Strangeland
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Strangeland
STRANGELAND from audiochuck is an investigative series that examines cases in immigrant neighborhoods. Season 3: The Killing Fields of L.A. is hosted by Ben Adair and Mayly Tao. In 1996, a Cambodian refugee was gunned down in an alley in L.A.’s Chinatown. But this wasn’t a typical murder. The vict...
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41 эпизодовIntroducing - The Burden: Get the Money and Run
“Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.”
That’s Joe Loya, and his path was bank robbery.
Joe was one of...
Ep 12 of 12: Heroes and Villains
The story told at trial and in the press is that a Cambodian national hero was senselessly gunned down by three gang members. Over time, the known fac...
Ep 11 of 12: Behind Every Great Fortune
During an epic battle over Haing Ngor's estate, disturbing details start trickling in about the actor's private life. The paper trail shows that Ngor...
Ep 10 of 12: The Cobra Strikes
Many Cambodian refugees feel certain that Haing Ngor was killed for political reasons. The LAPD discounts these assassination theories. But then, a hi...
Ep 9 of 12: The Bad Guy
We have a hard time getting direct knowledge of what happened on the night of the murder. So many people connected to this story have passed away or a...
Ep 8 of 12: The Color of Law
Just weeks after the gang members were convicted, a massive scandal erupts inside the LAPD. The root of the department's corruption is the CRASH progr...
Ep 7 of 12: Hell of a Movie
The juries deliver their verdicts. But that's just the beginning of a multi-decade legal battle, as claims of police and prosecutorial misconduct emer...
Ep 6 of 12: Smoke and Mirrors
In an extremely unusual trial, the state of California makes its case against Jason Chan, Indra Lim, and Tak Sun Tan. An LAPD cop-turned-judge preside...
Ep 5 of 12: The Golden Lotus
LAPD detectives turn up the heat in their search for potential witnesses. The cops get two boys who were allegedly hanging out near the crime scene to...
Ep 4 of 12: Kill the Chicken Scare the Monkey
The shadow of the Khmer Rouge follows thousands of Cambodians to southern California. Terrified of authority and distrustful of one another, these ref...
Ep 3 of 12: Year Zero
Most people involved in this case – the victim, two of three boys arrested for the murder, the main witnesses, and Haing's neighbors – were Cambodian...
Ep 2 of 12: It's Chinatown
We head to Chinatown to hear the LAPD's official account of the crime and retrace detectives' footsteps as they worked this case. Authorities recount...
Ep 1 of 12: The Tiger and Its Stripes
LAPD officers respond to a shooting in Chinatown and identify the murder victim as Oscar-winning actor Haing Ngor. They find $4000 in cash on his body...
Season 3: The Killing Fields of L.A.
In 1995, a Cambodian refugee was gunned down in an alley in L.A.'s Chinatown. But this wasn't a typical murder. The victim was Haing Ngor, an Oscar-wi...
Updates + Alphabet Boys
Tips on the Narra case have been pouring in. Ben gives an update and shares your next podcast binge: Alphabet Boys.
Strangeland is an au...
Ep 14 of 14: Six Years Later
Throughout our year-long investigation, Hanu has ignored our repeated attempts to contact him. So, in the Season Finale of Strangeland, we knock on hi...
Ep 13 of 14: The Witness
A traumatized eyewitness walks us through his memory of March 23, 2017 - from Sasi and Anish’s arrival home that afternoon to Hanu’s puzzling behavior...
Ep 12 of 14: The Payoff
There were some dramatic lifestyle change following the murders, alongside a strange donation to a Maple Shade charity. We investigate that, plus the...
Ep 11 of 14: The Friend
There was a third person at the Narra’s apartment the night of the murders - a woman whose odd behavior triggers some red flags. Could this alleged “f...
Ep 10 of 14: The Mystery Woman
After months of searching, we find the mystery woman from the 911 call. She does a sit-down interview and reveals some shocking details about the crim...
Ep 9 of 14: The Commute
Hanu and Sasi both worked for Cognizant - a Global IT company known for providing U.S. visas to Indian employees. But these immigration papers come wi...
Ep 8 of 14: The Mail Slot
A former neighbor of the Narras gives a first-hand account of the family’s troubling dynamics. But, he says, it was Hanu’s behavior in the days follow...
Ep 7 of 14: The Letter
We discover a letter that Sasi wrote to her brother, Venu, a few years before her death. It contains an intimate look at Sasi’s home life and contains...
Ep 6 of 14: The Homeland
The bodies of Sasikala and Anish Narra were shipped back to India for last rites amid an inter- family drama between Hanu’s and Sasi’s families. We se...
Ep 5 of 14: The Drop Off
Murdered son Anish Narra was beloved by those who knew him. He was his teacher’s favorite student - a super smart, motivated class clown. Anish’s kara...
Ep 4 of 14: The Inner Circle
The Narra murders divide the sizable Indian community in South Jersey. Hanu’s closest confidants at the powerful Telugu Association of North America (...
Ep 3 of 14: The Husband
Following the murders, Sasi’s husband Hanu was taken in for questioning. But investigators soon let him go, saying his alibi holds up. We investigate...
Ep 2 of 14: The Divide
Maple Shade is a modern-day Mayberry, but in the Fox Meadow apartments, it’s a different story. We go to the Narra’s home in Fox Meadow and start spea...
Ep 1 of 14: Nice Town, Friendly People
Hanumantha Narra arrives home from work to find the lifeless bodies of his wife and son. We dissect his 911 call and make some startling revelations a...
Season 2: Murder in Maple Shade
Maple Shade, New Jersey is a quaint suburb; its slogan is “Nice Town, Friendly People.” But on the evening of March 23, 2017, an Indian tech worker, S...
Ep 10 of 10: The Results
The results of the new DNA tests are in, with big implications for Robin Cho, Byung Song, and the victims of this crime. So, the question is, will jus...
Ep 9 of 10: The DNA
Ben and Sharon visit the lab that did the DNA testing that led to Robin Cho’s conviction. While touring the facility, they learn of DNA from the crime...
Ep 8 of 10: Holes in the Case (Part 2)
It’s courtroom 101: the prosecution’s trying to make a case, the defense is trying to get their client off, and it’s the jury’s job to figure out the...
Ep 7 of 10: Holes in the Case (Part 1)
As part of Strangeland’s reinvestigation, Ben and Sharon have been keeping a list that goes way beyond culture clashes and misunderstandings. It shows...
Ep 6 of 10: We Affirm
After almost eight weeks of trial and deliberations, there’s a verdict. However, though the jury has reached a decision, they don’t seem very confiden...
Ep 5 of 10: The Trial
The man dubbed “The Koreatown Killer” heads to trial, and the prosecution presents its case — with no witnesses, no weapon, and no concrete motive. Th...
Ep 4 of 10: The Case Against Robin Cho (Part 2)
LAPD investigators pounce on Cho, interrogating him twice in the same day. After hours of getting nowhere, emotions boil over in the interrogation roo...
Ep 3 of 10: The Case Against Robin Cho (Part 1)
LAPD detectives take their first crack at their new suspect. However, things just aren’t adding up for the cops — or for Robin Cho. Afterward, Cho lea...
Ep 2 of 10: Who is Robin Cho?
Who is this new suspect that the LAPD has pegged for the brutal Koreatown triple murder? A modest family man from the South Korean countryside who has...
Ep 1 of 10: The Miracle Mile Massacre
On May 5, 2003, Chi Hyon Song, a 30-year-old mother, along with her two-year-old son, and their 56-year-old nanny Eun Sik Min, were all slain, executi...