Manic Manor: A True Crime Podcast

Episode 24 - Serial Killer Yukio Yamaji

How did a young boy go from killing his mother to being somehow reformed to being sentenced to death all before he ever saw the age of 30? This is definitely one to look at and question.
sources -
https://s-a-ozbourne.medium.com/7-horrifying-japanese-serial-killers-4656c4481ec4
https://morbidology.com/the-osaka-sister-killer-yukio-yamaji/
https://murderpedia.org/male.Y/y/yamaji-yukio.htm
https://s-a-ozbourne.medium.com/the-story-of-one-of-japans-youngest-serial-killers-d5220db20cb8
https://www.jiadep.org/Yamaji_Yukio.html
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/05/02/national/man-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-sisters/
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/possessed-killer-murdered-sisters-remember-27549696

Episode 23 - Mary Pinchot Meyer

I can't believe I never heard of such a woman in history. You bring up someone who made the FBI and CIA keep tabs on her just because she had an interest in communism and pacifism who was also bold and headstrong enough to chase her dreams during 40s and 50s and you got one hell of a woman! Not to mention we got some affairs with the Kennedys mixed in with this! This is the case of Mary Pinchot Meyer
 
Sources -
 
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a32599090/mary-meyer-jfk-mistress-murder/
https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmeyerM.htm
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/44-years-later-a-washington-dc-death-unresolved-93263961/
https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/14/archives/woman-painter-shot-and-killed-on-canal-towpath-in-capital-mrs-mary.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/44-years-later-a-washington-dc-death-unresolved-93263961/#ixzz1Qu2Ujccr

Episode 22 - The Seoul Subway Murder

A case showing history repeating itself and desperate need for reform once again surfaces. A woman losing her life at the hands of someone who cannot take no for an answer. The question begs, how many more cases will it be before things are done or steps are taken?
Sources-
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64552871
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62998084
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221006000801
https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-seoul-subway-killing-sparks-calls-for-new-laws/a-63354002
https://newsingermany.com/violence-against-women-in-south-korea-femicide-in-the-subway-station/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7v9v4/seeking-revenge-stalker-kills-woman-in-a-subway-bathroom-gets-40-years

Episode 21 - The Kidnapping of Nari Park

When we were younger, we were always told to be aware of stranger danger. But when the face of a stranger is not what we expect, what are we to do? The case of Korea's Shining star covers what happened to a nation shook by an everlasting shift in the way we look at stranger danger.
 
Sources -
· https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%B0%95%EC%B4%88%EB%A1%B1%EC%B4%88%EB%A1%B1%EB%B9%9B%EB%82%98%EB%A6%AC%20%EC%9C%A0%EA%B4%B4%20%EC%82%B4%EC%9D%B8%20%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4
· https://librewiki.net/wiki/%EB%B0%95%EC%B4%88%EB%A1%B1%EC%B4%88%EB%A1%B1%EB%B9%9B%EB%82%98%EB%A6%AC_%EC%9C%A0%EA%B4%B4_%EC%82%B4%EC%9D%B8_%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4
· https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/ow48mc/on_august_30th_1997_south_korea_an_8yearold_girl/
· https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/nari-park-8-year-old-girl-kidnapped-murdered-lone-pregnant-woman/
· https://www.gordsellar.com/2013/03/20/the-case-of-park-chorong-chorong-bitnari-and-the-anthropomorphization-of-humans/

Episode 20 - Betsy Faria

A case all too familiar, it seems.
 
A loving woman, devoted mother and wife, taken from the world far too soon due to substantial greed. May she receive the justice she rightfully deserves.
https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/the-thing-about-pam-who-was-betsy-faria
https://www.newsweek.com/where-are-betsy-faria-daughters-leah-mariah-day-now-thing-about-pam-nbc-1690580
https://people.com/crime/russ-faria-man-framed-wifes-murder-hopes-for-new-suspects-conviction/
https://thecinemaholic.com/betsy-farias-murder-how-did-she-die-who-killed-her/
https://fox2now.com/news/pam-hupp/the-night-of-russ-farias-wrongful-conviction/
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/investigations/pam-hupp-waiver-of-her-preliminary-hearing/63-36cbba74-5903-40b9-89ba-45bc49f56288

Episode 19 - The Jayuro Highway Ghost

 
Who doesn't love a good spooky story to warm you up during the cold season? My mother and daughter guest star in this episode as we chat about the tale of the Jayuro Highway spirit. 
 
