A Brief Case

The Kingdom of Nepal was no more, and who was to blame? In one night, the royal family had been massacred. King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya, the prince and princess. Nine members of the royal family had been murdered in cold blood. Whispers slipped from ear to ear - did Crown Prince Dipendra really go mad, or had it been a plot, a scheme to take the throne?Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Akku Yadav was a weak, cowardly man and rape was his weapon of terror. It's said that he had over forty victims, with the youngest just ten years old. He was stabbed to death by a mob of anywhere between 200 to 400 women in a courtroom... It is rumored that the women all took turns, passing the knife around. It is said that they sliced off his penis. As he died, he begged for mercy, he begged for forgiveness... In fifteen minutes, it was over. The serial rapist, the murderer, Akku Yadav was nothing more than a bloody mess on the courtroom floor. His relatively quick death was surely more than he deserved... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even after they broke up, they would still meet. First as friends, then allegedly, as lovers. Even after Lim Lye Hock moved in with his girlfriend, even after he got married...Tan Hui Ngin and Lim Lye Hock were from the same kampung, the same village. They had known each other for years. They had grown up together...So why would Lye Hock run, and flee to Malaysia. Why would he leave Hui Ngin's battered decomposing body to be found days later in an abandoned chicken hatchery...? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rio the hammerhead, that's what they called him. Rio Alex Bulo would use two hammers, one in each hand, to bludgeon his victims to death. The serial killer would leave a trail of victims in his wake. From Surabaya to Semarang, and finally in Purwokerto, Rio would be caught after a vicious attack in the Rosenda Hotel. The bloodstains spattered the walls and the ceilings...But even his arrest would not stop his murderous urges, even in prison, Rio would kill a man many considered his friend... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Valentine's day was coming up. But instead of a romantic evening, Ma Jia Jue was planning something else. From 13th to 15th February 2004, he committed quadruple murder. Ma Jia Jue killed four of his fellow students in their shared dorm, before leaving their bodies in the dorm room's closet. They would not be found until almost ten days later. What triggered this heinous crime; an accusation of cheating, a personal insult...? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To the North Korean police, Park Myung-sik was a ghost. He stalked and killed students who worked in rural communal farms. He would capture his victim, then tear their liver out for consumption. Park Myung Sik believed that eating a healthy liver would cure his own cirrhosis. The cannibal killer, the organ harvester - he claimed at least 12 victims...Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pradyuman Thakur was just seven years old. Barun Thakur, ever the devoted dad, had driven both kids to the gate of their private school. In less than ten minutes, Pradyuman would be dead. He had been stabbed twice in the neck before being rushed to the hospital. Allegedly, the school did not tell his parents about Pradyuman's injuries or call the police. By noon the same day, the local police arrested Ashok Kumar - it was reported that the confession was tortured out of him and he was . A month later, the CBI arrested a sixteen-year-old student. What happened could have happened in those ten minutes, and who would have wanted to kill an innocent young boy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 27th May 1967, Lucila Lalu's butchered legs were found wrapped in newspapers in the trash. Days later, her torso was found in a vacant lot. Who would have wanted to kill the young, successful, mother and entrepreneur?Could it have been her common-law husband - the already married policeman Aniano de Vera? Did jealousy push him over the edge after he found out about Lucila's sordid affair with the much younger boy toy Florante Relos? Perhaps it was a different lover, or could she have been an unfortunate, unlucky victim of a serial killer...?Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reuben and I discussed the unruly household appliances and possibly haunted airbnb villa we stayed in when visiting Bali. We also chat cruising holidays and podcast plans for the new year! 

Naina Sahni was driven, and accomplished; she was well educated, she had a pilot's license, she owned a boutique, and she thought that she had found the One. Sushil Sharma was intelligent, charming, and the president of the Delhi Youth Congress. Sushil pursued her relentlessly - there was no doubt that the couple would be a good fit. It seemed that he was madly in love with her... That is... Until they actually got married. The mask slipped, and he became controlling, jealous, secretive. The romantic dream would become a nightmare, ending with Naina's body on a pyre in a tandoori oven...   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

This Halloween we have a spooky chat with our favorite creepy conversationalists, Kyle and Wayne from @WeAreHantu!  We start this episode with a background on the origins of Halloween. Then, we pit the best friends against each other with a Scary Story Showdown. Remember to vote in the polls below~ At the night's end, we adventure into a supernatural forest - will Kyle and Wayne survive...? Well, even if they don't, you can always catch Kyle and Wayne at:   Spotify: Ghost Maps by HANTU Instagram: @wearehantu TikTok: @wearehantu Youtube: @wearehantu Website: hantu.sg Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WEAREHANTU

Wowon Erawan promised financial returns like no other. He claimed that powerful magic was the source of his monetary success... He claimed he could double, no triple, your money... And when his victims came to collect, they could lose more than just money - they could lose their lives...   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

