Heinous – An Asian True Crime Podcast

Hey Heinous fans, thank you for your listenership and support throughout 2024.

The team is taking in December, but we will be releasing full versions of some our most popular stories to tide you through until the new year, where we will come back with even more heinous cases.

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In March 2012, police would be called upon a Jurong West estate to investigate a disturbance from engaged couple Gabriel Lee and Elsie Lek. When they arrived however, they would come across the chilling sight of a detached human eye, and uncover a case far more disturbing than they had initially anticipated.

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In November of 1988, 17 year old high school student Junko Furuta was cycling home from her part-time job when she was kicked off by a passing motorcyclist. Shortly thereafter, 18-year old teenage boy Hiroshi Miyano came across Furuta and helped her get back on her feet, even offering to walk her home as it was quite late at night.

Unbeknownst to Furuta however, Miyano had actually orchestrated this seemingly chance encounter, and she would soon come to learn the true extent of his depravity.

It was March of 1995. John Martin Scripps, a British man visiting Singapore, had just finished watching a concert at the Victoria Concert Hall, but only hours later would be dragging a heavy, blood-stained suitcase onto the banks of the Singapore river. Soon enough, he would not longer be just an innocent tourist, but as the notorious Garden City Butcher instead.

Part 1 - We explore the background of John Martin Scripps, his troubled past and his descent into crime, alongside his fateful encounter with George Lowe.

Part 2 - We delve into the details of Scripps heinous crimes, and how he almost got away with it all.

It was March of 1995. John Martin Scripps, a British man visiting Singapore, had just finished watching a concert at the Victoria Concert Hall, but only hours later would be dragging a heavy, blood-stained suitcase onto the banks of the Singapore river. Soon enough, he would not longer be just an innocent tourist, but as the notorious Garden City Butcher instead.

Part 1 - We explore the background of John Martin Scripps, his troubled past and his descent into crime, alongside his fateful encounter with George Lowe.

Part 2 - We delve into the details of Scripps heinous crimes, and how he almost got away with it all.

It was a quiet evening in Manila in January of 1961, when the residents of Zapote Street would be rudely disturbed by the crack of gunfire. Shortly thereafter, police arrived to witness a haunting scene: a house room drenched in blood, with multiple bodies laying motionless on the floor. This would be start of one of the Philippine's most infamous crimes - The Cabading Family Murders. 

Part 1 - We explore the backgrounds of the key players in this story - the Cabading Family - in particular the domineering father Pablo Cabading, and the iron grip he held over his daughter, Lydia.

Part 2 - We delve into the details of the horrific crime as it unfolded within the Cabading household, and the tragic end that followed.