Do you think she's real?
Youtube video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyUxZZbhN2k
 
Sources- 
https://darkhorrortales.blogspot.com/2020/05/creepy-urban-legends-jayuro-ghost.html
https://foodislife772825067.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/jayuro-ghost/
https://www.reddit.com/r/KDRAMA/comments/il9z95/spoilers_goedam_%EB%8F%84%EC%8B%9C%EA%B4%B4%EB%8B%B4_2020_netflix_korean_horror/
https://www.kworldnow.com/5-disturbing-korean-urban-legends-that-haunt-your-dreams/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyUxZZbhN2k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8rkBXplnYQ
 
 

Episode 18 - Diane Prevost

In September of 1966, a 2-year-old girl disappeared without so much as a trace. While time has passed on, this girl's family has not given up hope that they will find her.
If you may have any knowledge to the whereabouts of Diane, please contact contact mail@dianeprevost.info Case #RM08107301 ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE at ops.isb.resolve@opp.ca Call Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS)
Sources -
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/she-claims-to-be-a-local-toddler-who-vanished-50-years-ago-that-toddlers-sister-says-thats-nonsense-811089
https://www.baytoday.ca/local-news/do-you-know-what-happened-to-diane-prevost-934352
She disappeared on a family camping trip. 56 years later, her sister is still looking | CBC Radio
50 years later, the search for two-year-old Diane Prévost continues | The Star

Episode 17 - The Red Manicure Murder

Almost 20 years later and unfortunately, we still have no answer as to why and what happened to an innocent middle school girl who was murdered on her way home from a friend's home in South Korea one evening in 2003.
 
Sources
 
https://m.kmib.co.kr/view.asp?arcid=0013189520
https://namu.wiki/w/%ED%8F%AC%EC%B2%9C%20%EC%97%AC%EC%A4%91%EC%83%9D%20%EC%82%B4%EC%9D%B8%20%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4
https://kiss7.tistory.com/2876
https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/23427285#home
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20190919128200060
https://ent-sbs-co-kr.translate.goog/news/article.do?article_id=E10010257314&_x_tr_sl=ko&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

Episode 16 - The Missing Busan Couple

What can you do when someone you know disappears without a trace? This is the story of a newlywed couple that went missing and to date there is still no trace of them.
 
Sources-
https://thesmartlocal.com/korea/unsolved-crimes-korea/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/7zcxc4/newly_wed_missing_case/
https://inf.news/en/world/e660dcb1b145d985720f8e523b418832.html
https://min.news/en/world/b9d9f61150bdbc8034707da9f1b070ff.html
Newlyweds missing case, unsolved disappearance in Busan - Caso Criminal

Episode 15 - The Gapyeong Valley Murder

A case once more showing that people can only be trusted so much. Just because they originally seem to be kind and caring doesn't always mean that they are. Some people are true monsters who love to take advantage of people with hearts made of gold.
 
sources
 
https://newsfounded.com/koreaeng/gapyeong-valley-drowning-case-lee-eun-hae-her-husband-bought-3-life-insurance-is-ex-boyfriend-the-insurance-agent/
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/nn9qyq/in_2019_a_man_drowns_while_vacationing_with_his/
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/04/251_327470.html
https://www.seoulite.tv/home/third-suspect-arrested-gapyeong-valley-drowning
https://www.ondemandkorea.com/uncovering-the-truth-e1235.html
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2022/03/suspect-lee-eun-hae-wanted-for-murdering-her-husband-revealed-to-be-the-girl-who-appeared-in-love-house-20-years-ago
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220501000050
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2022/04/true-story-expedition-reveals-that-the-late-yoon-sang-ho-even-looked-into-selling-his-organs-to-give-money-to-his-estranged-wife-lee-eun-hae
https://www.newsdirectory3.com/murder-valley-lee-eun-hae-is-charged-without-detention-for-assisting-the-murder-of-an-acquaintance/