The Cat Black Podcast

Two weeks after their wedding, British-Swedish couple Shrien and Anni Dewani were riding in a taxi through Cape Town when the vehicle was hijacked. Anni was shot dead, Shrien survived—and what initially looked like a random carjacking eventually became a murder investigation centered on a far more serious allegation: that the hijacking had been staged to conceal a planned killing. The central ques...

In June 2009 , four members of an Afghan-Canadian family were found dead inside a Nissan Sentra submerged in a canal near Kingston, Ontario. What initially appeared to be a tragic accident soon became a murder investigation after police concluded that the deaths had been deliberately staged. Two hosts examine the established facts surrounding Zainab Shafia, 19; Sahar Shafia, 17; Geeti Shafia, 13;...

Between 1992 and 1999 , eleven people were murdered in South Australia. Their remains were eventually discovered inside barrels stored in a disused bank vault in the small town of Snowtown , exposing a disturbing network built around violence, fear and psychological influence. Two hosts examine the established facts of the killings, the 1999 discovery, and the relationships among the central figur...

Between 1982 and 1985 , Belgium was terrorized by a series of heavily armed robberies and murders attributed to the group known as the Brabant Killers , or Nijvel Gang . Twenty-eight people were killed, including children, yet the perpetrators were never conclusively identified. Two hosts examine the established timeline of the attacks, the sudden supermarket raids, the use of powerful firearms, a...

On the night of December 30–31, 2000 , four members of the Miyazawa family were murdered inside their home in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward. The killer left behind an extraordinary amount of evidence—including fingerprints, blood, clothing, DNA, and biological material that helped investigators determine aspects of what he had eaten . More than 25 years later, however, his identity remains unknown. Two ho...

On the evening of January 27, 1994 , 29-year-old biology researcher Didier Seignole left football practice in Lacropte, Dordogne, and never reached his parents’ home in La Douze. His blue Seat was later found near an abandoned farm, while witnesses reported seeing the vehicle stopped nearby. There were also reports of possible gunshots in the area. For years, the investigation produced few answers...

In February 2026, a 49-year-old remodeling-company owner was found dead after his home in Higashihiroshima was set on fire. He had suffered multiple stab wounds to the neck. For months, investigators made no public arrest — until a second body was discovered buried at a company site in nearby Mihara. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically, separating police allegations, prosec...

On the morning of May 14, 2026, a quiet home in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, was invaded during a robbery that turned deadly. Sixty-nine-year-old Eiko Tomiyama was killed, her two adult sons were seriously injured, and investigators later identified a suspected organizer who was believed to have already left Japan. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically, focusing on establi...

In mid-May 2026, a mother and daughter were found fatally stabbed inside their home in Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture. There were no obvious signs of theft, no murder weapon had been recovered, and the man police later identified as a suspect had reportedly spoken cryptic words to officers only days before the killings. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically, separating confirmed i...

The 2024 assassination of Héctor Cuén , a prominent Sinaloan politician and educator, triggered an investigation that would expose serious questions about the original state inquiry. Federal authorities identified major irregularities, ultimately contributing to the resignation of Sinaloa Attorney General Sara Bruna Quiñones . The FGR later challenged the original account that Cuén had been killed...

On January 27, 2026, the body of 54-year-old Shi Muhua was discovered in a wooded area of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, weeks after she had disappeared from nearby Tsuchiura. Police treated the death as a suspected murder and began investigating the circumstances surrounding her disappearance and death. In this episode, two hosts examine the case carefully and chronologically, separating confirmed...

On the night of April 12, 2025, 52-year-old Tokyo company employee Makoto Satomi was found severely beaten near the management building of Mikumari Gorge Forest Park in Fuchu, Hiroshima Prefecture. What initially appeared to be a baffling homicide involving a lone traveler eventually led investigators toward a small group of young people. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically...

On the evening of October 15, 2025, a husband returned to the couple’s 14th-floor apartment in Hiroshima’s Nishi Ward and found his 32-year-old wife, Nguyen Thuy Nga, collapsed in a pool of blood. Bloody footprints were left at the scene, while there was no obvious sign that the apartment had been forcibly entered. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically and separate confirmed...

