She watched true crime documentaries, she borrowed true crime books. Twenty-three-year-old Jung Yoo Jung was obsessed with murder... Then, she stabbed her victim a hundred and ten times... The police said she did this "out of curiosity". They said that she wanted to know what murder was like... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 03, 2023•13 min•Ep. 106
Heather Mack was a nineteen-year-old American heiress. She was a trust fund baby slated to inherit 1.56 million dollars. Was the money the reason she killed her mother? The mother and daughter had a tenuous relationship - arguments, police visits, and abortions... Sheila Von Wiese-Mack was bludgeoned in a St Regis hotel room, before being stuffed in a suitcase and abandoned in the trunk of a taxi... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcas...
Jun 27, 2023•17 min•Ep. 105
Cheng Jianan and Li Chiming were in their early twenties, taking a luxurious holiday in Bali. They were expecting five-star hotels, refreshing beers, rest, and relaxation. Instead, tragedy found them. Jianan was found dead in the bathtub, while Chiming had crawled for 20 minutes in the hotel corridor before bleeding out... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 19, 2023•14 min•Ep. 104
Sagarika Chakraborty was far away from home. She had moved to Norway with her husband. Her husband, Anurup Bhattacharya, worked long days. She did not speak the language, she had few friends, and even fewer allies in the city of Stavanger. What could she do when it was decided that she was an unfit mother, that they were unsuitable parents? What would she do to get her two young children back? Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Host...
Jun 14, 2023•23 min•Ep. 103
Jennifer Laude was just 26 years old. It was 11th October 2014, a Saturday night. She started her evening at the Ambyanz disco bar in Olongapo, Philippines. Then, she left for the Celzone lodge with 19-year-old American Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton. She would never go home. Jennifer would be killed in the motel room, drowned face-first in the toilet... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Jun 05, 2023•15 min•Ep. 102
Le Thanh Van left behind a trail of death. There were former employers, friends, and even her husband's family... She was Vietnam's first modern serial killer, taking more than a dozen lives... How did she elude capture for so long, leaving authorities baffled? And what motivated her to commit such chilling crimes; or did she just fall into the habit of killing? Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
May 23, 2023•23 min•Ep. 101
Piang Ngaih Don had been beaten daily, burned with a hot iron, starved, and deprived of sleep. When she died, she weighed 24kg. She had lost 38 percent of her body weight. Her abuser wasn't a gangster or a thug, but still certainly a cold-blooded killer. Her abuser was a middle-aged murderer, married to a policeman. Her murderer, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, was documented on CCTV abusing her in front of her young children... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagra...
Apr 17, 2023•29 min•Ep. 100
I can't believe we're a hundred episodes in! Michelle and I have a great time recapping three of the most listened cases of the podcast: The Yishun Triple Murder India's Bandit Queen - Phoolan Devi The Murder of Abby Choi We also have a quick Q&A answering questions from Instagram. Who is Teddy? Which cases intrigue me? Why did I start this podcast...? Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Apr 03, 2023•27 min•Ep. 99
Jessica Wongso and Wayan Mirna Salihin were as thick as thieves. Both wealthy, beautiful Indonesians studying in the Billy Blue College of design in Sydney. But life after college couldn't have been more different for each of them. Jessica had a tumultuous relationship with her Australian boyfriend; drunk driving, car crashes, and suicide attempts. Mirna married her boyfriend of eight years, Arief Soemarko, in the tropical paradise of Bali. When Jessica visits Jakarta, the friends meet. But how ...
Mar 27, 2023•29 min•Ep. 98
Javed Iqbal was a middle-aged monster. And one by one, the boys in the market square slowly disappeared. Why didn't anyone notice? Why didn't anyone care? The vats of acid were cheap, he bragged. Each vat of hydrochloric acid cost him 120 rupees, only about $2 dollars or so. He could have killed so many more if he wanted to. And the thing is, I don't doubt it... Help: https://donate.savethechildren.org/en/donate/donate-hero Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Ins...
Mar 20, 2023•17 min•Ep. 97
Javed Iqbal was a pervert with a penchant for young boys. Everything that he did was driven by his vile desires, his ugly urges. His existence was a reign of terror in his village in Pakistan. He opened an arcade, a gym, and even a school. Parents took care to keep their children away from him. Javed had a reputation; so why did still skulk the streets...? Help: https://donate.savethechildren.org/en/donate/donate-hero Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram...
Mar 13, 2023•15 min•Ep. 96
Abby Choi had a net worth of 100 million hong kong dollars. She appeared in magazines like Elle, Vogue, and was on the cover of L'Officiel. She was a socialite with four children and the co-founder of an animal rescue charity... Who would want Abby dead? Surely not her ex-husband, Alex Kwong; the father of her first two children. Abby still took care of his family, she paid for his expenses, she hired his brother as her chauffeur, even the home that they lived in - but what if it wasn't enough? ...
