Heinous – An Asian True Crime Podcast

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  Shot Dead and Acquitted - The Jessica Lall Case | 1999 |1/2 11.08.2026 22分

  In 1999, Jessica Lall was shot twice at a crowded party in Delhi, in front of dozens of witnesses, at point-blank range, over the simple fact that the bar was closed and she wouldn't serve him anymore drinks.   On its surface, this should have been one of the most straightforward murder cases in Indian legal history. But what transpired would bewilder and enrage an entire nation; because the man accused of pulling the trigger somehow managed to leave the court a free man.   What should have been straightforward justice was instead dragged out over the course of seven long years, all unravelling in a tangled mess involving nearly 300 witnesses, conflicting testimonies, and missing evidence. And how a city that watched the murder happen refused to let the acquittal be the end of the story.   This is the case of Jessica Lall — and the verdict that wouldn't stick.   Part 1: We explore into the events of the fateful night where Jessica Lall was shot, and the initial confusion that led to her shooter's acquittal.   Part 2: We follow the public outcry from the court's decision, which culminated in public campaigns and rallies, and the resulting outcome of this miscarriage of justice.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Thailand's Jack The Ripper | Somkid Pumpuang | 2005 04.08.2026 30分

  The officer who arrested him warned everyone that there would be more victims, but no one bothered to listen. In 2005, Somkid Pumpuang was taken in as the main suspect behind 5 murders. But when faced with the charges, he did not resist, and even outright confessed to the crimes, which led him to receive a life sentence instead of death.   However, what happened inside prison would be even more remarkable. Somkid became a model prisoner, so much so that his conduct earned him promotions up the prisoner classes, which resulted in his sentence being shrank 4 times. At the end, he had reduced his sentence so much that he was even able to leave a free man after 14 years. A 14 year sentence for a man who was charged with murdering 5 women.    But just as a leopard never changes its spots, a brutal criminal doesn't magically become a saint, not even after spending 14 years in jail. And it would only take 7 months for his original arresting officer to be proven right.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  They Killed Him Within Police Headquarters | 2016 |2/2 28.07.2026 19分

  In October 2016, a South Korean businessman named Jee Ick-Joo was forcefully taken from his home in Angeles City, only for him to never be seen again. From the outside, this seemed like a brutal case of kidnapping, or maybe even a targeted attack from business rivals.    But what made this murder more chilling wasn't how Jee was abducted or killed, but the fact that it took place within Camp Crame; the National Police Headquarters of the Philippines. Because this was the bloody era of President Duterte's anti-drug campaign, and once they have you on their list, you may never come home again.   Part 1: We explore circumstances surrounding the Philippines in the Duterte era, and why anti-drug officers specifically targeted Jee Ick-Joo.   Part 2: We follow the public fallout once the case was made public, and navigate the tricky legal battle to bring justice to an innocent man who was abducted and murdered by the police.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  They Killed Him Within Police Headquarters | 2016 |1/2 21.07.2026 18分

  In October 2016, a South Korean businessman named Jee Ick-Joo was forcefully taken from his home in Angeles City, only for him to never be seen again. From the outside, this seemed like a brutal case of kidnapping, or maybe even a targeted attack from business rivals.    But what made this murder more chilling wasn't how Jee was abducted or killed, but the fact that it took place within Camp Crame; the National Police Headquarters of the Philippines. Because this was the bloody era of President Duterte's anti-drug campaign, and once they have you on their list, you may never come home again.   Part 1: We explore circumstances surrounding the Philippines in the Duterte era, and why anti-drug officers specifically targeted Jee Ick-Joo.   Part 2: We follow the public fallout once the case was made public, and navigate the tricky legal battle to bring justice to an innocent man who was abducted and murdered by the police.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Man Who Stole Boys From The Streets | Baekuni "Babe" | 2010 | 2/2 16.07.2026 17分

  Beneath the noise of Jakarta's terminals and back alleys, a street vendor named Baekuni built a reputation for kindness; offering food, shelter, and quiet protection to the city's most invisible children. And for nearly seventeen years, that reputation served as the perfect disguise... until his true horrors were brought to the surface. The country was shocked when the mutilated remains of a young boy was discovered in 2010, leading investigators to uncover a disturbing pattern of exploitation and violence that had gone on for far too long.    Part 1: We explore the conditions that allowed Baekuni "Babe" to develop into the monster that he would eventually become, and how he managed to remain undetected through nearly 2 decades.   Part 2: We follow investigators as they pick up on the discovery of the young boy's mutilated body parts, and witness Indonesia reckon with the fact that they allowed such a monster to roam their streets for so long.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Man Who Stole Boys From The Streets | Baekuni "Babe" | 2010 | 1/2 14.07.2026 17分

