Hikikomori

#17 - The Kobe Child Murders


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In the early morning of May 27th, 1997, a janitor of Tainohata Elementary School discovered a disembodied head of a child in front of the school gates. The perpetrator would turn out to be... a massive fan of true crime...

Today's guest is Nika Howard . You can find her on Twitter @nika_howard, and all of her wonderful content can be found on her Linktree Page.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

  • Murderpedia 
  • South China Morning Post article
  • The Kobe Child Killer - Emily Thompson, Morbidology
  • The Kobe Child Murderer Has Launched a Website - Bizarrepedia
  • Kobe murderer writes ambiguously of regret and pleasure from 1997 child killings - Tomohiro Osaki, Japan Times
  • Japan's Notorious "Boy A" Killer Now Has a Creepy Vanity Website - Cheryl Eddy, Gizmodo
  • Weird IMDb post 
  • Wikipedia
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