middle of the mountains, suddenly disappeared one day, and the village has been haunted ever since. Are urban legends really true?

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Episode 24: Osaka skull in a metal jar

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:10:51 GMT

A park worker was sweeping the land in Osaka, Japan, in 2011 when he found an unusual metal can. The contents of the metal can were quite different from what the worker might have expected, as it contained a human skull. This discovery began to unravel a crime that had been hidden for five years.

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Episode 23: Busan's murder at the inn

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:09:04 GMT

In 2003, a shocking discovery was made at an inn called Chowonjang in Busan, South Korea, when a 32-year-old sex worker was found murdered. Who could have been behind such a seemingly random act?

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Episode 22: Norfolk woman in a garbage bag

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:07:17 GMT

On the small island of Norfolk, there hadn't been a homicide for over a hundred years until 2002, when a woman's body was found wrapped in black plastic at a tourist attraction. The woman's killer was arrested, but there are still doubts about the justice of the verdict.

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Episode 21: Body in a cement sarcophagus in Hong Kong

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:04:10 GMT

In 2016, a shocking discovery was made in a Hong Kong apartment block: a cement box that looked like a sarcophagus of stone, with blood dripping from inside. The complex case initially appeared to be the work of an international criminal organisation, but what emerged was a group of people who could certainly not be called criminal masterminds.

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Episode 20: Murder on Mt Hiei

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:30:19 GMT

This episode is about the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman on Mount Hiei in Japan in 1989. Unfortunately, the woman was found murdered.

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Episode 19: Kumagaya African Kennel

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:29:10 GMT

In 1993, the Japanese economy was in recession and an animal shop called African Kennel in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, was in trouble. Owner Gen Sekine was doing everything he could to clear his debts - even committing several murders.

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Episode 18: The murders of Neyagawa youths

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:27:17 GMT

In 2015, two middle school children went missing in the Japanese town of Neyagawa. The children were eventually found murdered, and their fate sparked both grief and debate about why they had been allowed to spend nights out together.

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Episode 17: Koh Tao's death island

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:25:33 GMT

The small island of Koh Tao in Thailand is a popular tourist destination. However, in 2014, it was the scene of a shocking murder of two British tourists. In this episode, we look into the case and find out how Koh Tao, also known as Turtle Island, got its second nickname, Death Island.

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Episode 16: Disappearance on a Mediterranean cruise

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 21:23:36 GMT

Americans George and Jennifer Smith had married in the summer of 2005 and decided to spend their honeymoon on a Mediterranean cruise on the MS Brilliance of the Seas. However, halfway through the voyage, George disappeared without a trace. Was it a tragic accident, or perhaps a murder?

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Episode 15: Amagasaki serial murder case

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:31:13 GMT

In 2011, a body was found in a barrel in the Japanese city of Amagasaki. This discovery revealed a decades-long conspiracy of murder and fraud centred on one woman: Miyoko Sumida.

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Episode 14: Triple homicide in Geoyeo-dong

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:28:54 GMT

In 2003, a closed room murder mystery occurred in the Geoyeo-dong area of Seoul, South Korea. A 31-year-old mother and her two young children were found dead in an apartment with no signs of forced entry. Initially, the tragedy was thought to be a family murder, but an investigation revealed that the sequence of events was even darker than that.

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Episode 13: Krakow Buffalo Bill

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:27:09 GMT

At the beginning of 1999, a ship sailing on the Vistula River in Krakow, Poland, had something strange stuck to its propeller. Closer examination revealed it to be a woman's surgically excised skin. Had the murderer been copying Buffalo Bill from the film Silence of the Lambs, released eight years earlier?

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Episode 12: The seven skeletons of Hachijou Island

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:22:04 GMT

In August 1994, during the Obon festival, a strange mystery was puzzling people on Hachijou Island in Japan. The bones of seven unknown people were found in the furnace of a local crematorium, but their origin was unknown. The mystery gave rise to various theories and even ghost stories, with the number seven strongly associated.

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Episode 11: The poisoner of Ratchaburi

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:18:24 GMT

In 2023, a woman in Ratchaburi, Thailand, fainted while walking along a riverbank. This started a chain of events that led to the discovery of one of Thailand's worst serial murders. So what happened?

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Episode 10: Hong Kong murder mystery

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:12:50 GMT

Lau Siu-han, a Hong Kong mother, was found murdered in her home in 2003. Police initially suspected the home invasion had gone wrong. However, police investigations cast doubt on this theory. What really happened in that Hong Kong apartment block?

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Episode 9: Family tragedy in Siheung

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:11:09 GMT

In 2016, a tragic tragedy occurred in the South Korean city of Siheung. The mother of a family of four was suffering from religious delusions and led her family into a bloodbath. The details of the case horrified many.

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Episode 8: Buried woman in Chiba

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:09:31 GMT

In 2018, a beloved mother disappeared in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. But the details of the disappearance baffled the police, and it soon became clear that there were gaps in her husband's account of the disappearance. But how was the mother-in-law involved?

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Episode 7: Spirited away in Toyama

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:07:32 GMT

In 1996, in Toyama Prefecture, Japan, two 19-year-old girls set out to investigate an abandoned bathhouse where, according to urban legends, all sorts of strange things had happened. But the girls disappeared and the case became a great mystery. Were the girls taken by spirits, or was there a more conventional explanation?

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Episode 6: Long Island woman in an iron barrel

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:49:47 GMT

In 1999, a shocking discovery was made in the basement of a house on Long Island in the US: the body of a woman who had disappeared 30 years earlier and was recently pregnant was hidden in a barrel. The victim's name was Reyna Angelica Marroquin, and her death was a very sad story.

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Episode 5: Shanghai woman in the freezer

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:46:42 GMT

In 2017, a murder was discovered in the Chinese city of Shanghai, which had been covered up for several months. However, the victim was eventually found in a freezer on the murderer's balcony. What really happened, and how did the case finally unravel?

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Episode 4: Sapporo love hotel murder

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:45:05 GMT

In the summer of 2023, a hotel for couples in Sapporo made a shocking discovery: a headless body was found in one of the rooms. The victim had been a familiar figure in Sapporo's nightlife scene. The case has many unusual twists and turns, and the crime was not quite what it seemed at first.

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Episode 3: The disappearance of a little girl in Fukushima

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:43:11 GMT

In 1991, a mysterious disappearance occurred in Fukushima, Japan. A 7-year-old girl disappeared from her home at night without a trace, despite the presence of eight people. The case remains unsolved.

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Episode 2: A strange death in Fukushima

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:42:00 GMT

In Fukushima, Japan, a strange death occurred in 1989. 26-year-old Naoyuki Sugano was found dead of hypothermia in a narrow pipe leading to a toilet. No definitive explanation has been found, but there are many suspicious circumstances surrounding the case.

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Episode 1: The murder of a high school girl in Hiroshima

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:40:29 GMT

The first episode of the Entombed podcast is about the murder of a young girl in Japan in 2004. The case attracted a lot of attention and was for a long time one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in Japan.

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