  Beneath the noise of Jakarta's terminals and back alleys, a street vendor named Baekuni built a reputation for kindness; offering food, shelter, and quiet protection to the city's most invisible children. And for nearly seventeen years, that reputation served as the perfect disguise... until his true horrors were brought to the surface. The country was shocked when the mutilated remains of a young boy was discovered in 2010, leading investigators to uncover a disturbing pattern of exploitation and violence that had gone on for far too long.    Part 1: We explore the conditions that allowed Baekuni "Babe" to develop into the monster that he would eventually become, and how he managed to remain undetected through nearly 2 decades.   Part 2: We follow investigators as they pick up on the discovery of the young boy's mutilated body parts, and witness Indonesia reckon with the fact that they allowed such a monster to roam their streets for so long.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  54 Days: The Ngọc Bích Gold Shop Slaughter | Lê Văn Luyện | 2011 | 2/2 02.07.2026 16分

  It was already morning when neighbors in Bắc Giang province noticed something wrong. The shutters to the local family owned gold shop hadn't gone up. No one had seen the owner make his usual rounds. And when someone finally forced their way in, they found a scene that would haunt the nation for years: a husband, a wife, and even their infant daughter, all slaughtered.   And in another room, an eight-year-old girl, barely breathing, her arm severed at the joint. She was the only witness. She was also, somehow, still alive.   Part 1: We take you through the horrific events of the Ngọc Bích gold shop slaughter as it unfolded, and profile the monster behind the brutal crime.   Part 2: We follow along with officers as they trace down the murderer, Lê Văn Luyện. Along the way, we'll also discover the complications that arguably prevented commensurate justice from being served in this case.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  54 Days: The Ngọc Bích Gold Shop Slaughter | Lê Văn Luyện | 2011 | 1/2 30.06.2026 15分

  It was already morning when neighbors in Bắc Giang province noticed something wrong. The shutters to the local family owned gold shop hadn't gone up. No one had seen the owner make his usual rounds. And when someone finally forced their way in, they found a scene that would haunt the nation for years: a husband, a wife, and even their infant daughter, all slaughtered.   And in another room, an eight-year-old girl, barely breathing, her arm severed at the joint. She was the only witness. She was also, somehow, still alive.   Part 1: We take you through the horrific events of the Ngọc Bích gold shop slaughter as it unfolded, and profile the monster behind the brutal crime.   Part 2: We follow along with officers as they trace down the murderer, Lê Văn Luyện. Along the way, we'll also discover the complications that arguably prevented commensurate justice from being served in this case.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Women The War Forgot - The Comfort Women | Heinous History | 1937 23.06.2026 40分

  When Japan surrendered on the 15th of August, 1945, the world called an end to its most brutal chapter in history. Flags were lowered. Peace treaties were signed. Everyone just wanted to move on.   But nobody told the comfort women.   For years during the war, while men braved the frontlines, hundreds of thousands of women were abducted from their homes and their villages; enslaved into camps and forced to satisfy the needs of passing soldiers. Many died of disease and malnutrition, while others were killed for trying to escape. And what made it even more chilling was how bureaucratic it all was, from the kidnapping and the enslavement, to even accounting for the fees collected for each sexual encounter. And yet when the war ended, the soldiers simply left, and the women, those who actually managed to survive the atrocities, were left to deal with their trauma on their own.   In this episode, we trace the architecture of the comfort women system: who constructed it, who enforced it, and who was paid to look the other way. And we hear from the women who waited sixty years to say out loud what everyone already knew.   The world tried to forget about them and move on.    So they had no choice but to make the world remember.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Taipei Subway Killer | Cheng Chieh | 2014 | 2/2 16.06.2026 19分

  It was 4:25pm on a Wednesday afternoon in Taipei. Commuters, students, strangers were on board a train on the Bannan line heading west to Jiangzicui from Longshan Temple; the longest gap between any two stations on the entire Taipei Metro network. To anyone else, this detail wouldn't mean much, but Cheng Chieh had pondered over this for years. Later, he even revealed to investigators that he chose that specific stretch precisely because he knew it would give him more time. And twenty seconds after leaving the Longshan Temple station, he pulled out a knife. Passengers flooded out of the carriage when the train finally pulled into Jiangzicui, screaming for people on the platform to run. Four people were dead. Twenty-four were injured. It was the first fatal attack on the Taipei Metro since the day it opened. Cheng Chieh was only twenty-one years old. And he had been planning this attach since childhood.   Part 1: We examine Cheng Chieh's troubled background and the conditions that led him to the attack in May of 2014.   Part 2: We dig into the fallout following Cheng Chieh's horrific metro attack, as well as the shocking revelations uncovered during his murder trial.    Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Taipei Subway Killer | Cheng Chieh | 2014 | 1/2 09.06.2026 15分

