Episode 135: The Samnye Trio

Miki Kawano was 37 years old when she was murdered in the middle of a busy street during the evening rush hour. The perpetrator was quickly apprehended, and a dark story came to light. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two girls of the same age and with the same name attended the same high school in Japan's Miyagi Prefecture. However, one of them eventually met a tragic fate, and there are suspicions that she was murdered in a case of mistaken identity, with her namesake being the intended target. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1999, a robbery and murder took place in the South Korean village of Samnye, and three disadvantaged young men were accused of the crime. They were convicted, but the truth only came to light some twenty years later. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hugo Ferrer Medrano and Xianzhi Liang were a happy young couple expecting their first child. One day, however, they disappeared, and soon Hugo’s mother made a horrifying discovery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Son Ye-yeon had recently died, and her sister went to an insurance company to claim the life insurance payout. Surprisingly, however, it turned out that the claimant’s signature and fingerprints matched those of Son Ye-yeon, and the supposedly deceased woman was remarkably alive. So who had actually been cremated? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elliot Eastman was a 26-year-old American man who made YouTube videos about his life. He had settled in the Philippines with his local spouse, but the area was not safe, especially for foreigners. Elliot’s growing anxiety was also evident in his videos, until after October 2024, when no more videos were posted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A group of 18 hikers set out, but only 10 returned. The hike was not supposed to be technically demanding, so what exactly happened? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kosuke Nozaki was already 77 years old, but that did not stop him from calling himself the “Don Juan of Kishu.” He also had a wife 55 years his junior by his side, to whom he paid a monthly allowance. In the end, however, his adventures came to a grim end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1999, a mysterious murder took place on Jeju Island in South Korea. The victim was local prosecutor Lee Seung-yong. The case remained cold for 20 years, until a person involved in the events came forward to a television program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Masamitsu Adachi was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning alongside a farewell note, suicide naturally seemed like the most likely explanation. However, his father had also recently been hospitalized under suspicious circumstances. What was really happening in the Adachi family? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.