We are back with the latest series Crimes in Japan. JT brings us the case of Yasutoshi Kamata the Osaka Ripper.

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https://icomdp.org/two-executions-carried-out-by-japan-authorities/   

https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/japan/japan-executes-an-eldery-man-and-a-woman-despite-international-calls   

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/03/japan-two-hanged-as-chilling-executions-continue-2/   

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229862947_Explaining_Japan's_Postwar_Violent_Crime_Trends   

https://www.scup.com/doi/10.1080/14043850601025040   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Japan   

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/jpn/japan/crime-rate-statistics   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Junko_Furuta   

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Miyazaki   

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2016/03/japan-two-hanged-as-chilling-executions-continue/   

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We are back with the latest series Blackmail. Mike brings us the case of the How both the CIA and the KGB both tried to blackmail Sukarno the first President of Indonesia after independence.  

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We are back with the latest series Blackmail. JT brings us the case of the United States V. Ogoshi.  When blackmail goes too far.

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Ezekiel Ejehem Robert, defendants.

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confirmed content matches publicly available indictments).

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sextortion

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CBS News Detroit: "3 Nigerian men charged in sextortion death of Marquette teen.

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Welcome to Brew Crime News!

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We are back with the latest series Jealousy. Mike brings us the case of the murder of Hannah Leflar by her ex boyfriend Skylar Prockner.

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● https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/hannah-leflar-s-teenage-killer-driven-byjealousy-court-document-reveals-1.4107149
● https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/trial-for-teen-accused-in-murder-of-hannah-leflar-b egins
● https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/psychology-of-grief-leflar-family-regina-1 .4190568
● https://www.cjme.com/2017/09/25/family-of-hannah-leflar-says-her-murder-was-ultimatebetrayal/
● https://ca.news.yahoo.com/apos-dozens-apos-teens-knew-110000566.html

● https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/teen-killer-stalked-hannah-leflar-for-months-beforemurder-regina-court-hears/
● https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/hannah-leflar-final-sentencing-1.418828 3
● https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/teen-who-killed-hannah-leflar-told-friend-he-wanted -to-become-a-serial-killer/
● https://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/07/05/cp-newsalert-convicted-killer-of-regina-teen-to-besentenced-as-adult/
● https://ca.news.yahoo.com/adult-sentencing-hearing-starts-hannah-110000436.html

● https://www.cjme.com/2017/07/06/hannah-leflar-killer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison/

● https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/what-we-know-about-hannah-leflars-kille r-1.4193959
● https://www.cjme.com/2017/05/08/weapons-found-in-room-of-teen-who-killed-hannah-lefl ar-police/
● https://ca.news.yahoo.com/apos-deeply-disturbed-young-man-110000933.html

● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu27GzFEoW0

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● https://www.cjme.com/2017/09/18/2nd-teen-involved-in-hannah-leflar-trial-heads-back-to
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We are back with the latest series Jealousy. JT starts us off with the attack on Nancy Kerrigan a famous Figure Skater.

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Baughan, N. (2017, December 1). I, Tonya review: A chilling story of thwarted ambition. BFI. https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/i-tonya-review-chilling-story-thwarted-ambition

* CBS News. (2019, January 6). Almanac: The Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding scandal. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-the-nancy-kerrigan-tonya-harding-scandal/

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* Harding v. US Figure Skating Ass'n, 879 F. Supp. 1053 (D. Or. 1995).(https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/879/1053/2264706/)

* Inside Edition. (2018, January 10). Shane Stant Speaks Out For The First Time In 2 Decades About Nancy Kerrigan Attack [Video]. YouTube.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_UwSN4ypsg)

* Kerrigan, N., & Woodward, S. (1996). Nancy Kerrigan: In My Own Words. Hyperion Paperbacks for Children.

* LiveNOW from FOX. (2024, January 6). Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan: A look back at the infamous 1994 attack. https://www.livenowfox.com/news/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan-1994-attack

* NBC Sports. (2014, February 21). Nancy & Tonya (M. Carillo, Producer & Narrator). TVGuide.com. https://www.tvguide.com/news/nancy-kerrigan-tonya-harding-scandal-nbc-documentary-mary-carillo-1078026/

* People.com. (2016, December 10). How a Handwriting Sample Led to Tonya Harding's Arrest for the Nancy Kerrigan Attack. https://people.com/crime/how-a-handwriting-sample-led-to-tonya-hardings-arrest-for-the-nancy-kerrigan-attack/

* People.com. (2018, January 9). Tonya Harding: 'I Knew That Something Was Up' Before Nancy Kerrigan Was Attacked. https://people.com/crime/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan-attack-knew-something/

* Prouse, L. D., & Harding, T. (2008). The Tonya Tapes. World Audience Publishers.

* Radnofsky, L. (2014, February 21). The Demise and Revival of Compulsory Figures. The Wall Street Journal. (Cited in Wikipedia article, direct link to WSJ article not provided in snippets, but the Wikipedia article itself is a good source).

* Refinery29. (2018, January 11). The Tonya Harding & Nancy Kerrigan Scandal Was The First Of Its Kind. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/01/186575/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan-attack-story-fake-news

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* The Oregonian. (1994). Fire on Ice: The Exclusive Inside Story of Tonya Harding. (This is an "instant book" by the newspaper staff, widely cited in other sources).

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* Wikipedia. (n.d.). Tonya Harding. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding)

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We are back with the latest series Serial Killers. Mike continues the series with Robert Lee Yates a serial killer out of Washington State. 

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