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://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Aug 22, 2022•27 min•Ep. 76
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 friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 09, 2022•15 min•Ep. 75
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 02, 2022•21 min•Ep. 74
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 attacked, Neerja sacrificed her life... Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love Check ou...
Jul 25, 2022•25 min•Ep. 73
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 website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. Se...
Jul 18, 2022•12 min•Ep. 72
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 rush hour, Monday morning. Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love Hang with Curtis at The ...
Jul 12, 2022•25 min•Ep. 71
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 abuse, and terrorist attacks... Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love Hang with Curtis ...
Jul 04, 2022•22 min•Ep. 71
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 legs had been bound with electrical cords and bras. Could it have been one of Noritta's alleged boyfrie...
Jun 13, 2022•23 min•Ep. 70
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://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
Jun 06, 2022•18 min•Ep. 69
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://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend and send me recommendations on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acas...
May 30, 2022•10 min•Ep. 68
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, paid her rent, and brought her shopping. But when the relationship ended, so did her life... Check out my website: ht...
May 23, 2022•29 min•Ep. 67
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 over her. Her legs dangled out. She had been strangled with a cloth around her neck, and stabbed vici...
May 16, 2022•27 min•Ep. 66
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://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend and send me recommendations on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acas...
May 02, 2022•19 min•Ep. 65
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. So why was she killed? Found beaten, strangled in her own home. Was it a robbery? How about a jealous lo...
Apr 11, 2022•13 min•Ep. 64
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....
Mar 28, 2022•8 min•Ep. 63
How did a prostitute from a floating brothel end up as one of the most notorious, successful pirates in history? Ching Shih was the leader of the Pirate Confederation that dominated the South China Seas - a behemoth that waged war against the Qing dynasty, the East India Company, and even the Portuguese empire. She ruled as a pirate queen for almost ten years... Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 21, 2022•12 min•Ep. 62
Haunted bathrooms, ghostly roommates and hidden altars - all part of the Singapore educational experience... In this week's special episode, we talk with Klinsen from "But Then How?" podcast about the scariest schools in Singapore... What do you think the scariest schools in Singapore are...? Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast But Then How Podcast: Instagram: bthpodsg Twitter: BTHpodcastSG TikTok: bthpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...
Mar 15, 2022•33 min•Ep. 61
Six guards patrol the complex. To get into the apartment, there's three locked doors - a gate, a metal grill and a wooden door. Once you're in, there's a lock on the bedroom door. It was May 2008. Who had made it into the apartment, and into 13-year-old Aarushi Talwar's bedroom? Who had bludgeoned her, then slit her throat? Silently, while her parents slept in the next bedroom? Fingers pointed at Hemraj Banjade, until another body was found... Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @...
Mar 01, 2022•27 min•Ep. 60
Gang Yuan was a multi-millionaire - it's alleged that he was worth about 50 million dollars. Did he feel like he could do anything? Get away with anything? It's believed that he had five children with five different mothers. Some reports say that he had almost a hundred different girlfriends. But when it came to marriage, was he looking a little closer to home? And what could have triggered such a brutal murder and dismembering in the bougie West Vancouver neighbourhood? Website: https://abriefc...
Feb 21, 2022•15 min•Ep. 59
It was April 1976. Michael Cully was on his deathbed, he was suffering from heart failure. His son, Charles, had rushed from Singapore to Melbourne to see his father one last time. What was the dying man's last wish? He wanted Charles to get rid of the body. The dead body of his wife, Charles' mother. He had killed her in a suite in the Hilton hotel. Best if he could dump it in the ocean, if not he could abandon it in a warehouse somewhere... ( personal note: aiyo, don't kill your spouse; just g...
Feb 14, 2022•12 min•Ep. 58
It was 1st July 2018. The Chundawat family, also known as the Bhatia family by neighbours, lived in the Burrari district in Delhi, India. On that day, all eleven members of the family were found dead. Ten were hanging in the courtyard - their feet almost grazing the floor. Eyes covered, hands bound. One in the bedroom - the grandmother, strangled to death. Who could have done this? What could have caused this? And what of the rumours of a sinister family secret...? Website: https://abriefcasepod...
