11: The Hostess Murders - Carita Ridgway and Lucie Blackman (Joji Obara) | Japan

Published: Aug. 26, 2018, 8:30 p.m.

Tokyo, 1992. The mysterious death of a young Australian woman working as a hostess in Japan goes unsolved.\nEight years later, a young British woman disappears under similarly mysterious circumstances.\nAll eyes turn to wealthy Japanese playboy, Joji Obara \u2013 a man who had no known friends and refused to ever have his photo taken. He was eventually dubbed: The Beast with a Human Face.\nThis is a sordid story about what happened to countless foreign women, working in Tokyo in the 1990s.\nLucie Blackman Trust: http://www.lbtrust.org/\n\nFor pictures and more information, join us on Facebook\n\nWant to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page\n\nFor a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website\n\nThis True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.