Buried

The episode recounts Japan’s Africa Kennel case. Pet shop owner Gen Sekine defrauded clients and murdered four people in 1993. Victims were poisoned, dismembered, and burned. Investigations exposed his wife’s and assistant’s involvement. Sekine and Hiroko Kazama were sentenced to death, while the accomplice received prison.

The podcast recounts the 2021 disappearance of American influencer Gabby Petito. Her fiancé Brian Laundrie returned alone to Florida, raising suspicion. Gabby was found strangled in Wyoming. Brian later disappeared and died by suicide, leaving a written confession. The case sparked nationwide outrage and intense media coverage.

In 2001, Kiyoshi and Ikuko Kinebuchi vanished in Chiba, Japan. Large blood traces in their home suggested murder. A man posing as a police officer deceived them, withdrew money from their account, and fled in their car. No bodies were found, and the case remains an enduring mystery.

The episode recounts the disappearance of Ji Mengqi in the United States. Suspicion gradually focused on her husband, Joe Elledge, due to inconsistent statements and violent recordings. After her remains were discovered, plant DNA evidence linked him to the burial site. He was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 28 years in prison.

In 2001, 18-year-old Jeong So-un vanished from her part-time job and was later found dead at a construction site, her hands severed. Police suspected a worker but lacked decisive evidence. Years later, a TV program identified Kim Mok-ju as a suspect, yet legal disputes halted progress, leaving the case unsolved.

In 2017, a tenant in Suzhou noticed a foul odor that led to the discovery of former tenant Fang Mou’s decomposed body hidden in a closet. Police matched fingerprints to her boyfriend Wang. A heated argument and revelation of her secret marriage triggered the murder. Wang received a suspended death sentence.

The 1970 murder in Villa 55 on Seaview Road in Singapore shocked the nation. Reiko Watanabe was killed in her bathroom by her husband’s mistress Mimi Huang and the woman’s ex-husband. Jealousy, social humiliation and ambition fueled the premeditated attack, witnessed by the couple’s nine-year-old daughter. Both were executed in 1973.

In 2007, dismembered remains were discovered in a refrigerator inside an auctioned apartment in Kuala Lumpur. The former owner, Nora, surrendered and gave conflicting confessions about killing her husband, Wu Yucheng. Evidence suggested domestic abuse, yet missing weapons, unclear timelines, and inconsistent statements left the case shrouded in doubt.