#366: The Korean “Junko Furuta” Case - 26 Day...

November 8, 2025, a small SUV drives up to the Carnival cruise ship docked at Port Miami. The thick letters on the side of the car read: MIAMI DADE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FBI agents are seen bringing what appears to be a cadaver stretcher off the ship. Just 24 hours before docki ...  Afficher plus

Is it possible to completely forget something you experienced? Well, it depends on who you ask. Pick a side and welcome to the memory wars. One side believes it is possible. There are documented cases of victims of traumatic events who forget for years until one day when they beg ...  Afficher plus

Junko Furuta was a Japanese high school student who was the unfortunate victim of a random and horrendous crime in the early 1980s. On her way home, she was kidnapped by a few low-ranking members of the infamous Yakuza gang. For the next 44 days, Junko was brutally tortured and r ...  Afficher plus

DISCLAIMER: You will be changed after hearing this absolutely horrific case. There aren't enough words in the dictionary to adequately describe the horror that 17 year old Junko Furuta endured over the course of 44 days at the ruthless hands of her four captors (as well as 100 ot ...  Afficher plus

Today's episode is on Junko Furuta, a 17 year old girl from Japan who was abducted and murdered

Trigger Warning: abduction, rape, torture
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This episode was originally published as part of Mamamia’s Extraordinary Stories podcast. For three long weeks in November 2021, the tennis community, news organisations and human rights advocates the world over had one question; Where Is Peng Shuai? In the aftermath of a Weibo p ...  Afficher plus