#17 - The Kobe Child Murders
Hikikomori
English - April 17, 2021 16:25 - 58 minutes - 81 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Places & Travel history japan news murder truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the early morning of May 27th, 1997, a janitor of Tainohata Elementary School discovered a disembodied head of a child in front of the school gates. The perpetrator would turn out to be... a massive fan of true crime...
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Sources:
Murderpedia South China Morning Post article The Kobe Child Killer - Emily Thompson, Morbidology The Kobe Child Murderer Has Launched a Website - Bizarrepedia Kobe murderer writes ambiguously of regret and pleasure from 1997 child killings - Tomohiro Osaki, Japan Times Japan's Notorious "Boy A" Killer Now Has a Creepy Vanity Website - Cheryl Eddy, Gizmodo Weird IMDb post Wikipedia