On April 24, 2012, the body of 60-year-old Tadashi Takeda was discovered inside a burned car in a hospital parking lot in Sendai’s Izumi Ward. Fourteen years later, his killing remains unsolved. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically and separate officially released police information from contemporary reporting and unverified speculation. Takeda, who lived in Sendai’s Taihaku...

On the morning of May 14, 2026, a quiet home in Kaminokawa, Tochigi Prefecture, became the scene of a deadly robbery. The 69-year-old Eiko Tomiyama was killed, her two adult sons were seriously injured, and investigators later identified a suspected organizer who had already left Japan. In this episode, two hosts examine the case chronologically and without sensationalism, from the initial break-i...

In June 2025, an 84-year-old woman living alone in a rural part of Shobara, Hiroshima Prefecture, was found beaten to death inside her home. One year later, the case remains unsolved despite an extensive police investigation. This episode takes a careful look at what is publicly known about the killing, separating confirmed information from speculation and avoiding the sensationalism that often su...

Kenneth Jones was 18 years old when he disappeared in Glenrothes, Scotland in 1998. To this day, there is still no confirmed explanation for what happened to him, and the case remains officially unsolved. What makes this disappearance stand out is that it was never fully closed. Even decades later, it continues to be revisited by investigators, particularly when new information emerges or when adv...

On an ordinary afternoon in 2005, two students left school and seemingly vanished from the face of the Earth. No confirmed sightings. No phone calls. No explanation. Just two young lives that suddenly disappeared, leaving behind devastated families and a mystery that continues to frustrate investigators decades later. More than twenty years have passed since Mark Degner and Bryan Hayes were last s...

There are cases that fade. And then there are cases that refuse to stay buried. This is one of them. In 1982, 25-year-old Delia Adriano stepped outside her home in Oakville, Ontario—and never came back. No dramatic scene. No immediate explanation. Just a sudden absence that would unravel into one of Canada’s enduring cold cases. At first, it looked like a disappearance. Neighbors were questioned....

A car. A purse. Personal belongings left behind. And a woman who seemingly vanished without a trace. In July 1999, Sandra Lynn Kerby , a beloved first-grade teacher from Fresno, California, disappeared under circumstances that continue to baffle investigators more than two decades later. What began as a missing person case would eventually evolve into something far darker. A homicide investigation...

What if police had the killer's genetic signature for nearly three decades... ...and still didn't know who he was? This is the mystery of Regina Becker . In 1996, twenty-year-old Regina Becker was found shot to death inside a rented room in Tucson, Arizona. The crime shocked those who knew her, but what makes this case extraordinary isn't just the murder itself. It's what the kille...

What happens when a nation’s most infamous crimes don’t just remain unsolved—but begin to reshape how a society remembers its own past? In this episode, we step into the darker corridors of postwar Japan, where mystery, suspicion, and unresolved justice continue to cast long shadows over history. At the center of it all is the chilling Teigin Case of 1948 . What initially appeared to be a routine...

How does a man who built one of the world’s most successful vegetarian restaurant empires end up convicted of murder? This episode explores the shocking true story behind P. Rajagopal, the founder of the global South Indian restaurant chain Saravana Bhavan—once celebrated as a self-made entrepreneur and later infamously known as the “Dosa King.” What began as a remarkable business success story sp...

The Mary Lynn Witherspoon stalking case is one of the most chilling examples of identity appropriation and systemic failure in true crime history. For 22 years, Edmonds Tennent Brown IV (known as "Tippy") harbored a dangerous obsession that began as a childhood crush and escalated into deadly ritualistic mimicry . In this true crime deep dive podcast, we explore the psychology behind his...

After more than four decades of silence , justice has finally arrived in one of Louisiana’s most haunting cold cases. The 1982 rape and murder of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp went unsolved for 44 years—until a true crime podcast, “Who Killed Roxanne?” , reignited public attention and brought forward critical new witness testimony. In this episode, we break down how investigators combined community-so...