A Brief Case

It was almost like a fairytale, but not really. Che Puan Hasleza Ishak was a waitress, then a model, and an actress. Then, she married the crown prince of Perak, Malaysia. But here's the thing, he was already married to Raja Nor Mahani, and Hasleza would be his second wife. And less than a year after their marriage, she would be dead... Check out my website:  https://abriefcasepodcast.com/   Be my...

Tausif was attracted to her, obsessed with her. Nikita Tomar was beautiful, intelligent, and ambitious; but she didn't share the same feelings. Instead of moving on, he kidnaps her. For three days, Nikita was a hostage. He wanted to force her to marry him. After she was released, he got away scot-free - there was no arrest, no fine, and no jail time. Just two years later, Nikita Tomar was killed i...

Ghostly figures walked the corridors of old Changi Hospital; screams and cries were heard in the dead of night... Was the hospital really used as a kenpeitai torture and interrogation chamber? What occult rituals were performed in the abandoned hospital...? This special Halloween episode explores the history and hauntings of the most haunted hospital in Singapore, old Changi Hospital... Check out...

Visitors kept reporting the same thing; the staff avoided staying late. After the sun had set, they observed the melancholy figure of a young girl drifting through the dimly lit halls of the Ho Chi Minh Fine arts museum. Sometimes, they heard her screams. Often, they heard her crying... Who was the girl haunting the remnants of Uncle Hoa's grand mansion? Could she have been his daughter...?  Check...

Chen Dan Lei was in love with him, enamoured with him, obsessed with him.  He Lei, not so much. When their classmates at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing asked him if they were dating; he said they were just friends.  How could have him all to herself? Maybe if they moved from Beijing to Indiana, to study their post-graduate courses in the equally esteemed Purdue university? Maybe, i...

Teresa Knowlton was drugged and drowned. Her head held under the water until she was dead. She was found in a floral bikini. With every kill, Charles Sobhraj grew more confident.  Men, women, couples; Charles didn't care. He just wanted an extra passport to add to his growing collection. And of course, their traveller's checks to fund his lifestyle and find more victims...    Listen to: How I Met...

Charles knew he could always find someone stupid enough, an idiot willing to do whatever he wanted. He was raised in a Parisian French-Catholic boarding school; sent by his Vietnamese mother and his French businessman step-father...  Handsome, manipulative, ruthless - he convinced his half-brother, Andre, to take his place in a Greek prison. He lied relentlessly to his wife, Chantel...   How did C...

Why did Apichai have a pond filled with carnivorous alligator gar fish in his Bangkok estate? It wasn't a difficult question to answer. The three divers found almost three hundred bone fragments in the pond, all suspected to be human, all suspected to be female.  The police knew that Apichai's father was a killer. They knew that Apichai was a drug dealer, selling meth mixed with caffine. They even...

It should have been an easy win. They had all the evidence - the murder weapon, fingerprints, blood. They literally had the killer's shit. They had the killer's DNA, they had his clothes, they had has bag...   And yet, the murder of the Miyazawa family remains unsolved. They were the ideal family unit; why did someone break into their home on 30th December 2000? Then kill Mikio, Yasuko, and their...

Do you believe in ghosts? How about Hong Kong haunts and Nottingham's scary spooks? This year, Hungry Ghost Month is going international...    In this week's special episode, we talk with Isabel from the Proudly Asian podcast about her scary experiences in Nottingham and Hong Kong.   When there's something strange, in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call...?   Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian...

Visiting North Sentinel Island would be an extremely dangerous venture. It is illegal to stray within 5km of the island.    If you manage to make it past the armed boats in the Bay of Bengal, don't expect a warm welcome waiting. Instead, expect to be greeted with spears, arrows, and possible death.    Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love  Check out my website:  https://abriefcase...

It was like a bad movie. Indrani was married to Peter Mukerjea, one of the richest, most powerful men in India.  Sheena Bora, her daughter, was dating Peter Mukerjea's son. Her step-brother.  In a country where face and honour dictates, was this enough to kill her own daughter...? Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love  Check out my website:  https://abriefcasepodcast.com/   Be my...

