In the South Korean city of Pocheon, a high school girl was murdered in 2003, with unusual details such as horizontally painted fingernails on her body. Was the case linked to a known serial killer?

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This time, for a change of pace, we take a look at a creepy urban legend from Hong Kong. The story goes that the inhabitants of Solopun, a village in the middle of the mountains, suddenly disappeared one day, and the village has been haunted ever since. Are urban legends really true?

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A park worker was sweeping the land in Osaka, Japan, in 2011 when he found an unusual metal can. The contents of the metal can were quite different from what the worker might have expected, as it contained a human skull. This discovery began to unravel a crime that had been hidden for five years.

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In 2003, a shocking discovery was made at an inn called Chowonjang in Busan, South Korea, when a 32-year-old sex worker was found murdered. Who could have been behind such a seemingly random act?

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On the small island of Norfolk, there hadn't been a homicide for over a hundred years until 2002, when a woman's body was found wrapped in black plastic at a tourist attraction. The woman's killer was arrested, but there are still doubts about the justice of the verdict.

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In 2016, a shocking discovery was made in a Hong Kong apartment block: a cement box that looked like a sarcophagus of stone, with blood dripping from inside. The complex case initially appeared to be the work of an international criminal organisation, but what emerged was a group of people who could certainly not be called criminal masterminds.

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This episode is about the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman on Mount Hiei in Japan in 1989. Unfortunately, the woman was found murdered. 

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In 1993, the Japanese economy was in recession and an animal shop called African Kennel in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, was in trouble. Owner Gen Sekine was doing everything he could to clear his debts - even committing several murders.

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In 2015, two middle school children went missing in the Japanese town of Neyagawa. The children were eventually found murdered, and their fate sparked both grief and debate about why they had been allowed to spend nights out together.

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The small island of Koh Tao in Thailand is a popular tourist destination. However, in 2014, it was the scene of a shocking murder of two British tourists. In this episode, we look into the case and find out how Koh Tao, also known as Turtle Island, got its second nickname, Death Island.

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