Entombed

Yuka Gyoji was a 35-year-old daycare worker and single mother who fell for a 21-year-old kickboxer. She thought they had a lot in common despite the age difference, but unfortunately, her feelings were not mutual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hong Kong is said to be home to many eerie places, and one of them was a villa known as Chi Lok. What might have been hiding there? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First the father died, then his 16-year-old son—both drowned under suspicious circumstances. Could the two cases perhaps be connected? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Haruki Soga had completely transformed his appearance and opened his own host club, where he entertained female clients. On the surface, everything seemed to be going well for him, but beneath it all lay a dark reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saaya Suzuki was only 18 years old and a promising actress when she was brutally murdered in her own home. The case attracted widespread media attention and sparked debate about how the police handle stalking cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wannipa Hamala was a recently widowed mother of three who was grieving deeply over the death of her husband, Pichit Kleepchinda. Why, then, had she insisted that his body be cremated without an autopsy? And why had his body turned black before the cremation? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Japan, much of the underground water and sewer infrastructure is already old, and in many cities the pipes are approaching the end of their service life. Although this may not sound particularly interesting, in the worst case it can lead to serious accidents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Miho Kosugi was a quiet girl, only 15 years old, who enjoyed taking walks at night. But one night, she never returned from one of those walks. What really happened that night remains a mystery. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Asahi Okazaki was a 20-year-old young woman who suddenly disappeared at the end of 2024. Her family immediately knew whom to suspect, but the police response did little to help solve the case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mr. Park had just married for the second time when his new wife sank into the sea inside their car. He claimed that he had tried to save her and jumped into the water after her — but why was he completely dry after the incident? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A large parcel had arrived in the Japanese city of Hachiōji from Osaka. The parcel was two meters long and weighed 50 kilograms. Its contents were listed as “doll.” But was it really a doll—or something else entirely? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the Dominican Republic lies a beautiful lagoon called Dudu, which also attracts cave divers to its underwater cave systems. Cave diving certification is required for this, but unfortunately, not everyone has always followed this guidance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Criminals used to Google how to murder someone. Now the same can be done with the help of AI. Whether that is advisable is another matter, as Miss Kim from South Korea discovered in early 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mayuko Inada had fulfilled her long-held dream of opening her own karaoke bar, but only six months later, she was found murdered inside it. Why would anyone have wanted to hurt a gentle and well-liked young woman? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2003, a grand and prestigious wedding was held in Tokyo, where the groom was said to be a member of a collateral branch of the imperial family. Or was he? After the wedding, the guests began to wonder where their cash gifts had actually gone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun Saito was a man in his thirties who still lived with his parents and was generally considered a harmless hikikomori. However, he had skeletons in his closet—almost literally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1948, Japan was going through a period of postwar reconstruction. That year, a strange bank robbery took place in Tokyo, in which 12 people died from poisoning. The alleged perpetrator was found and imprisoned, but was he really guilty? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kanae Kijima was an ordinary-looking woman who was seriously searching for a husband. She could cook well and knew how to please men, who easily fell in love with her. Unfortunately, Kijima’s motives for these relationships were deadly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mirna Salihin was a young Indonesian woman who met two friends at a café. However, drinking the coffee proved fatal for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Naoko Takai was a 54-year-old unmarried and childless woman when she suddenly adopted an adult man. Even more surprising was that she was found dead in her home some time later. Was there a connection between these two events? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kim In-suk was 39 years old and expecting her first child. The situation was complicated by the fact that the child’s father already had a family with another woman. The lovers decided to run away together, but in the end, only Kim In-suk disappeared without a trace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Junko Sato was a 28-year-old Japanese tourist who vanished without a trace in Zermatt, Switzerland. The case has given rise to theories ranging from an accident to an abduction carried out by North Korea, but answers are still missing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hong Kong is a modern metropolis, but it is also home to nature and hiking trails. The area called Sai Kung is one of the hiking destinations, but strange stories also circulate about people disappearing into another dimension. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Between 1968 and 1974, nine similar murder cases occurred in the Tokyo metropolitan area. A man named Etsuo Ono was accused of them, but he even gained his own support association and was eventually cleared of the charges. Why, however, was another similar murder still linked to him about twenty years later? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The four-member Miyazawa family was found murdered in their own home on the last day of the year 2000. The case remains one of Japan’s most well-known mysteries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EPISODE 100! This time, the topic is a case that took place in Yongso Valley, South Korea, where a man in his forties tragically drowned during a trip with his wife and friends. The man had an unusually large life insurance policy, and when the insurance company immediately refused to pay, his wife took the case to the media. In the end, this may not have been a very good idea for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an apartment in Pocheon, South Korea, a gruesome discovery was made in 2014: inside a plastic barrel were two heavily decomposed bodies. Who did the bodies belong to, and where was the apartment’s owner? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Noriko Ogawa was a 28-year-old introverted woman who still lived with her parents, and whose life mainly consisted of going to work and staying at home. So why did she suddenly disappear? It soon emerged that there was a side of her life her parents had never known about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

