Yang Xinhai was a Chinese serial killer who confessed to committing 67 murders and 23 rapes between 1999 and 2003.

He was sentenced to death and executed.

He was dubbed the "Monster Killer" by the media. He was the most prolific known serial killer in China since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

In this week's episode, we dive deep into the crimes this disgusting man committed. Additionally, we will discuss the re-eduction camps in China as the perpetrator was sent there several times before committing the murders and rapes. Also touching on other infamous serial killers habits and what it means to be a serial killer.

In the second part of the season 4 finale, we dig deep into the investigation of Lucie's disappearance.

A grueling 7 month search took place before Lucie's body was eventually found under a bathtub inside a seaside cave.

The shocking discovery came when a man named Joji Obara was reported by several other hostesses who came forward and complained of waking up feeling sore and drugged. After police arrested him, they found hundreds of video tapes of him assaulting women, and the discovery of a woman named Carita Ridgeway who died at the hands of Obara.

It was a mission to find this man guilty of kidnapping and murdering Lucie Blackman.

It should have been a dream trip, two 21-year-old friends from the UK moved over to Tokyo for a gap year to work and live in one of the most exciting cities in the world. Less than 2 months later, one of the women, Lucie Blackman, went missing after going on a dohan (a paid date in Japan) with a man who approached her whilst she was working as a hostess in a club in Roppongi.

With mass media attention, and a 7 month search, this became one of the biggest cases in missing persons history in 2000. Tragically, Lucie's dismembered body was found underneath a bathtub hidden in a seaside cave on a beach outside of Tokyo.

The Kallang River body parts murder was a murder and dismemberment case that occurred in Singapore in 2005.

The case earned its name due to the body parts of the victim, 22-year-old Liu Hong Mei being found disposed in the Kallang river.

In this case, Liu's 50-year-old supervisor, Leong Siew Chor, used a towel to strangle her to death, and he also severed her body into seven pieces - mainly her head, upper torso, lower torso, legs and feet - before disposing them in Kallang River and other locations in Singapore.

Leong, a married man with three adult children, was revealed to have engaged in an illicit love affair with Liu for a year before murdering her on 15 June 2005, as a result of wanting to cover up the affair and theft of Liu's credit cards and money from her bank account. He was arrested three days after the murder, and the police also managed to locate five of her body parts. Liu's severed feet were never found.

Today, we will step away from the usual true crime episode and get a little spooky!

Tat Tak School is one of Hong Kong's most haunted locations. With a dark history that dates back to 1899, the school has been tainted with many urban legends.

References:

https://moonmausoleum.com/the-ghost-in-red-at-ping-shan-tat-tak-school/

https://books.google.com.sg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=8suV69gMia8C&oi=fnd&pg=PP16&dq=1941+japan+attack+on+hong+kong&ots=ae3OCDCjr9&sig=IJzelwWaNSeamHQdxC66lzNkQZw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=1941%20japan%20attack%20on%20hong%20kong&f=false

https://books.google.com.sg/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ff5J2-W-dPYC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=1899+hong+kong+war&ots=y8Qyzd_k23&sig=X3MW-G3jCcf_g3jUdTSadjBdOuw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=1899%20hong%20kong%20war&f=false

It was 16th December 2012 in Munirka, a neighbourhood in South Delhi, when 23 year old Jyoti Singh and her friend Avnindra Pratap Pandey went to the cinema to watch The Life of Pi.

On their way home, they decided to board a private bus, which had 5 other men on board. However, something soon felt wrong, when the bus driver turned off the lights, closed the doors, and drove off route.

Not long later, the 5 men broke into an argument with Pandey, and after they beat him bloody, they dragged Jyoti to the back of the bus where they raped her, beat her, and pulled her intestines out....

This is the devastating story of what happened to Jyoti Singh, also famously known as the Nirbhaya case.

Listener warning, there are discussions of human flesh trafficking in this episode, Please do not listen if this will be deeply uncomfortable for you.

It was 1st April 2012 at 10:30pm in Suwon, South Korea.

A 28 year old woman was walking home when a man purposely bumped into her on the street, abducted her, assaulted her, and then hacked her body into 280 pieces.

The more disturbing part of this case is the fact that the victim called the police in distress and attempted to give them her location so they could find her and save her.....but they did nothing.

References:

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20120912006300315

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/05/113_108575.html

https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/s-korea-top-court-rejects-death-penalty-in-brutal-murder

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20120410001008

https://truecrimesasia.home.blog/2019/03/20/suwon-murder-south-korea/

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/04/113_111663.html

It was 4th April 2024 when Singaporean Audrey Fang embarked on a solo trip to Spain, staying in a luxury hotel in the breathtaking area of Xàbia.

6 days later, her body was found 150km away from her hotel, beaten, bruised, and stabbed 30 times.

What happened to Audrey Fang? Why did she go to Spain only 2 weeks before she was supposed to go on a trip to Japan?

What dark secrets were kept from her family?

This is what we know so far of this tragic case......