Entombed

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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.---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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes(40 episodes)

Episode 113: Seoul ChatGPT murders

Criminals used to Google how to murder someone. Now the same can be done with the help of AI. Whether that is advisable is another matter, as Miss Kim from South Korea discovered in early 2026. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: May 27, 2026Duration: 30m 51s

Episode 112: Osaka karaoke bar murder

Mayuko Inada had fulfilled her long-held dream of opening her own karaoke bar, but only six months later, she was found murdered inside it. Why would anyone have wanted to hurt a gentle and well-liked young woman? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: May 20, 2026Duration: 38m 3s

Episode 111: The Imperial wedding scam in Tokyo

In 2003, a grand and prestigious wedding was held in Tokyo, where the groom was said to be a member of a collateral branch of the imperial family. Or was he? After the wedding, the guests began to wonder where their cash gifts had actually gone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: May 13, 2026Duration: 27m 19s

Episode 110: Saitama bone shelf case

Jun Saito was a man in his thirties who still lived with his parents and was generally considered a harmless hikikomori. However, he had skeletons in his closet—almost literally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: May 6, 2026Duration: 22m 10s

Episode 109: Teikoku Bank incident

In 1948, Japan was going through a period of postwar reconstruction. That year, a strange bank robbery took place in Tokyo, in which 12 people died from poisoning. The alleged perpetrator was found and imprisoned, but was he really guilty? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Apr 29, 2026Duration: 38m 48s

Episode 108: The Konkatsu Killer Kanae Kijima

Kanae Kijima was an ordinary-looking woman who was seriously searching for a husband. She could cook well and knew how to please men, who easily fell in love with her. Unfortunately, Kijima’s motives for these relationships were deadly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Apr 22, 2026Duration: 33m 30s

Episode 107: Jakarta iced coffee case

Mirna Salihin was a young Indonesian woman who met two friends at a café. However, drinking the coffee proved fatal for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Apr 15, 2026Duration: 34m 45s

Episode 106: Adopted son case in Takatsuki

Naoko Takai was a 54-year-old unmarried and childless woman when she suddenly adopted an adult man. Even more surprising was that she was found dead in her home some time later. Was there a connection between these two events? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Apr 8, 2026Duration: 21m 31s

Episode 105: Disappeared mistress in Seoul

Kim In-suk was 39 years old and expecting her first child. The situation was complicated by the fact that the child’s father already had a family with another woman. The lovers decided to run away together, but in the end, only Kim In-suk disappeared without a trace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Apr 1, 2026Duration: 35m 19s

Episode 104: Disappearance in Zermatt

Junko Sato was a 28-year-old Japanese tourist who vanished without a trace in Zermatt, Switzerland. The case has given rise to theories ranging from an accident to an abduction carried out by North Korea, but answers are still missing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Mar 25, 2026Duration: 17m 35s

Episode 103: The mysterious Sai Kung barrier

Hong Kong is a modern metropolis, but it is also home to nature and hiking trails. The area called Sai Kung is one of the hiking destinations, but strange stories also circulate about people disappearing into another dimension. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Mar 18, 2026Duration: 22m 33s

Episode 102: Tokyo Metropolitan murders

Between 1968 and 1974, nine similar murder cases occurred in the Tokyo metropolitan area. A man named Etsuo Ono was accused of them, but he even gained his own support association and was eventually cleared of the charges. Why, however, was another similar murder still linked to him about twenty years later? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Mar 11, 2026Duration: 37m 9s

Episode 101: The Setagaya family murder

The four-member Miyazawa family was found murdered in their own home on the last day of the year 2000. The case remains one of Japan’s most well-known mysteries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Mar 4, 2026Duration: 24m 23s

Episode 100: Mysterious drowning in Yongso Valley

EPISODE 100! This time, the topic is a case that took place in Yongso Valley, South Korea, where a man in his forties tragically drowned during a trip with his wife and friends. The man had an unusually large life insurance policy, and when the insurance company immediately refused to pay, his wife took the case to the media. In the end, this may not have been a very good idea for her. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Feb 25, 2026Duration: 32m 18s

Episode 99: The Pocheon plastic barrel case

In an apartment in Pocheon, South Korea, a gruesome discovery was made in 2014: inside a plastic barrel were two heavily decomposed bodies. Who did the bodies belong to, and where was the apartment’s owner? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Feb 18, 2026Duration: 28m 20s

Episode 98: Maibara manhole murder case

Noriko Ogawa was a 28-year-old introverted woman who still lived with her parents, and whose life mainly consisted of going to work and staying at home. So why did she suddenly disappear? It soon emerged that there was a side of her life her parents had never known about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Feb 11, 2026Duration: 27m 29s

Episode 97: Mutiny on Lurongyu 2682

33 men set out from the Chinese city of Rongcheng to fish for squid in the waters off Peru and Chile. Only 11 returned. What really happened? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Feb 4, 2026Duration: 1h 0m 5s

Episode 96: 67 Days on the Sea of Okhotsk

Mikhail Pichugin was on a boating trip with his brother Sergei and his nephew Ilya to watch whales on the Sea of Okhotsk when they met with an accident and were left drifting helplessly. Hope of finding the group had already been abandoned when, after 67 days, an unexpected turn of events occurred. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Jan 28, 2026Duration: 19m 9s

Episode 95: Sadako’s mother

Many people are familiar with the horror film Ring, which originally comes from Japan. Far fewer, however, know about the real-life individuals who inspired the film. In this slightly different episode, we delve into the stories of these women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Jan 21, 2026Duration: 23m 22s

Episode 94: The disappeared sisters in Yokohama

Chen Baolan and Chen Baozhen were sisters in their early twenties who had moved from China to Japan after graduating from high school. In 2017, however, they suddenly disappeared. At first, the police believed they had left voluntarily, but thanks to the persistence of their friend, something far darker was eventually uncovered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published: Jan 14, 2026Duration: 36m 18s