  It was 4:25pm on a Wednesday afternoon in Taipei. Commuters, students, strangers were on board a train on the Bannan line heading west to Jiangzicui from Longshan Temple; the longest gap between any two stations on the entire Taipei Metro network. To anyone else, this detail wouldn't mean much, but Cheng Chieh had pondered over this for years. Later, he even revealed to investigators that he chose that specific stretch precisely because he knew it would give him more time. And twenty seconds after leaving the Longshan Temple station, he pulled out a knife. Passengers flooded out of the carriage when the train finally pulled into Jiangzicui, screaming for people on the platform to run. Four people were dead. Twenty-four were injured. It was the first fatal attack on the Taipei Metro since the day it opened. Cheng Chieh was only twenty-one years old. And he had been planning this attach since childhood.   Part 1: We examine Cheng Chieh's troubled background and the conditions that led him to the attack in May of 2014.   Part 2: We dig into the fallout following Cheng Chieh's horrific metro attack, as well as the shocking revelations uncovered during his murder trial.    Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Ampatuan Massacre | 2009 02.06.2026 29分

  On the morning of November 23, 2009, a convoy of vehicles wound through the highways of Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines. Inside were lawyers, political supporters, journalists, and the wife and family members of a man who simply wanted to run for governor. They had no reason to believe they wouldn't make it home by nightfall. But they never did. Armed men blocked the convoy on the highway, and herded the group to a nearby hilltop where several open graves had been dug up. Then, without warning, they opened fire. When it was over, 58 people were dead. Among them: 32 journalists and media workers, two lawyers, and six motorists who had simply been travelling the same road. It would become the single deadliest attack against journalists ever recorded, and one of the most brazen acts of political violence in modern history. Behind it all stood the Ampatuans a powerful clan whose private army had long operated in the shadows of state power, linked to killings, torture, abductions, and a culture of fear that had gone unchallenged for decades. This is a story about what happens when impunity becomes a way of life. About power so entrenched it believed itself untouchable. And about the long, gruelling decade-long fight to make it answer for what it did on a hillside in Maguindanao.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Milkshake Murder | Nancy Kissel | 2003 | 2/2 26.05.2026 17分

  On the surface, Nancy Kissel had the life people dreamed about. A luxury apartment in a posh Hong Kong neighbourhood. A high-flying husband who works in banking. Three beautiful kids. A postcard existence, by any measure. So why, on the night of November 2nd, did she hand her husband a strawberry milkshake laced with enough sedatives to drop a man twice his size? And why, hours later, was Robert Kissel found dead and wrapped in a carpet and locked in a storage room? The answer isn't simple. It never is. Because behind every perfect life, there are things that don't make it into the postcard. Affairs. Secrets. Years of something quietly rotting underneath, until it surfaces in the most heinous way imaginable.   Part 1 - We trace the roots of Robert and Nancy's marriage. Detailing how they first met, and where the tensions started to build up before culminating in Robert's brutal murder.   Part 2 - We follow the sensationalized trial of Nancy Kissel and the media furor that surrounded it. Will justice be served? Or will Nancy get away with it all?   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Milkshake Murder | Nancy Kissel | 2003 | 1/2 19.05.2026 22分

  On the surface, Nancy Kissel had the life people dreamed about. A luxury apartment in a posh Hong Kong neighbourhood. A high-flying husband who works in banking. Three beautiful kids. A postcard existence, by any measure. So why, on the night of November 2nd, did she hand her husband a strawberry milkshake laced with enough sedatives to drop a man twice his size? And why, hours later, was Robert Kissel found dead and wrapped in a carpet and locked in a storage room? The answer isn't simple. It never is. Because behind every perfect life, there are things that don't make it into the postcard. Affairs. Secrets. Years of something quietly rotting underneath, until it surfaces in the most heinous way imaginable.   Part 1 - We trace the roots of Robert and Nancy's marriage. Detailing how they first met, and where the tensions started to build up before culminating in Robert's brutal murder.   Part 2 - We follow the sensationalized trial of Nancy Kissel and the media furor that surrounded it. Will justice be served? Or will Nancy get away with it all?   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Purge at the Water’s Edge - The Sook Ching Massacre | Heinous History | 1942 12.05.2026 26分

  It was February of 1942. Singapore has just fallen to the Japanese.  But for its residents, the surrender wasn't the end of the terror, it was the beginning of something far worse. Within days, the Japanese Imperial Army rounded men up at screening centres set up across the island. Some were released, while others were loaded onto trucks. The trucks drove to Changi Beach, to Punggol, to Sentosa. And they never returned. This is the story of the horrific period in Singapore's past known as Sook Ching; who gave the order, who carried it out, and why the full truth has never quite been allowed to surface.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Imperfect Perfect World | Menhaz Zaman | 2019 | 2/2 05.05.2026 19分

