Entombed

Kiyokatsu Hashimoto was a 22-year-old young man living in Kanazawa, Japan, when his life was tragically cut short as the victim of a murder in 2008. The case remains unsolved, but Kiyokatsu’s parents have not given up hope and continue to keep their son’s memory alive.

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Misato Harada was a 21-year-old second-year university student with a promising future ahead of her. However, everything changed when she left one night to meet a friend—but never returned.

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In this episode, we return to Japan in 1972, to Mount Kirizumi in Gunma Prefecture. A 24-year-old woman, Keiko Inoue, stayed alone at an inn located on the mountain but became the victim of a homicide during her descent from the mountain. What made the case particularly mysterious were the photographs found on Keiko's camera, including one final image that was never released to the public.

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Iwao Hakamada is the world's longest-serving death row inmate. He spent 47 years and 7 months in prison before finally being released in 2014. Hakamada had been accused of the murder of an entire family in 1966, but the evidence against him was questionable. This episode delves into the details of Hakamada’s case.

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In 1998, a man living in Singapore became desperate to gift his girlfriend a Rolex wristwatch. This idea turned into an obsession, which ultimately led to tragic consequences.

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In 2010, a mysterious death occurred in the Ochang area of Cheongju, South Korea. A 41-year-old man was found hanged from the grate of a well in a remote mountainous area. To this day, it remains a matter of debate whether this was a murder or a staged suicide.

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Jordan Linn Graham and Cody Johnson were married in the state of Montana, USA, during the summer of 2013. However, just eight days after their wedding, Jordan killed her husband by pushing him off a cliff. What led this newlywed wife to commit such an act?

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At the age of 34, Kazuko Fukuda committed a homicide and subsequently fled justice, managing to remain hidden for a long time, partly through the use of plastic surgery. The crime took place in 1982, at a time when murder charges in Japan had a statute of limitations of 15 years. Just as those 15 years were about to expire, Kazuko's luck ran out.

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The life of 25-year-old Risa Kagaya in Tokyo in 2015 felt like the fulfillment of her dreams. She had long aspired to a career in acting, and now she had secured a position with a theater group and was about to perform on stage. However, one August night, her life ended in tragedy.

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In May 1979, three women ventured into the mountainous forests near the city of Nagaokakyo, Japan, to forage for a plant known as kogomi, a local edible green. Only one of them returned. The other two were brutally murdered, and even 45 years later, the killer remains unidentified. One of the victims also left behind a mysterious message.

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