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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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Is porn illegal in Singapore? Why is Pornhub banned? Have Singaporeans been sexually suppressed for too long? This week, Michelle and I chat about the filthy, filthy subjects of sex, singaporeans, and scandals.
We also discuss the biggest scandal of all; the Nasi Lemak group chat. A pervert's paradise with more than forty thousand people discussing sex, trading lewd images, and promoting prostitutes. Who were the four men arrested, and what were they charged with...?
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Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Qandeel Baloch was Pakistan's first social media star. She worked hard and provided for her family. She financed their lives, paying their rent, food, and medical expenses.
Her parents loved her. But her brother betrayed her. He was a hypocrite; when her personal details were published, instead of supporting her, he killed her...
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Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
Tuesday Jan 10, 2023
What's the worst thing that could happen at your wedding - an unintended ex crashing the party? A runaway groom? An overly intimate mother-in-law?
How about the murder of a cousin, then cannibalism? And what if the murderers decided they wanted everyone to partake? If they served your cousin to unknowing wedding guests...
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Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Tuesday Jan 03, 2023
Otto Warmbier was sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor; what could've warranted this extreme punishment?
The twenty-two year old american had allegedly attempted to steal a propaganda poster from a Pyongyang hotel. On the last day of his tour, he was stopped before he could leave the country for this "hostile" act.
Otto was held hostage by North Korea for 17 months...
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Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Issei Sagawa was small, ugly, and weak. He was obsessed with women who were the opposite; tall, strong, and beautiful. Allegedly, he didn't really want to date them or love them. Not as much as he wanted to eat them, so he could own them, so that he could absorb their energy and be tall, strong, and beautiful too...
And on 11th June 1981, Issei would turn his sick fantasies into reality. Thereafter, he would become one of the most reviled men in Japan, the Kobe killer, the Japanese cannibal...
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Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
It starts with a job offer - office administrator needed, relocation costs covered. Is it too good to be true; of course, it is. It's never that good...
It ends with cyber slavery. Trapped in a Cambodian scam factory, beaten, electrocuted, tethered to your desk...
Every day, you send out another message: hello, I have a job opportunity for you! hello, have we met before? hello, I have an investment platform to share with you...
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
It was almost like a fairytale, but not really. Che Puan Hasleza Ishak was a waitress, then a model, and an actress. Then, she married the crown prince of Perak, Malaysia.
But here's the thing, he was already married to Raja Nor Mahani, and Hasleza would be his second wife. And less than a year after their marriage, she would be dead...
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tausif was attracted to her, obsessed with her. Nikita Tomar was beautiful, intelligent, and ambitious; but she didn't share the same feelings.
Instead of moving on, he kidnaps her. For three days, Nikita was a hostage. He wanted to force her to marry him. After she was released, he got away scot-free - there was no arrest, no fine, and no jail time.
Just two years later, Nikita Tomar was killed in broad daylight...
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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Ghostly figures walked the corridors of old Changi Hospital; screams and cries were heard in the dead of night...
Was the hospital really used as a kenpeitai torture and interrogation chamber? What occult rituals were performed in the abandoned hospital...?
This special Halloween episode explores the history and hauntings of the most haunted hospital in Singapore, old Changi Hospital...
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Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Visitors kept reporting the same thing; the staff avoided staying late. After the sun had set, they observed the melancholy figure of a young girl drifting through the dimly lit halls of the Ho Chi Minh Fine arts museum. Sometimes, they heard her screams. Often, they heard her crying...
Who was the girl haunting the remnants of Uncle Hoa's grand mansion?
Could she have been his daughter...?
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