Entombed

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

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.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...

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? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.