Shinzo Abe was Japan's longest serving prime minister.  On 8th July 2022, he was attacked by Tetsuya Yamagami. Tetsuya used a handmade gun pieced together with duct tape and 3D-printed parts.  The first shot missed, but the second was fatal. Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love  Check out my website:  https://abriefcasepodcast.com/   Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast...

It was 5th September 1986. Pan Am flight 73 was being hijacked by trigger-happy Abu Nidal terrorists. The four men were aggravated, impatient. They were targeting American citizens.  Neerja Bhanot was the most senior member left on the plane. With two other members of the crew, they hid American passports and did their best to protect the passengers.  When all hell broke loose and the terrorists a...

It wasn't the 1960s, or the 1970s, it was 2022. Yet Jenjira's mother had joined a cult. A cult in the middle of the forest. This cult worshipped a man. His followers ate his flaky skin, they drank his urine, they rubbed his phlem on their faces. They believed that he could cure them... That he could deliver them to heaven... Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love  Check out my webs...

No one was spared, Shoko Asahara went after all.  They went after opponents of the cult, killing an anti-cult lawyer and his family. The cult would attack anyone who dared to leave, anyone who dared to question them.  But that wasn't enough.  Aum Shinrikyo would execute one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Japan. They were going to release a deadly nerve agent into the Tokyo subway during rus...

Aum Shinrikyo was known as a cult for the elite. Shoko Asahara, the cult's delusional and deadly leader had recruited professors, doctors, students from elite universities.  The cult members were devoted - they bought his bathwater and paid thousands to drink his blood. They would do anything for the cult, anything for him.  Anything, including... Harassing innocents, kidnapping, murder, animal ab...

There was a smell in the apartment - disgusting, noxious, body odour. Azora had never smelled such revolting body odour. It's speculated that this was the smell of Noritta Samsudin's killer. Later that night, Noritta would be found dead. A pillowcase covered her head.  Underneath, a bolster case wrapped around her face, tied behind her head. A towel was found stuffed in her mouth. Her hands and le...

In my opinion, Takahiro Shiraishi was a hoarder. He hoarded the skulls and bones belonging to nine of his victims in his extremely small, one-bedroom (a studio, really) apartment.  He was a modern serial killer who stalked his prey online. He used different twitter accounts to find his victims. Then, he would lure them to his home where he would rape and kill them... Check out my website:  https:/...

He was a monster that terrorised the streets of Bombay and Calcutta.  From 1985 to 1989, he would creep around lonely streets and dark alleys, looking for his next victim. He would slither up, looking for a stone, a rock, a concrete slab. Then, he would drop on his victim's head, killing in the dead of the night. This Indian serial killer was never found...   Check out my website: https://abriefca...

陪读妈妈 or study mamas is a colloquial term used to describe women from China residing in Singapore while their children study in Singaporean schools. 陪读妈妈s as a trope does not have a particularly good reputation. In fact, 陪读妈妈s are often vilified as mistresses.   Yu Hong Jin was a 陪读妈妈 and she was also a mistress to her older lover, Eu Lim Hok Lai. He invested in her massage parlour,...

It was one of Malaysia's most horrific murders... On 13th June 2003, Canny Ong headed down to the basement carpark of a popular shopping center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Her mom and sister waited at a nearby autopay machine.  This was the last time her family would see her alive... Canny's charred body was found in a construction site. She had been pushed into a hole with two cement filled tyres...

Chisako Kakehi had no shortage of male admirers. Even in her fifties, men wrote her love letters. She was discerning, her lovers had to meet three requirements - they had to own their home, they couldn't have children, and ideally, they had to be rich.  But why were the men around her - boyfriends, husbands, paramours - why were they dropping like flies...?   Check out my website: https://abriefca...

 At just 26 years old, Liang Hailing was Beijing's Number One Courtesan.  She served only the most elite - rich businessmen, high-ranking government officials. Fancy a chat? It cost 5000 RMB, that's about 1000SGD. It's rumoured that a Taiwanese businessman spent 4 million RMB on Hailing.  She was gorgeous, stunning - she had charm, beauty, and a captivating personality. She was on top of it all. S...

Women be wary, your husband might cheat on you... And if he does, if he refuses to leave his mistress, you can always call the Red Butterfly Gang. These ladies will take care of it - even if he doesn't leave her, they'll make sure she leaves him...   Website:  https://abriefcasepodcast.com/   Instagram:  @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.