10 épisodes

Host Arglit Boonyai (The History Channel’s Crimes That Shocked Asia) presents Memories of Murder: An Asian True-Crime Podcast. From the Jars Murders to the Korean Cannibal each episode will explore the history and context of some of the most shocking crimes from across Asia.

Memories of Murder Arglit Boonyai

    • Culture et société

Host Arglit Boonyai (The History Channel’s Crimes That Shocked Asia) presents Memories of Murder: An Asian True-Crime Podcast. From the Jars Murders to the Korean Cannibal each episode will explore the history and context of some of the most shocking crimes from across Asia.

    Episode 8: Bai Xiao Yen

    Episode 8: Bai Xiao Yen

    When a Taiwanese celebrity’s daughter is kidnapped the country is in a state of shock. The police quickly scramble to hunt down the criminals responsible and free the young girl while the nation holds its breath. But as the case drags on hopes begin to fade and little does the Taiwanese public know that this is just the beginning. The murder of Bai Xiao Yen plays out like the plot of a Hollywood movie, with multiple twists and villains appearing in not just the criminals, but also the media and the police themselves.


    Writer / Host / Producer – Arglit Boonyai
    Original Music – Craig Lopez
    Theme – "Scarlet" by Zak Audio

    • 26 min
    Episode 7: The Korean Cannibal

    Episode 7: The Korean Cannibal

    For almost two years a serial killer stalks Seoul completely unnoticed. For his first kills he focuses on killing old, wealthy couples, bludgeoning them to death with a hammer. But following some bad experiences with the women in his life he soon turns his anger and hatred towards prostitutes and masseuses, strangling them to death before dismembering them and eating their organs. After killing more than twenty people, Yoo Young Chul is finally caught and dubbed The Korean Cannibal.


    Writer / Host / Producer – Arglit Boonyai
    Original Music / Mix – Craig Lopez
    Theme – "Scarlet" by Zak Audio

    • 24 min
    Episode 6: Mona Fandey

    Episode 6: Mona Fandey

    Magic and animism are still widely practiced across Asia and practitioners command both fear and respect in what is still a highly superstitious region. So when a popular singer turned Bomoh, or Shaman is arrested for murder in Malaysia the country is not just in shock, it’s terrified. Soon Mona becomes a kind of boogieman, the Charles Manson of Malaysia and the tales of witchcraft and black magic still haunt the country to this day.


    Writer / Host / Producer – Arglit Boonyai


    Music / Mix – Craig Lopez

    • 20 min
    Episode 5: The Monster Killer

    Episode 5: The Monster Killer

    A serial killer is stalking rural China. He kills at random, in ones and twos, or sometimes entire families. But Chinese authorities are oblivious to his crimes. Without a properly centralized policing system no one is able to connect the dots and pin all the murders on person. When he is finally caught it is found that Yang Xinhai is responsible for 67 murders, from then on he becomes known as The Monster Killer.


    Writer / Host / Producer – Arglit Boonyai
    Music / Mix – Craig Lopez

    • 19 min
    Episode 4: Altantuya Shaariibuu

    Episode 4: Altantuya Shaariibuu

    When a beautiful Mongolian socialite’s body is found in the dense Malaysian jungle, blown apart by C4 explosives, people are left scratching their heads as to what happened. The police investigation that followed would reveal a tale of not just murder, but political intrigue involving naval submarines, hired killers and blackmail. It was a case that rocked the Malaysian government and continues to threaten political stability to this day.

    • 21 min
    Episode 3: The Singing Serial Killer

    Episode 3: The Singing Serial Killer

    When police discover a dismembered body skewered on a crowbar by the side of a busy Jakarta street, they initially believe it to be a one off crime of passion. But as the investigation proceeds it soon turns into one of the most fascinating cases in Indonesia’s history, filled with sex, religion, a homemade graveyard and finally, the country’s most infamous serial killer, one that would release a pop album from behind bars and become known as The Singing Serial Killer.

    • 19 min

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