Feb 07, 2022•25 min•Ep. 57
Lydia was daddy’s girl. She was the apple of his eye, the light of his life. Pablo Cabading would do anything and everything to keep her close. But what happens when she meets the handsome Leonardo Quitangon? She was falling in love, getting married, and soon she wouldn’t be daddy’s girl anymore… What would Pablo do to keep her with him…? Would she better dead, if not daddy’s…? Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
Jan 31, 2022•23 min•Ep. 56
It was 6:25AM, 6th Jan 1979. Tan Kuen Chai and his wife, Mei Ying, were about to leave for work. In less than four hours, all four of their children - their three sons and one daughter - would be dead. They would return home to the tragic sight of their children, brutally slashed, covered in blood, piled on top of each other. This remains one of the most horrific, inhuman killings in Singapore history... Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See a...
Jan 24, 2022•25 min•Ep. 55
Phoolan Devi always gets her revenge. When she was eleven, Phoolan had been married off to a man nearly three times her age. He was abusive and she ran away, again and again. She would eventually get her revenge - dragging him out of his home, stabbing him, and leaving him for dead. When her gang of bandits turned on her, she was abducted. Brought to a village, raped, beaten, humiliated. After escaping, she would get her revenge again. She would lead a new gang, and seek out the very men who deg...
Nov 30, 2021•23 min•Ep. 54
Sada Abe wanted a memento of their time together, a souvenir of sorts. She couldn't just drag his body around, that would be impractical. Even if she decapitated him, his head was just a tad inconvenient to carry around. Sada considered the dead man's body again. Being with Kichizō Ishida had brought her great pleasure and her fondest memories were when they were making love. With that in mind, she took out a kitchen knife and chopped off his penis and testicles... Website: https://abriefcasepod...
Nov 22, 2021•22 min•Ep. 53
Li Hao had a plan. He didn't just want to kidnap women to use them, that would be too mundane. He had ambition. He was going to kidnap women, trap them, then he would sell them, he was going to be their pimp. That wasn't enough, he wasn't just going to rape them, he was going to make porn to sell on the internet. He would run his online sex empire from a secret, filthy, disgusting dungeon. It was hidden under a cellar, accessible only by a sixty centimetre opening in the ground. In total, Li Hao...
Nov 15, 2021•13 min•Ep. 52
Barings bank was established in 1762. It was the United Kingdom's oldest merchant bank and at one point, was called 'the sixth great European power. Nick Leeson was a wunderkind. Everything he touched, everything he traded turned to gold. He didn't even pass his Math A'levels, yet he seemed to have an instinctive grasp of the market. He was eventually placed in charge of the Singapore branch of the Barings bank. About four years after Nick became the General Manager of the Singapore branch, Bari...
Nov 02, 2021•21 min•Ep. 51
They always suspect the husband... Anthony Ler knew this, he couldn't kill her himself. He needed someone to commit the murder for him. But he wasn't a criminal, he didn't have criminal friends, where was he going to get a hitman? In 2001, Anthony Ler convinced a 15-year-old boy to commit the crime... Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 25, 2021•28 min•Ep. 50
Was Anthony Ler Singapore's worst husband? When his wife was pregnant, he cheated on her. Rather than get a normal job to support his family, he opened different businesses - a graphic design studio, a modelling agency, a magazine... When Annie had enough, when she decided that she was going to divorce him, Anthony hired a hitman... Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 18, 2021•28 min•Ep. 49
It was 15th November 1977. Megumi Yokota was walking home from school in a peaceful Japanese seaside town in the Niigata Prefecture. Her home was just seven minutes away, but she would never arrive. Instead, she would be kidnapped by two spies, shut in a dark room for hours, then forced to live in North Korea for the rest of her life. Megumi would never see her family again... Website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...
Oct 12, 2021•11 min•Ep. 48