33 men set out from the Chinese city of Rongcheng to fish for squid in the waters off Peru and Chile. Only 11 returned. What really happened? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mikhail Pichugin was on a boating trip with his brother Sergei and his nephew Ilya to watch whales on the Sea of Okhotsk when they met with an accident and were left drifting helplessly. Hope of finding the group had already been abandoned when, after 67 days, an unexpected turn of events occurred. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Many people are familiar with the horror film Ring, which originally comes from Japan. Far fewer, however, know about the real-life individuals who inspired the film. In this slightly different episode, we delve into the stories of these women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chen Baolan and Chen Baozhen were sisters in their early twenties who had moved from China to Japan after graduating from high school. In 2017, however, they suddenly disappeared. At first, the police believed they had left voluntarily, but thanks to the persistence of their friend, something far darker was eventually uncovered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kang Jeong-suk was a middle-aged wife and mother who suddenly disappeared in 2002. The police believed she had left of her own free will, but her husband, Song Hyeon-seo, did not accept this explanation. It soon became clear that Kang was closer than anyone could have imagined. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the Japanese city of Suzuka lived a woman named Fujiko Yokoyama. She was 45 years old and married for the fifth time. Each of her husbands had been in his twenties, and the most recent one was a former classmate of her son. This final marriage, however, ended differently from the ones before. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shao Tong was only 19-year-old university student in the United States when her life ended tragically. Her boyfriend, Li Xiangnan, had just traveled to China, so the case soon became an intercontinental one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In November 1998, young journalist Noriko Tsujide left work late at night but never made it home. Her car was later found abandoned, with the driver’s seat positioned farther back than usual. Noriko herself had vanished without a trace, and even decades later, the mystery remains unsolved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Park Jung-hyun was a successful manga editor with a loving wife and four children. Unusually for Japan, he was on parental leave and appeared to be the ideal family man. Beneath the surface, however, things were not as perfect as they seemed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Li Yinglei was a Chinese-born mother who set out on a Mediterranean cruise with her family in 2017, but she never arrived at the ship’s final port. Her husband claimed that she left of her own free will, yet many pieces of evidence suggested otherwise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kazuyoshi and Kazumi Miura were walking down a street in Los Angeles when a car stopped in front of them — and suddenly, shots were fired at them. Kazuyoshi escaped with minor injuries, but Kazumi eventually died from her wounds. This marked the beginning of a 27-year-long saga that ultimately left many questions unanswered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daisuke Maruyama, a member of the Nagano prefectural assembly, was interviewed on television on the anniversary of his wife’s death. When he said he hoped the killer would be punished, he couldn’t suppress a brief chuckle. Did he himself know more about the perpetrator? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21-year-old Satoru Kobayashi was waiting for the last train of the evening at JR Ikebukuro Station when an argument with a drunken fellow passenger led to tragic consequences. The indifference of other people on the platform also shocked many. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Norio Nagayama was a Japanese serial killer who committed four murders in 1968 when he was only 19 years old. He claimed that poverty and the cruelty of society drove him to kill, but the court did not consider these as mitigating circumstances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A young woman fell from the 9th floor of an apartment building in Busan, South Korea. Was it suicide, an accident, or perhaps murder? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 23-year-old Japanese woman, Mariko Iguchi, went on a vacation to Taiwan but never returned. Her disappearance seemed to involve something supernatural — but the truth was eventually revealed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kyoto Animation is a well-known and beloved animation studio both in Japan and internationally. However, in 2019 it became the target of a devastating attack when one of its studios was set on fire. The incident claimed 36 lives and left 33 injured, making it one of the deadliest mass murders in Japan since World War II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2020, in the U.S. college town of Auburn, a case that began with a dispute over a rented room escalated unexpectedly into murder. The people involved were Chinese residents living in the United States, which deeply shocked the local Chinese community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19-year-old Yuki Endo had an obsession: his beautiful 17-year-old classmate Misaki Inoue. This obsession ultimately led to a brutal crime and landed Endo on death row despite his young age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chen Liren and Yu Xuanyi seemed like a happy married couple. Both worked as engineers at Google and lived together in Silicon Valley, California. However, things were not quite as they appeared, and their relationship ended tragically when Chen killed his wife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wedding of 21-year-old Hitomi Masuyama was just three weeks away when she suddenly disappeared. Only her car was found, defaced with insults. It still remains a mystery what happened to Hitomi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2000, young manga artist Yōko Yoshida was found dead in her apartment in the Kōtō ward of Tokyo. Many questions still surround the case, and the police never uncovered the truth about what happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.