Manic Manor: A True Crime Podcast

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/

Episode 14 - Molar Daddy

The Molar Daddy case is one so reality shattering. It's a case that shows you cannot necessarily trust an image of a person.
 
Sources -
 
https://www.koreaboo.com/stories/molar-daddy-murder-horrifying-case-modern-day-korea/
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171013000842
https://omim.org/entry/137575
https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0103_201710301147301495
http://www.updownnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=74489
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-molar-daddy-gets-death-penalty-for-murdering-teen-girl
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2017/10/26/socialAffairs/Stepdad-of-Molar-Daddy-found-dead-with-a-note/3039937.html
http://www.jejuweekly.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=5725
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20181129000547
https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201710240464848486

Episode 13 - The Case of Junko Furuta

This case is truly a case straight from hell and one of the worst, most gruesome murders I've ever heard of.,
 
Sources -
https://allthatsinteresting.com/junko-furuta
https://newsee-media.com/furuta-junko#i-3
https://www.courts.go.jp/app/hanrei_jp/detail3?id=20261
https://www.alittlebithuman.com/what-happened-to-junko-furuta/
Junko Furuta case: raped, tortured, held captive and brutally murdered - Caso Criminal
女子高生コンクリート詰め殺人事件を徹底解説！概要や犯人たちの現在は？ | 女性のライフスタイルに関する情報メディア(cherish-media.jp)
Junko Furuta Murderers Now: Where Are The Four Convicts Today? Age And 2022 Update (mixedarticle.com)

Episode 12 - Summer Wells

Anyone with information is asked to contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND or the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office at 423-272-7121. Tips can be emailed to TipsToTBI@tn.gov.
 
Young Summer Wells has been missing since June of 2021. While we have many speculations and rumors about what could have happened to her, the truth of the matter is that we still have a child who is missing, and things have been none the clearer.
 
Sources -
 
Major Summer Wells update after missing Tennessee girl's father shares harrowing letter from jail to people who took her | The Sun
Summer Wells: Missing girl’s aunt now revealed to have vanished (yahoo.com)
Missing Tennessee girl Summer Wells gone for full year as investigation remains stalled | Fox News
Summer Wells' neighbors 'heard a SCREAM' before girl, 5, disappeared as parents claim 'she may have been kidnapped' | The US Sun (the-sun.com)
The Disappearance of Summer Wells | by Jennifer Baldwin | The Crime Logs | Medium

Episode 11 - The Nth and Baksa Rooms - Korea’s internet sex crime issue

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Sources -
“Cyber Hell: Exposing an internet horror” – Netflix
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/nth-room-case-and-modern-slavery-digital-space
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3178566/south-koreas-women-fear-nth-room-repeat-now-yoon-suk-yeols-charge
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/05/yoon-suk-yeol-needs-to-change-the-way-south-korea-treats-women/
https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/971117.html
https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/965602.html
 

Ep. 10 - The Suwon Murder

A case 10 years in the making and extremely bone chilling. The Suwon Murder case caused a major distrust in Police because the public felt like they couldn't be protected due to an extreme lack of action on Korean Police. The murderer himself was speculated to be a possible serial killer as well. This is the story of the Suwon Murder.
 
Sources
 
Suwon murder premeditated: police (koreaherald.com)
Suwon Murder – South Korea – True Crime – Asia (home.blog)
Court Confirms Life Sentence for Korean-Chinese Killer - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
Suwon Suspect a Serial Killer? - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
Family of Suwon murder victim demands state compensation | Yonhap News Agency (yna.co.kr)
https://www.koreabang.com/2012/stories/incompetent-police-fail-to-prevent-horrific-murder-of-woman.html
Suwon murder shames police (koreatimes.co.kr)
Suspect in Suwon may be a drifting serial killer (joins.com)

Episode 9 - Kim Daedo

Kim Daedo is sometimes referred to as the first serial killer in South Korea. While that may be up for debate depending on who you talked to, his months long terror reign shook down the impoverished community he came from.
 
Sources
 
South Korea’s most notorious serial killers (koreaherald.com)
[Today in Bookmarks] 1976 Execution of Serial Killer Kim Dae-Doo (archive.ph)
[Social side of the time] case (6) Kim Dae-doo serial murder | Seoul Newspapers (archive.ph)
Death sentence on Kim Soye-doo - Chung Ilbo (archive.ph)
The End of the 'Crooked Sprint', The Housewife Together - OhmyNews (archive.ph)
KIM Dae-doo | Serial Killer Database Wiki | Fandom
Was Kim Dae-Doo, Was He Really a Serial Killer: Society General: Society: News: Hankyore (archive.ph)