Takahiro Shiraishi and the Zama suicide pact
On October 31st, 2017, 9 dismembered bodies were found in a house in Japan. The tenant of the house is
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Issei Sagawa – The Japanese cannibal
Issei Sagawa was a Japanese murderer, necrophiliac and cannibal. He is not a serial killer, because he killed just one
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Japanese woman living in a closet for a year, the owner does not realise it
You know the strange feeling you sometimes have of being observed? Most of the times it is just a bad feeling,
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Okiku the possessed doll
Okiku the doll is displayed in a temple in Japan and is thought to be the vessel for the spirit
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Okiku and the 9 plates – the legend behind “The Ring”
The history of Okiku is known in Japan as Bancho Sarayashiki or Bancho Sarayashi, which means “The House of plates
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Toire no Hanako
Toire no Hanako (“Hanako of the toilet”) is a Japanese urban legend, spread in every prefecture of Japan. This legend
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Kuchisake-onna: the woman with the mouth cut
Kuchisake-onna is a Japanese legend that tells of a woman who lived hundreds of years ago, perhaps in the Heian
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Sakakibara – the baby killer from Japan
Seito Sakakibara is the nickname used by a fourteen year old Japanese boy, guilty of having tortured and killed two
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Tsutomu Miyazaki, the otaku killer
Tsutomu Miyazaki was a Japanese serial killer, a necrophiliac and a cannibal who kidnapped and murdered four girls aged between
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Aokigahara, the Forest of Suicides
Aokigahara is the name of a Japanese forest located at the foot of Mount Fuji. In Japan, it is also
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The hell of Junko Furuta
Junko Furuta was a girl of just 17 who in November 1988 was kidnapped by Jo Kamisaku and three of
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Abe Sada – The Killing Geisha
Abe Sada was a Japanese geisha and prostitute, famous for having killed and castrated her lover and for having brought
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