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Every Tuesday, A Brief Case takes a closer look into the deadly and distressing, murder, madness and minds of true crime in this little part of the world. We‘ll set up the scene and walk through the nitty-gritty bringing you the facts, details and theories surrounding each case. Based in Singapore, do say hi - follow and drop us a message on instagram @abriefcasepodcast
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It was a classic love story. Diazien Hossencofft and Girly Chew met at Seaworld, it was a brief meeting but they were smitten. They spent months writing letters until they closed the gap.
Girly moved to Albuquerque in New Mexico to be with her new husband, a well-respected doctor with degrees from the University of Tokyo and Cornell Medical School.
Except, he wasn't...
He was a con man and conspiracy theorist who attended conferences on lizard people and UFOs. He cheated on her constantly, and when she found out and threatened to reveal all his lies - she disappeared...
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Monday Sep 18, 2023
Monday Sep 18, 2023
Newington House College was a school for the privileged Indian elite - minor princes, sons of rich businessmen...
The boys were educated the English way, playing cricket and tennis, learning British etiquette...
Until one night, their English principal was killed, shot point-blank while lying asleep. The murder was never solved...
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Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Ghostly figures, blood stains, and a woman crying - rumours of a haunting at the Amber Beacon Tower in East Coast Park...
It was 15th May 1990, at around 10:30PM. It was supposed to be a romantic night out...
James and Kelly had just started dating and were enjoying the evening, spending time together on the tower's steps.
Two men walked pass them to the top of the tower. 15 minutes later, they would attack - and Kelly would be murdered...
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Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Like many job scams, she slid into his DMs. Unlike many job scams, Ah Wei actually knew Hsieh. They had gone to primary school together many years ago...
She said that she had a job in Cambodia, a business administration job that would pay generously. And as she spoke, they shared a bottle of rice wine, and another, until Ah Wei felt himself slipping away...
Then, the twenty-nine year old woman sold her childhood friend, for the measly price of ten thousand new taiwan dollars...
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Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Bernard Boursicot truly believed he was in a relationship with a woman and that they had a child together.
The French diplomat dreamt of living in Paris with Shi Pei Pu, the mother of his child, and their son. This fantasy also included Thierry, a man he had been in a long-term relationship with.
He would do anything to keep his loved ones safe. Anything, including espionage. But after 20 years, the lies came crumbling down...
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Monday Aug 14, 2023
Monday Aug 14, 2023
Mohan Kumar had two wives, and neither of them suspected that he was still propositioning other women. It was clear they would have felt betrayed if they knew he was promising to marry these women, even without a dowry.
He would meet his unsuspecting victim, spend a few days together, and sometimes have sex. Before they parted, he would give her a pill, telling her it was birth control. It was his poison of choice - cyanide.
But he wasn't just a polygamist, he was a serial killer...
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Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
The four terrorists were armed with submachine guns. After setting off explosives in the Pulau Bukom Shell oil refinery, the group hijacked the Laju ferry.
They took five hostages - the crew of the Laju ferry. Tense negotiations over seven days, and finally, the hostages were returned safely. But in exchange, the terrorists wanted guarators, to make sure they'd leave safe.
Thirteen brave men were traded as these guarantors, including a future president of Singapore...
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Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
One by one, the members of Jolly Amma Joseph's family dropped like flies...
Jolly was described as pious, friendly, and a delightful neighbour in a small town of twelve thousand. No one ever suspected her, it was more believable that the house was cursed...
First her mother-in-law, then her father-in-law, and even her husband. Six people would be dead before she was caught...
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Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
This week's episode is a double feature - Benedict and I dive into the case of the world's most notorious bicycle thief and uncover the absolute worst move you can make if you've lost the key to your bike lock...
We talk about what the police did when it seemed that all the bicycles in Toronto were slowly going missing...
And the unfortunate mishaps of a middle-aged man trying to get his bicycle back in a shopping mall in Punggol...
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Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
Tuesday Jul 04, 2023
She watched true crime documentaries, she borrowed true crime books. Twenty-three-year-old Jung Yoo Jung was obsessed with murder...
Then, she stabbed her victim a hundred and ten times...
The police said she did this "out of curiosity". They said that she wanted to know what murder was like...
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