Feb 28, 2023•20 min•Ep. 95
Be careful who you meet online; Aftab Amin Poonwala and Shraddha Walkar met on Bumble. It didn't take long for them to realize how much they had in common. They worked for the same company, grew up in the same area, they studied the same subjects... In less than a year, they would move in together. And just three years after the start of their relationship, Shraddha would be dead. She would be murdered, butchered, and her body discarded in Delhi's forests. Her boyfriend, the food blogger, would ...
Feb 13, 2023•15 min•Ep. 94
Caning is a form of corporal punishment in Singapore that involves administering blows with a cane, typically on the bare buttocks. It has been described as unimaginably painful. Do you think that caning is an effective deterrent or a form of cruel and inhumane punishment? Michael Fay was an eighteen year old American teenager, sentenced to six strokes of the cane, four months in prison, and a $3500 fine. Why was the teenager so harshly punished? For possessing stolen road signs, stolen Singapor...
Feb 07, 2023•18 min•Ep. 93
Is porn illegal in Singapore? Why is Pornhub banned? Have Singaporeans been sexually suppressed for too long? This week, Michelle and I chat about the filthy, filthy subjects of sex, singaporeans, and scandals. We also discuss the biggest scandal of all; the Nasi Lemak group chat. A pervert's paradise with more than forty thousand people discussing sex, trading lewd images, and promoting prostitutes. Who were the four men arrested, and what were they charged with...? Check out my website: https:...
Jan 30, 2023•32 min•Ep. 92
Qandeel Baloch was Pakistan's first social media star. She worked hard and provided for her family. She financed their lives, paying their rent, food, and medical expenses. Her parents loved her. But her brother betrayed her. He was a hypocrite; when her personal details were published, instead of supporting her, he killed her... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 16, 2023•22 min•Ep. 91
What's the worst thing that could happen at your wedding - an unintended ex crashing the party? A runaway groom? An overly intimate mother-in-law? How about the murder of a cousin, then cannibalism? And what if the murderers decided they wanted everyone to partake? If they served your cousin to unknowing wedding guests... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 09, 2023•11 min•Ep. 90
Otto Warmbier was sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor; what could've warranted this extreme punishment? The twenty-two year old american had allegedly attempted to steal a propaganda poster from a Pyongyang hotel. On the last day of his tour, he was stopped before he could leave the country for this "hostile" act. Otto was held hostage by North Korea for 17 months... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Jan 02, 2023•38 min•Ep. 89
Issei Sagawa was small, ugly, and weak. He was obsessed with women who were the opposite; tall, strong, and beautiful. Allegedly, he didn't really want to date them or love them. Not as much as he wanted to eat them, so he could own them, so that he could absorb their energy and be tall, strong, and beautiful too... And on 11th June 1981, Issei would turn his sick fantasies into reality. Thereafter, he would become one of the most reviled men in Japan, the Kobe killer, the Japanese cannibal... C...
Dec 19, 2022•20 min•Ep. 88
It starts with a job offer - office administrator needed, relocation costs covered. Is it too good to be true; of course, it is. It's never that good... It ends with cyber slavery. Trapped in a Cambodian scam factory, beaten, electrocuted, tethered to your desk... Every day, you send out another message: hello, I have a job opportunity for you! hello, have we met before? hello, I have an investment platform to share with you... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on...
Dec 05, 2022•23 min•Ep. 87
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 friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 28, 2022•14 min•Ep. 86
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 in broad daylight... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: ...
Nov 21, 2022•24 min•Ep. 85
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 my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on A...
Oct 31, 2022•20 min•Ep. 84
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 out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted ...
Oct 25, 2022•13 min•Ep. 83
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, in another country, miles away from his family and friends, she could have him all to herself... And wh...
Oct 18, 2022•26 min•Ep. 81
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 You - An Asian Podcast About Love Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/ Be my friend on I...
Oct 11, 2022•22 min•Ep. 82
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 Charles Sobhraj become the Serpent? A serial killer infamous for targeting backpackers in South East Asi...
Oct 04, 2022•34 min•Ep. 80
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 knew that Apichai had a history of allegedly kidnapping young girls. But could Apichai also be a ser...
Sep 26, 2022•29 min•Ep. 79
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 two innocent children? Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love Check out my website: ht...
Sep 19, 2022•25 min•Ep. 78
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 Podcast About Love Catch the Proudly Asian podcast: Spotify: Proudly Asian by Isabel Wong Instagram: @prou...
Sep 12, 2022•29 min•Ep. 77
