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True Crimes of Asia Podcast: Japan - Killer prowled Twitter for the suicidal

True Crimes of Asia podcast series: Journey into the darkest corners of the internet, where a deadly connection was forged in 140 characters or less.

True Crimes of Asia: Suicidal people still baited on social media in Japan despite ‘Twitter murders’

Suspect Takahiro Shiraishi (C) covers his face with his hands as he is transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo on November 1, 2017. The 27-year-old Japanese man, who was arrested after police found nine dismembered corpses rotting in his house, has confessed to killing all his victims over a two-month spree after contacting them via Twitter, media reports. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

True Crimes of Asia Podcast: Taiwan - Deadly stabbing spree on metro shocks island of 23 million

True Crimes of Asia podcast series: A random stabbing spree in a Taipei metro in 2014 resulted in four dead and 24 injured.

True Crimes of Asia: Years after Taipei subway stabbing spree, mental health awareness still lacking

A 21-year-old man went on a stabbing spree on the Taipei subway, killing four people and injuring 24 others, on May 21, 2014.

True Crimes of Asia Podcast: Indonesia - Masked ‘ninjas’ and the mass murders of suspected sorcerers

How the gruesome 1998 incidents paved the way for black magic to be criminalised last year in 2022, in the predominantly Muslim country of Indonesia.

True Crimes of Asia: 25 years after bloody witch hunts in East Java, cases remain unresolved

The Tarbiyatul Islam As-Syafi’iyah boarding school. On Oct 3, 1998, four ninjas entered the school but their target managed to escape.

True Crimes of Asia Podcast: Singapore - A Myanmar domestic worker’s gruesome death at the hands of her employers

In this episode, the details and extent of Ms Piang Ngaih Don's torture, at the hands of Gaiyathiri and her mother Prema S. Naraynasamy, are explored.

True Crimes of Asia: Myanmar maid’s death sparks reforms but gaps persist, say NGOs

Gaiyathiri Murugayan (left) had subjected Ms Piang Ngaih Don to months of beatings and deprived her of food.

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