It was December 2019, when one man decided to do his Christmas shopping somewhere unusual... Instead of going to the usual departmental store or Toys R Us, this man decided he wanted something a little more unique to play with, to take care of... It's scary to think about what you can buy on the black market... Help ACRES Singapore ACRES Singapore  ACRES Singapore TikTok

They lurk, waiting for prey - malevolent figures stalking social media. From behind the safety of their screens, they target vulnerable victims, leaving a trail of trauma. In this episode, Teddy and Michelle discuss the sex offender registry and the many reported perverts in Singapore...  Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

It was a classic love story. Diazien Hossencofft and Girly Chew met at Seaworld, it was a brief meeting but they were smitten. They spent months writing letters until they closed the gap.  Girly moved to Albuquerque in New Mexico to be with her new husband, a well-respected doctor with degrees from the University of Tokyo and Cornell Medical School. Except, he wasn't... He was a con man and conspiracy theorist who attended conferences on lizard people and UFOs. He cheated on her constantly, and when she found out and threatened to reveal all his lies - she disappeared...   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

Newington House College was a school for the privileged Indian elite - minor princes, sons of rich businessmen... The boys were educated the English way, playing cricket and tennis, learning British etiquette... Until one night, their English principal was killed, shot point-blank while lying asleep. The murder was never solved... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

Ghostly figures, blood stains, and a woman crying - rumours of a haunting at the Amber Beacon Tower in East Coast Park... It was 15th May 1990, at around 10:30PM. It was supposed to be a romantic night out... James and Kelly had just started dating and were enjoying the evening, spending time together on the tower's steps.  Two men walked pass them to the top of the tower. 15 minutes later, they would attack - and Kelly would be murdered... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

Like many job scams, she slid into his DMs. Unlike many job scams, Ah Wei actually knew Hsieh. They had gone to primary school together many years ago...  She said that she had a job in Cambodia, a business administration job that would pay generously. And as she spoke, they shared a bottle of rice wine, and another, until Ah Wei felt himself slipping away...  Then, the twenty-nine year old woman sold her childhood friend, for the measly price of ten thousand new taiwan dollars... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

Bernard Boursicot truly believed he was in a relationship with a woman and that they had a child together. The French diplomat dreamt of living in Paris with Shi Pei Pu, the mother of his child, and their son. This fantasy also included Thierry, a man he had been in a long-term relationship with. He would do anything to keep his loved ones safe. Anything, including espionage. But after 20 years, the lies came crumbling down... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

Mohan Kumar had two wives, and neither of them suspected that he was still propositioning other women. It was clear they would have felt betrayed if they knew he was promising to marry these women, even without a dowry.  He would meet his unsuspecting victim, spend a few days together, and sometimes have sex. Before they parted, he would give her a pill, telling her it was birth control. It was his poison of choice - cyanide. But he wasn't just a polygamist, he was a serial killer...   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

The four terrorists were armed with submachine guns. After setting off explosives in the Pulau Bukom Shell oil refinery, the group hijacked the Laju ferry. They took five hostages - the crew of the Laju ferry. Tense negotiations over seven days, and finally, the hostages were returned safely. But in exchange, the terrorists wanted guarators, to make sure they'd leave safe.  Thirteen brave men were traded as these guarantors, including a future president of Singapore... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

One by one, the members of Jolly Amma Joseph's family dropped like flies... Jolly was described as pious, friendly, and a delightful neighbour in a small town of twelve thousand. No one ever suspected her, it was more believable that the house was cursed...  First her mother-in-law, then her father-in-law, and even her husband. Six people would be dead before she was caught... Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

This week's episode is a double feature - Benedict and I dive into the case of the world's most notorious bicycle thief and uncover the absolute worst move you can make if you've lost the key to your bike lock... We talk about what the police did when it seemed that all the bicycles in Toronto were slowly going missing...  And the unfortunate mishaps of a middle-aged man trying to get his bicycle back in a shopping mall in Punggol...   Get 10% off Bicycles and Bicycle accessories with code ABC10 at Unspokin.com Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast  

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

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: @abriefcasepodcast

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

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

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

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  

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 Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast  

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

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 did the happy reunion end in tragedy...?   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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: @abriefcasepodcast

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? Was the whole family involved in this brutal murder plot?   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 be back on Bumble within the month...    Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 Singapore flags, and allegedly vandalizing over sixty cars...  Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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

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

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

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...    Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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

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: @abriefcasepodcast

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

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

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 when he wanted to leave, when he had the audacity to try and divorce her - she just couldn't let him go. So she killed him...   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 Asia, slippery, uncatchable by the law...?   Listen to: How I Met You - An Asian Podcast About Love  Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast

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 serial killer...?   Check out my website: https://abriefcasepodcast.com/  Be my friend on Instagram: @abriefcasepodcast