34: Inside the Dragon's Lair (Gu Kailai) | China

34: Inside the Dragon's Lair (Gu Kailai) | China

When a British businessman, Neil Heywood, is found dead in a hotel room in China’s megacity Chongqing, a series of events began that set in motion political change that would influence the next decade in Chinese politics. A flamboyant politician, Bo Xilai’s wife, Gu Kailai, was tried for the murder of Neil Heywood, but was she framed by her husband’s political enemies in an attempt to keep him from becoming a member of the uber-powerful nine-person Politburo Standing Committee? For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at Patreon For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This week's promo: The Asian Madness Podcast This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

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134: The Lust Killing of Yangjie Li | Germany

134: The Lust Killing of Yangjie Li | Germany

In May 2016, Chinese national Yangjie Li was months away from finishing her master’s degree in architecture in Dessau, Germany. On a mild spring evening when she went jogging, but never returned home....

4 Apr 202139min

133: The Killing of Julie Ward | Kenya

133: The Killing of Julie Ward | Kenya

Amateur photographer Julie Ward travelled from her home in England to document wildlife migration in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Reserve. When she disappeared, her father launched a search. Within a day, part...

28 Mar 202137min

132: Suicide Voyeur, William Melchert-Dinkel | USA

132: Suicide Voyeur, William Melchert-Dinkel | USA

A former nurse engaged in online conversations with people – and instructed them on how to take their own lives. Two online sleuths from the other side of the world tracked down the IP address, and no...

21 Mar 202138min

131: The Poisoner of Monserrat, Yiya Murano | Argentina

131: The Poisoner of Monserrat, Yiya Murano | Argentina

When three women from the same circle of friends died in short succession of each other, police wondered if their deaths were related. They looked at the one friend who was still alive, Buenos Aires s...

14 Mar 202138min

130: The Callous Murder of Mary Gough Whelan | Ireland

130: The Callous Murder of Mary Gough Whelan | Ireland

Colin Whelan planned his wife’s murder before they were even married. He doubled their life insurance and searched the internet using phrases like death by strangulation and ‘asphyxiation’. The calcul...

7 Mar 202134min

129: The Day Clea Hall Vanished | USA

129: The Day Clea Hall Vanished | USA

When a young honors student disappeared two weeks before her graduation, no one knew where she could be. Clea was last seen walking into the home-office of Dr. Larry Amos, where she worked part-time. ...

28 Feb 202131min

128: The Rostov Ripper, Andrei Chikatilo | Russia (Part 2)

128: The Rostov Ripper, Andrei Chikatilo | Russia (Part 2)

After hunting down Russia’s most prolific serial killer for a decade, police finally had Andrei Chikatilo in custody. What drove this man to commit such heinous murders? If they didn’t catch him, woul...

21 Feb 202142min

127: The Rostov Ripper, Andrei Chikatilo | Russia (Part 1)

127: The Rostov Ripper, Andrei Chikatilo | Russia (Part 1)

In the 1980s USSR’s Rostov Oblast was terrorized by a cold-blooded serial killer. Women and children disappeared from bus stops and train stations, and police were at a loss. They called the faceless ...

14 Feb 202134min

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