Heinous – An Asian True Crime Podcast

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2024. 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. // Everything seemed to be going well for Akira Nishiguchi. While he was previously a recurring criminal who had been in an...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2024. 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. // 3 women dead and a critically injured 15 year old girl; all in the span of a single evening. That was the result of one...

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2024. 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 2012, police would be called upon a Jurong West estate to investigate a disturbance from engaged couple Gabriel...

In November of 1988, 17 year old high school student Junko Furuta was cycling home from her part-time job when she was kicked off by a passing motorcyclist. Shortly thereafter, 18-year old teenage boy Hiroshi Miyano came across Furuta and helped her get back on her feet, even offering to walk her home as it was quite late at night. Unbeknownst to Furuta however, Miyano had actually orchestrated th...

It was March of 1995. John Martin Scripps, a British man visiting Singapore, had just finished watching a concert at the Victoria Concert Hall, but only hours later would be dragging a heavy, blood-stained suitcase onto the banks of the Singapore river. Soon enough, he would not longer be just an innocent tourist, but as the notorious Garden City Butcher instead. Part 1 - We explore the background...

It was March of 1995. John Martin Scripps, a British man visiting Singapore, had just finished watching a concert at the Victoria Concert Hall, but only hours later would be dragging a heavy, blood-stained suitcase onto the banks of the Singapore river. Soon enough, he would not longer be just an innocent tourist, but as the notorious Garden City Butcher instead. Part 1 - We explore the background...

It was a quiet evening in Manila in January of 1961, when the residents of Zapote Street would be rudely disturbed by the crack of gunfire. Shortly thereafter, police arrived to witness a haunting scene: a house room drenched in blood, with multiple bodies laying motionless on the floor. This would be start of one of the Philippine's most infamous crimes - The Cabading Family Murders.  Part 1 - We...

It was a quiet evening in Manila in January of 1961, when the residents of Zapote Street would be rudely disturbed by the crack of gunfire. Shortly thereafter, police arrived to witness a haunting scene: a house room drenched in blood, with multiple bodies laying motionless on the floor. This would be start of one of the Philippine's most infamous crimes - The Cabading Family Murders.  Part 1 - We...

In July of 1995, a couple of police office were out on patrol on the streets of Ashoka Road in New Delhi when they came across a restaurant with thick, dark smoke emerging from within. When they inquired about the fire, they were brushed off by remarks that it was simply to "burn old election posters". It was only when they stepped closer, did they uncover the horrifying truth. Part 1 - We trace t...

In July of 1995, a couple of police office were out on patrol on the streets of Ashoka Road in New Delhi when they came across a restaurant with thick, dark smoke emerging from within. When they inquired about the fire, they were brushed off by remarks that it was simply to "burn old election posters". It was only when they stepped closer, did they uncover the horrifying truth. Part 1 - We trace t...

In March of 2023, a young boy would burst into the police office in Banjarnegara, Indonesia, asking for help to find his missing father. Tracing his last known locations, the police eventually made their way to the door of famous local shaman Mbah Slamet, known for his ability to multiply money, and make his clients wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. As they searched Slamet's house, something in...

In March of 2023, a young boy would burst into the police office in Banjarnegara, Indonesia, asking for help to find his missing father. Tracing his last known locations, the police eventually made their way to the door of famous local shaman Mbah Slamet, known for his ability to multiply money, and make his clients wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. As they searched Slamet's house, something in...

In October of 2016, the bustling streets of Pathum Thani in Thailand would be shocked into silence by the discovery of a pair of bodies nearby a drug clinic. What's even more peculiar was the fact that the victims appeared to have both been homeless, and that more bodies were yet to be found. Part 1 - We describe the events leading up to the discovery of the first pair of bodies, as well as the fe...

In October of 2016, the bustling streets of Pathum Thani in Thailand would be shocked into silence by the discovery of a pair of bodies nearby a drug clinic. What's even more peculiar was the fact that the victims appeared to have both been homeless, and that more bodies were yet to be found. Part 1 - We describe the events leading up to the discovery of the first pair of bodies, as well as the fe...

