Heinous – An Asian True Crime Podcast

It's a Sunday morning in July 2019 on a quiet street in Markham, Ontario. The kind of neighbourhood where nothing ever happens. Somewhere across the world, in an online gaming community, messages are coming in. Photographs. A confession. Players are staring at their screens, unsure if what they're reading is real, or just another disturbing joke from the guy they know as an online troll. But unfor...

It's a Sunday morning in July 2019 on a quiet street in Markham, Ontario. The kind of neighbourhood where nothing ever happens. Somewhere across the world, in an online gaming community, messages are coming in. Photographs. A confession. Players are staring at their screens, unsure if what they're reading is real, or just another disturbing joke from the guy they know as an online troll. But unfor...

On the night of July 10, 2001, Sef Gonzales walked into his family home in North Ryde, Sydney, and into a scene that would shock an entire nation. His mother, his father, his sister. All gone. All killed inside the house they called home.   In front of the cameras, he wept, he pleaded, and he played the role of a devastated son so convincingly that for a time, the world wept with him. But gri...

On the night of July 10, 2001, Sef Gonzales walked into his family home in North Ryde, Sydney, and into a scene that would shock an entire nation. His mother, his father, his sister. All gone. All killed inside the house they called home.   In front of the cameras, he wept, he pleaded, and he played the role of a devastated son so convincingly that for a time, the world wept with him. But gri...

n the spring of 1997, the tranquil district of Linkou in Taiwan was shattered by an unthinkable tragedy as word got out that the teenage daughter of celebrity Pai Bing-bing had been kidnapped; and quickly developed into a full-blown hostage crisis. Part 1 - Join the media frenzy as the hostage situation unfolds with Pai Bing-bing and her daughter. Part 2 -  Join the hunt as the search for the...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support through our latest season of Heinous. The team is taking a break to retool and recharge so that we can come back with even more new heinous cases. But in the meantime, we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you over. // From an early age, Lam Kor Wan had endured a tumultuous upbringing. Moving homes...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support through our latest season of Heinous. The team is taking a break to retool and recharge so that we can come back with even more new heinous cases. But in the meantime, we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you over. // On the morning of 16 June, 2005, a cleaner was making his usual rounds along the...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support through our latest season of Heinous. The team is taking a break to retool and recharge so that we can come back with even more new heinous cases. But in the meantime, we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you over. // In 1936, businessman Kichizo Ishida stepped into a discreet hotel in Tokyo to mee...

In March of 2002, a seventeen year old girl bursts into a police station in Kitakyushu, Japan, to make a startling report. She tells the authorities about a man, an apartment, and about the people who were brought inside but never made it out alive. She tells them that the dead were dismembered and boiled and disposed of so thoroughly that nothing remained. She tells them that the man who orc...

On a July night in 2008, a Greyhound bus rolled across the Canadian prairies, carrying strangers and their quiet dreams. But somewhere between small towns and sleeping fields, one of the passengers, 40 year old Vincent Li, began to hear voices in his head. That was when he decided to stand up, relocate to an empty seat beside another passenger, and brutally stab him in the neck and chest.   P...

On a July night in 2008, a Greyhound bus rolled across the Canadian prairies, carrying strangers and their quiet dreams. But somewhere between small towns and sleeping fields, one of the passengers, 40 year old Vincent Li, began to hear voices in his head. That was when he decided to stand up, relocate to an empty seat beside another passenger, and brutally stab him in the neck and chest.   P...

In 2010, cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya was on the verge of closing a lucrative land deal when she would disappear after leaving for a business meeting in Banting, Selangor.  However, things would take a much darker turn when the burnt and battered remains of Lawiya and her entourage were found abandoned at a farm, suggesting something far more sinister was in play.   Part...

In 2010, cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya was on the verge of closing a lucrative land deal when she would disappear after leaving for a business meeting in Banting, Selangor.  However, things would take a much darker turn when the burnt and battered remains of Lawiya and her entourage were found abandoned at a farm, suggesting something far more sinister was in play.   Part...

In the spring of 2016, the calm waters of Central Vietnam’s Hatin Province transformed into a scene of ecological devastation, with thousands of fish washing ashore belly-up. But what first appeared to be a seasonal fluke quickly escalated into a national crisis as the toxic tide spread across four provinces, poisoning the food chain and even claiming the lives of seasoned divers. Inves...

It's April of 2011. A man named Anxiang Du opens an envelope from the court. Inside, he finds a legal document that would change his life, and the lives of another family completely. For Du, he had been mired in more than a decade of legal disputes and now, there was no more room left for him to run. That very night, he would write a farewell note to his family, before proceeding to commit one of...

It's April of 2011. A man named Anxiang Du opens an envelope from the court. Inside, he finds a legal document that would change his life, and the lives of another family completely. For Du, he had been mired in more than a decade of legal disputes and now, there was no more room left for him to run. That very night, he would write a farewell note to his family, before proceeding to commit one of...

In the summer of 1950, amidst the chaos of the early Korean War, a column of hundreds of refugees fleeing the North Korean advance found themselves blocked by American soldiers near a small rural crossing known as No Gun Ri. But instead of being guided along safely in their retreat, they would find themselves haunted by a a harrowing three-day massacre that would be buried by history for nearly ha...

It all took place on a quiet night in June of 1991. By the time morning came, three members of the Vizconde family would be found brutally murdered inside their home in BF Homes, Parañaque, in the Philippines. A mother stabbed multiple times to her death, her eldest daughter stabbed and sexually assaulted, and even the youngest daughter, just seven years old, was not spared either. It was a...

It all took place on a quiet night in June of 1991. By the time morning came, three members of the Vizconde family would be found brutally murdered inside their home in BF Homes, Parañaque, in the Philippines. A mother stabbed multiple times to her death, her eldest daughter stabbed and sexually assaulted, and even the youngest daughter, just seven years old, was not spared either. It was a...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2025. The team is taking in December, but we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you through until the new year, where we will come back with even more heinous cases. // From the outside, Wu Xie Yu seemed like an exemplary student; well-mannered, intelligent, and a top student at one of Ch...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2025. The team is taking in December, but we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you through until the new year, where we will come back with even more heinous cases. // On the 13th of June 2003, IT professional and light of her family Canny Ong vanished from the face of the Earth; only to...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2025. The team is taking in December, but we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you through until the new year, where we will come back with even more heinous cases. // In March 2013, Henry Chau Hoi-leung, a 29-year-old, invited his parents to his new home, ushering them into a sinister e...

In 2012, Sheena Bora had her whole future ahead of her; she was hardworking, ambitious, and carving out her career in the bustling city of Mumbai. But beneath the surface were webs upon webs of deadly family secrets. And when Sheena vanished overnight without a trace, the truth that emerged tore through one of India’s most powerful media families, and unraveled layers of deception that few c...

On the surface, Very Idham Henyansyah, a.k.a. "Ryan", appeared to be every bit the model citizen. A studious and diligent religious teacher since young, he was known to be soft-spoken, polite, and generally harmless. But looks can be deceiving, and what lay beneath the surface was far worse. and far more disturbing, than what anyone could have imagined.    Part 1 - We trace Ryan's deeply...

On the surface, Very Idham Henyansyah, a.k.a. "Ryan", appeared to be every bit the model citizen. A studious and diligent religious teacher since young, he was known to be soft-spoken, polite, and generally harmless. But looks can be deceiving, and what lay beneath the surface was far worse. and far more disturbing, than what anyone could have imagined.    Part 1 - We trace Ryan's deeply...