Entombed

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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