  It's a Sunday morning in July 2019 on a quiet street in Markham, Ontario. The kind of neighbourhood where nothing ever happens. Somewhere across the world, in an online gaming community, messages are coming in. Photographs. A confession. Players are staring at their screens, unsure if what they're reading is real, or just another disturbing joke from the guy they know as an online troll. But unfortunately, this wouldn't end up being just another joke. Because shortly after, four people would end up dead. A grandmother. A mother. A father. A sister. And the man who killed them is still inside the same house where he murdered them all. Menhaz Zaman had spent years building a lie; a carefully constructed fiction about university degrees, engineering careers, and a future that never existed. And when that lie was finally about to unravel, he made a choice that no one who knew him saw coming.   Part 1 - We look into the background of the Zaman family, as well as the how the brutal family murders were carried out by Menhaz.   Part 2 - We dig into the chilling evidence uncovered by investigators as they try to make sense of this senseless crime. Online messages, warning posts, gruesome images, all signs indicating that trouble had been brewing for a lot longer than anyone had expected.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Imperfect Perfect World | Menhaz Zaman | 2019 | 1/2 28.04.2026 21分

  It's a Sunday morning in July 2019 on a quiet street in Markham, Ontario. The kind of neighbourhood where nothing ever happens. Somewhere across the world, in an online gaming community, messages are coming in. Photographs. A confession. Players are staring at their screens, unsure if what they're reading is real, or just another disturbing joke from the guy they know as an online troll. But unfortunately, this wouldn't end up being just another joke. Because shortly after, four people would end up dead. A grandmother. A mother. A father. A sister. And the man who killed them is still inside the same house where he murdered them all. Menhaz Zaman had spent years building a lie; a carefully constructed fiction about university degrees, engineering careers, and a future that never existed. And when that lie was finally about to unravel, he made a choice that no one who knew him saw coming.   Part 1 - We look into the background of the Zaman family, as well as the how the brutal family murders were carried out by Menhaz.   Part 2 - We dig into the chilling evidence uncovered by investigators as they try to make sense of this senseless crime. Online messages, warning posts, gruesome images, all signs indicating that trouble had been brewing for a lot longer than anyone had expected.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Boy Who Cried Grief | Sef Gonzales | 2001 | 2/2 23.04.2026 16分

  On the night of July 10, 2001, Sef Gonzales walked into his family home in North Ryde, Sydney, and into a scene that would shock an entire nation. His mother, his father, his sister. All gone. All killed inside the house they called home.   In front of the cameras, he wept, he pleaded, and he played the role of a devastated son so convincingly that for a time, the world wept with him. But grief, it turns out, can be performed. And the detectives would soon notice the cracks.   Part 1 - We follow investigators as they look closer into the horrific scene on 10th July, as well as the family dynamics that allowed such a tragedy to take place.   Part 2 - We look closer at the man at the epicenter of this heinous crime, Sef Gonzales, and uncover a shocking trail that would be impossible to refute.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  The Boy Who Cried Grief | Sef Gonzales | 2001 | 1/2 21.04.2026 17分

  On the night of July 10, 2001, Sef Gonzales walked into his family home in North Ryde, Sydney, and into a scene that would shock an entire nation. His mother, his father, his sister. All gone. All killed inside the house they called home.   In front of the cameras, he wept, he pleaded, and he played the role of a devastated son so convincingly that for a time, the world wept with him. But grief, it turns out, can be performed. And the detectives would soon notice the cracks.   Part 1 - We follow investigators as they look closer into the horrific scene on 10th July, as well as the family dynamics that allowed such a tragedy to take place.   Part 2 - We look closer at the man at the epicenter of this heinous crime, Sef Gonzales, and uncover a shocking trail that would be impossible to refute.   Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  Best of Heinous - The Taiwan Celebrity Hostage Crisis | 1997 14.04.2026 44分

  n the spring of 1997, the tranquil district of Linkou in Taiwan was shattered by an unthinkable tragedy as word got out that the teenage daughter of celebrity Pai Bing-bing had been kidnapped; and quickly developed into a full-blown hostage crisis. Part 1 - Join the media frenzy as the hostage situation unfolds with Pai Bing-bing and her daughter.Part 2 -  Join the hunt as the search for the abductors intensify, with the situation developing into a full-blown hostage crisis FYI we have just started a YouTube channel where you can watch these Heinous stories:https://www.youtube.com/@GrimAsia_1UpMedia Join your fellow Heinous fans and interact with the team at our website or through our socials (IG, TikTok) @heinous_1upmedia. - Love Heinous? But feel its getting too dark for you? Check out: 📝💕 "Post, Love", Essays on Love, Life and Everything in Between.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.