Some fantasies and urges are better kept locked away inside our heads. But unfortunately, that was not the case for Leonard Lake, an individual with a deeply disturbing childhood, who tormented and assaulted dozens of victims inside a remote bunker; inspired by the novel The Collector. It would end up resulting in the most expensive trial in California history, cementing his place as one of America's darkest serial killers.

 

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Japan is known for many things, historical sites, beautiful nature, captivating culture; all of which belie something disturbing just beneath the surface. Around train stations in Japan, there are signs warning of "Chikan" or gropers, backed up by harrowing stories of abuse and sexual harrassment. The phenomenon has become so widespread that train companies have instituted women-only cabins for the safety of female passengers, but many wonder if this alone will be enough.

 

P.S. Vincent is still here for this ep!

 

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Over the course of 15 or so seasons of Stranger Danger, we've come across cases where the authorities maybe could have done a lot better. But is this really the case? Or were they just hampered by their circumstances? In this episode, ex-policeman Vincent returns to help us provide a consultation on some of our previous episodes; with the goal of ultimately helping us answer the question: how can dis be allow??

 

Episodes referenced:

 

Case 1 (07:11) When Incompetency Leads to Tragedy

 

Case 2 (29:37) The Itaewon Fast Food Murder

 

Case 3 (43:54) A Stranger In A Foreign Land

 

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It was a frigid winter's February night in 1978, when five friends from Yuba County, California, vanished without a trace after attending a college basketball game. Their car would later be found abandoned deep in the wilderness of Plumas National Forest, miles off any logical route home. Months later, four bodies would be discovered, in various degrees of distress and starvation. But the fifth man, Gary Mathias, would never found. Decades after their disappearance, the true events of that night remain one of America’s most haunting and debated mysteries.

 

Tune in to find out more.

 

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Hello listeners, it's that time of the year again. This time round, instead of a medley of stories from the SDP crew, we're taking you along to the campfire and bringing you a longer story - The Girl In 402. 

What happens when you start to hear sounds from your direct neighbour? What happens when those sounds persist late into the night? Are these just in your head, or is there something more going on?

 

So grab some hot chocolate, put some smores on the fire, and tune in to find out more.

 

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Her name was Umaisyah. A girl sent to a foster home as a toddler, and returned to her biological parents when her father was released from prison. For more than 5 years, authorities tried to check in on her, only to get repeatedly sent away. But not all skeletons hide in the closet forever, and eventually, the truth would come to shine upon the hidden tragedy at Chin Swee Road. 

 

Tune in to find out more.

 

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In June of 2024, Chinese Influencer Yan Ruimin - known for her sporty persona and flashy lifestlye - had posted online that she was travelling to Bangkok soon, and would be happy to invite and pay for someone to travel with her. But just days after arriving in Thailand, she had lost contact with friends and family, prompting local authorities to take action; ultimately piecing together when she was last seen in Bangkok.

 

Tune in to find out more.

 

Reference pics:

 

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In this episode, we switch things up by being test subjects for Chloe's MBTI experiment and ask: what kind of strange danger (or dangerous stranger) are you? Are you the mastermind who plans and plots schemes in the shadows? The charming trickster who uses their charisma to get their way? The ever reliable cleaner who gets the job done? Or the wildcard whose only predictable line of action is unpredictability?

 

Pull out your notepads or grab some pen and paper, and tune in to find out more.

 

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In 1964, just a day after Paul Fronczak was born, a "nurse" walks into the ward of Dora Fronczak and asks for her baby, only to disappear into the wind. The kidnapping triggered a large scale manhunt for the missing baby, and 2 years later, police come across an abandoned child and presume that they had finally found Paul. It would only be decades later, when a DNA test would unravel everything the Fronczak family had believed.

 

Tune in to find out more.

 

Reference pics:

 

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No one saw it coming. Family members were happily gathered in a luxury apartment in South Korea to celebrate grandpa Cho's birthday when tragedy struck. Just a few hours into the festivities, gunshots would be fired, the building would be locked down, and someone would end up dead at the hospital. It was a shocking event to say the least; even more so when you uncover the culprit's betrayal.

 

Tune in to find out more.

 

Reference pic for Chloe MBTI talk-cock:

 

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