11: The Hostess Murders - Carita Ridgway and Lucie Blackman (Joji Obara) | Japan

11: The Hostess Murders - Carita Ridgway and Lucie Blackman (Joji Obara) | Japan

Tokyo, 1992. The mysterious death of a young Australian woman working as a hostess in Japan goes unsolved. Eight years later, a young British woman disappears under similarly mysterious circumstances. All eyes turn to wealthy Japanese playboy, Joji Obara – a man who had no known friends and refused to ever have his photo taken. He was eventually dubbed: The Beast with a Human Face. This is a sordid story about what happened to countless foreign women, working in Tokyo in the 1990s. Lucie Blackman Trust: http://www.lbtrust.org/ For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

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257: The Mysterious Disappearance of Christine Walters | USA

257: The Mysterious Disappearance of Christine Walters | USA

In November 2008, 23-year-old Christine Lindsey Walters left her hotel room in Eureka, California, in her pyjamas, to collect identity documents from a nearby copy centre. She was trying to get home t...

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256: The ‘My Way’ Karaoke Killings | The Philippines

256: The ‘My Way’ Karaoke Killings | The Philippines

Frank Sinatra's "My Way" became one of the deadliest songs in history — not on a battlefield, but in the karaoke bars of the Philippines. Between 1998 and 2018, at least a dozen people were killed in ...

12 Apr 18min

255: The Real Twin Peaks Case: Murder of Hazel Drew | USA

255: The Real Twin Peaks Case: Murder of Hazel Drew | USA

In the sweltering summer of 1908, 20-year-old domestic servant Hazel Drew was found floating face-down in Teal's Pond, New York. Her skull had been crushed by repeated blows. A corset string wrapped a...

22 Mars 24min

254: The Gang of Amazons | Russia

254: The Gang of Amazons | Russia

On a quiet September night in 2013, a routine traffic stop on the outskirts of Aksai unraveled a mystery that had haunted southern Russia for years. A violent shootout led police to a forest campsite,...

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253: The Murder of Au-Pair, Sophie Lionnet | England

253: The Murder of Au-Pair, Sophie Lionnet | England

In 2017, 21-year-old French au pair Sophie Lionnet was found burned in a garden in Southfields, London. What began as a dream opportunity became a nightmare of abuse, torture, and ultimately murder at...

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252: The Vanishing of the Krnak Family | USA

252: The Vanishing of the Krnak Family | USA

Between September 2003 and April 2006, Wisconsin prosecutors built one of the most challenging murder cases in the state's history: proving a family annihilation without bodies, a crime scene, or eyew...

8 Feb 27min

251: The Wanda Beach Murders | Australia

251: The Wanda Beach Murders | Australia

On a windy January day in 1965, two fifteen-year-old best friends walked into the sand dunes at Wanda Beach near Sydney. They never came home. What followed was one of the largest investigations in Au...

25 Jan 18min

Nordic Campsite Killings 4: The Shadow Between the Cases

Nordic Campsite Killings 4: The Shadow Between the Cases

Between 1959 and 1987, a series of brutal attacks in the forests and lakesides of Finland and Sweden left multiple victims dead – and investigators haunted by their similarities. From Tulilahti and La...

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