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EPISODE · Aug 10, 2025 · 25 MIN

Behind the Perfect Facade: A Cold-Blooded Arsenic Poisoning in 1960s Hanoi

from The East Files – Asian True Crime & Mystery · host Julian Huang

In 1960s Hanoi, Doctor Tran Huu Chinh was a national icon. A brilliant, Soviet-trained physician and the esteemed director of the National Children's Hospital, he was a man sworn to save lives. His marriage to a beautiful nurse was seen as the perfect union.But when his wife, a new mother, dies suddenly from a baffling illness, the perfect facade begins to crack. Whispers at her funeral lead a determined investigator down a dark path of suspicion. To uncover the truth, he must challenge a powerful man and orchestrate a secret exhumation under the cover of night.This is the chilling true story of a meticulously planned murder, a community betrayed, and a race against time to find a rare poison before a killer can erase his tracks forever. Was Doctor Chinh a grieving husband, or was he a cold-blooded murderer who designed the perfect crime?

In 1960s Hanoi, Doctor Tran Huu Chinh was a national icon. A brilliant, Soviet-trained physician and the esteemed director of the National Children's Hospital, he was a man sworn to save lives. His marriage to a beautiful nurse was seen as the perfect union.But when his wife, a new mother, dies suddenly from a baffling illness, the perfect facade begins to crack. Whispers at her funeral lead a determined investigator down a dark path of suspicion. To uncover the truth, he must challenge a powerful man and orchestrate a secret exhumation under the cover of night.This is the chilling true story of a meticulously planned murder, a community betrayed, and a race against time to find a rare poison before a killer can erase his tracks forever. Was Doctor Chinh a grieving husband, or was he a cold-blooded murderer who designed the perfect crime?

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