In March of 2006, the residential community at Circuit Road would be shocked by news that 2 year old Nurasyura binte Mohamed Fauzi - affectionally known as "Nonoi" - had gone missing. Over the next few days, family members, along with police, neighbours, and some strangers, would search tirelessly for the toddler, desperate not to let a tragedy unfold. But unbeknownst to almost all of the search p...

In 1978, two teenage siblings, Geeta and Sanjay, were on their way to a radio station to appear as guests on their favorite show Yuva Vani, when they were stopped on the streets by 2 men in a car offering a ride. While usually more alert and suspicious, the teens decided to hop in due to the rain and them being wary of running late, a decision which they would very quickly come to regret.  Part 1...

In 1978, two teenage siblings, Geeta and Sanjay, were on their way to a radio station to appear as guests on their favorite show Yuva Vani, when they were stopped on the streets by 2 men in a car offering a ride. While usually more alert and suspicious, the teens decided to hop in due to the rain and them being wary of running late, a decision which they would very quickly come to regret.  Part 1...

From the outside, Wu Xie Yu seemed like an exemplary student; well-mannered, intelligent, and a top student at one of China's top universities. But deep down however, he was shouldering the heavy burden of expectations, not to mention the grief following his father's passing a few years later. And one day in 2015, he buckled under the pressure. Part 1 - We explore Wu Xie Yu's background, as well a...

From the outside, Wu Xie Yu seemed like an exemplary student; well-mannered, intelligent, and a top student at one of China's top universities. But deep down however, he was shouldering the heavy burden of expectations, not to mention the grief following his father's passing a few years later. And one day in 2015, he buckled under the pressure. Part 1 - We explore Wu Xie Yu's background, as well a...

In the quiet suburban district of Bang Kae in Bangkok stood a large mansion. By day, it was a symbol of luxury and elegance. But as night fell, there seemed to be an unsettling silence that enveloped the property. Then one day in 2019, authorities would show up as part of an ongoing investigation, and uncover the grisly truth behind the mansion and its owner - Apichai Ongwisit, otherwise known as...

In the quiet suburban district of Bang Kae in Bangkok stood a large mansion. By day, it was a symbol of luxury and elegance. But as night fell, there seemed to be an unsettling silence that enveloped the property. Then one day in 2019, authorities would show up as part of an ongoing investigation, and uncover the grisly truth behind the mansion and its owner - Apichai Ongwisit, otherwise known as...

From an early age, Lam Kor Wan had endured a tumultuous upbringing. Moving homes across countries, changing schools, receiving physical and verbal punishment from his father, and even committing acts of voyeurism and molestation.  All this, however, would pale in comparison to his most heinous acts; as he roamed the streets of Hong Kong as a taxi driver looking for his victims, thereafter cementin...

From an early age, Lam Kor Wan had endured a tumultuous upbringing. Moving homes across countries, changing schools, receiving physical and verbal punishment from his father, and even committing acts of voyeurism and molestation.  All this, however, would pale in comparison to his most heinous acts; as he roamed the streets of Hong Kong as a taxi driver looking for his victims, thereafter cementin...

In the early hours of April 20th, 1998, the peaceful atmosphere of a bus stop at Marina South was shattered by the grim discovery of 42 year-old Sally Poh Bee Eng's lifeless body. But when her husband came down to identify the body, he noticed an item that was curiously missing from the scene - a brand new Rolex watch that he had just bought for her not too long ago. Part 1 - We explore the backgr...

In the early hours of April 20th, 1998, the peaceful atmosphere of a bus stop at Marina South was shattered by the grim discovery of 42 year-old Sally Poh Bee Eng's lifeless body. But when her husband came down to identify the body, he noticed an item that was curiously missing from the scene - a brand new Rolex watch that he had just bought for her not too long ago. Part 1 - We explore the backgr...