Entombed
Entombed is a true crime podcast that looks into various cases ranging from murders to disappearances and strange mysteries. The crimes often take place in Asia, but the podcast also covers other slightly lesser-known cases.
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This podcast is independently produced by our team, with all research, writing, and content creation conducted in-house. To enhance consistency and clarity, certain aspects of the audio presentation may be generated or assisted by technology.
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- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Episode 56: A 26-year mystery in Adachi
An art teacher named Chikako Ishikawa disappeared in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward in 1978. At first, her disappearance raised suspicions of a North Korean abduction, but the truth was revealed only 26 years l…
00:15:25 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Episode 55: The Hekinan robbery-murders
In 1998, Kazuo and Satomi Magoori were found murdered in their home in Hekinan, Japan, following a violent home invasion. Nearly ten years later, 31-year-old Rie Isogai was abducted and murdered in N…
00:26:21 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Episode 54: The case of the elite couple from Hong Kong
The marriage of Tina Chan Wai-man and Cheung Kie-chung, who lived in Hong Kong, appeared successful on the surface: they had two adult children, several investment properties, and a high level of edu…
00:28:33 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Episode 53: Ear cleaning and stalking in Tokyo
In Japan, there are salons that offer ear cleaning services, where the customer lays their head in the lap of a female employee. This experience may evoke childhood memories and a sense of closeness.…
00:15:15 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
Episode 52: The murder of an elderly couple in Izumi
In this episode, we delve into the chilling disappearance of Kenji and Kiyo Asai in the city of Izumi, Japan. What began as a search in 2004 gradually turned into a complex criminal investigation, re…
00:22:55 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Episode 51: The Boseong fishing boat case
In 2007, a young university couple first disappeared in Boseong, South Korea, followed later by two young women. As the investigation progressed, all leads pointed to the same person – a 70-year-old …
00:22:34 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
Episode 50: The mystery of Mayumi Arashi
In 1994, 27-year-old Mayumi Arashi left her home in Tokyo to meet a friend – and never returned. In 2011, the unsolved case resurfaced when a mysterious note reading "Don't believe Yoko's words" appe…
00:17:44 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
Episode 49: The murder of the Ueno restaurant couple
The Takarajima couple ran successful restaurants in the Ueno area of Japan’s capital, Tokyo, but in April 2024, they met a gruesome fate. Their partially burned bodies were found arranged in the shap…
00:33:32 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Episode 48: The murder of Kayo Matsuzawa in Auckland
Kayo Matsuzawa was a young Japanese woman who had long dreamed of traveling to New Zealand. In September 1998, she was living that dream—but tragically became the victim of a murder in Auckland. The …
00:22:55 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Episode 47: The Curse of Kaohsiung
Strange events unfolded in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2005. The Wu family began experiencing what they believed to be a divine—or alternatively, demonic—presence in their bodies. To exorcise t…
00:29:21 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
Episode 46: The Kanazawa mystery murder
Kiyokatsu Hashimoto was a 22-year-old young man living in Kanazawa, Japan, when his life was tragically cut short as the victim of a murder in 2008. The case remains unsolved, but Kiyokatsu’s parents…
00:27:43 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
Episode 45: The woman who vanished into the night in Ibaraki
Misato Harada was a 21-year-old second-year university student with a promising future ahead of her. However, everything changed when she left one night to meet a friend—but never returned.
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00:18:26 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
Episode 44: The mystery of Mount Kirizumi
In this episode, we return to Japan in 1972, to Mount Kirizumi in Gunma Prefecture. A 24-year-old woman, Keiko Inoue, stayed alone at an inn located on the mountain but became the victim of a homicid…
00:18:46 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
Episode 43: 48 years on death row - The story of Iwao Hakamada
Iwao Hakamada is the world's longest-serving death row inmate. He spent 47 years and 7 months in prison before finally being released in 2014. Hakamada had been accused of the murder of an entire fam…
00:34:09 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Episode 42: The Singapore Rolex murder
In 1998, a man living in Singapore became desperate to gift his girlfriend a Rolex wristwatch. This idea turned into an obsession, which ultimately led to tragic consequences.
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00:20:01 |
Wed 15 Jan 2025
Episode 41: The Ochang well case
In 2010, a mysterious death occurred in the Ochang area of Cheongju, South Korea. A 41-year-old man was found hanged from the grate of a well in a remote mountainous area. To this day, it remains a m…
00:22:34 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Episode 40: A murder in Montana eight days after wedding
Jordan Linn Graham and Cody Johnson were married in the state of Montana, USA, during the summer of 2013. However, just eight days after their wedding, Jordan killed her husband by pushing him off a …
00:17:42 |
Wed 01 Jan 2025
Episode 39: The Seven-Faced Woman - Kazuko Fukuda's 15-year escape
At the age of 34, Kazuko Fukuda committed a homicide and subsequently fled justice, managing to remain hidden for a long time, partly through the use of plastic surgery. The crime took place in 1982,…
00:25:22 |
Wed 25 Dec 2024
Episode 38: Sad story of a young actress in Tokyo
The life of 25-year-old Risa Kagaya in Tokyo in 2015 felt like the fulfillment of her dreams. She had long aspired to a career in acting, and now she had secured a position with a theater group and w…
00:18:13 |
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Episode 37: Nagaokakyo Hill homicide
In May 1979, three women ventured into the mountainous forests near the city of Nagaokakyo, Japan, to forage for a plant known as kogomi, a local edible green. Only one of them returned. The other tw…
00:16:47 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
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