4 Disturbing REGION-LOCKED Cases That Will Shatter Your Faith in Humanity

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Din Van Long, Wen Ha
2. 5:00 – 10:00: Anastasia Kumlovskaya, Dmitri Chernishov, Aura
3. 15:00 – 20:00: Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla, Bruna Christina Olivera de Silva, Isabelle Christina Pesta Syla, Alejandra Dilva Falco
4. 20:00 – 25:00: Fedan Road, Tawuan
5. 25:00 – 30:00: Fedan Road, Little Pan, Shia Wen
6. 30:00 – 35:00: Little Pan, Fedan Road
7. 35:00 – 40:00: Little Pan, Fedan Road

Notable quotes from "4 Disturbing REGION-LOCKED Cases That Will Shatter Your Faith in Humanity"

• That evening, the truck driver calmly walked into the Fouseen Police Station and turned himself in. He was later identified as 51-year-old Din Van Long.

  about Din Van Long · at 2:12

• Russian influencer Anastasia Kumlovskaya or Nastia as her friends called her undoubtedly had a difficult start in life. Born in s in 1996, she was abandoned by her father and raised.

  about Anastasia Kumlovskaya · at 6:20

• Result of an encounter with a deranged fan, but in the end they didn't have to ponder for long. Within 24 hours, they had their main suspect in custody, Anastasia's 24year-old husband, Dmitri Chernishov.

  about Dmitri Chernishov · at 9:26

• At the center of this case was Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla, a failed philosophy student and martial arts instructor with a chilling past.

  about Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla · at 16:35

• On the evening of December 9th, 1998, at just after 5:00 p.m., a farmer named Goo was walking home along Fedan Road in Tawuan, Taiwan, the same route that he walked every day, when he noticed flames.

  about Fedan Road · at 23:45

• The caller identified himself as Yihao.

  about Shia Wen · at 27:25

• On December 6th, 1998, Little Pan realized that money was coming up short.

  about Little Pan · at 34:35

• And so, in the early hours of December 9th, Ani took thin sheets of Jos paper, wetted them, and layered them over Shiaent's face, blocking her airflow.

  about Ani · at 37:05

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Anastasia Kumlovskaya — Person · Victim (true-crime case subject) · 1 mention · first at 6:20
  Russian influencer whose murder and post-mortem impersonation by her husband forms one of the episode’s featured international cases.
• Dmitri Chernishov — Person · Perpetrator / convicted murderer (case suspect/defendant) · 1 mention · first at 9:36
  Husband of Anastasia; accused and convicted of killing her and using her phone to impersonate her online afterward.
• Little Pan — Person · Perpetrator (ring leader in Taiwan case, per witness/police narrative) · 6 mentions · first at 27:45
  Identified as the de facto leader of the group that tortured and murdered Shia Wen; central actor in the Taiwan segment.
• Din Van Long — Person · Perpetrator (driver; accused of premeditated murder) · 1 mention · first at 2:16
  Truck driver who allegedly chose to kill a crash victim to reduce compensation liability; anchors the Vietnam segment.
• Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla — Person · Perpetrator / cult leader (Brazil case) · 1 mention · first at 16:35
  Depicted as the leader of a cannibalistic murder group in Brazil; his delusions and directives motivate the killings.
• Shia Wen — Person · Victim (Taiwan case subject) · 1 mention · first at 27:33
  Teen victim whose unidentified burned remains were later linked to her identity; her murder connects multiple named perpetrators.
• Ani — Person · Perpetrator (Taiwan case; accomplice) · 2 mentions
  Named as Little Pan’s girlfriend and participant in the confinement and killing of Shia Wen (paper-over-face suffocation described).
• Yihao — Person · Witness / tipster (Taiwan case) · 2 mentions
  His 2019 call re-opened and resolved the identity of the burned Jane Doe and led to arrests of three suspects.
  Then in May 2019, a phone rang at the Meowi Police Station.
• Wen Ha — Person · Victim (Vietnam case subject) · 1 mention · first at 0:45
  Teen killed in a traffic incident where the driver allegedly chose to ensure death; central to the Vietnam story about perverse incentives.
  With that quintessential Vietnamese hum of scooters, motorbikes, trucks, and daily life. Among the many commuters that morning was 15-year-old Wen Ha, a high school student on…
• Isabelle Christina Pesta Syla — Person · Perpetrator (Brazil case; accomplice) · 1 mention · first at 17:02
  Described as Gorj’s wife and co-participant in the cannibalistic murders; later convicted and sentenced.
  In 1984, he married his future accomplice, Isabelle Christina Pesta Syla.
• Bruna Christina Olivera de Silva — Person · Perpetrator (Brazil case; accomplice) · 1 mention · first at 17:27
  Described as a 16-year-old who joined Gorj and Isabelle, forming a trio that committed ritualized murders and cannibalism.
  In 1986, Gorj met and fell in love with a 16-year-old named Bruna Christina Olivera de Silva.
• Jessica Camila de Silva Pereira — Person · Victim (Brazil case) · 1 mention · first at 18:35
  First known victim of the Brazil group; her murder and cannibalization is described in detail and motivates discovery of the group.
  Their first known victim was 17-year-old single mother Jessica Camila de Silva Pereira.
• Chisel Helena Dilva — Person · Victim (Brazil case) · 1 mention · first at 19:43
  One of the later victims whose disappearance helped trigger investigation and police attention toward the group.
  In February 2012, the group cannibalized 31-year-old Chisel Helena Dilva. A few weeks later, on March 15th, they did the same to 20-year-old Alejandra Dilva Falco. Both were killed in a similar.
• Alejandra Dilva Falco — Person · Victim (Brazil case) · 1 mention · first at 19:49
  Another victim in the Brazil segment; her murder is part of the sequence leading to arrests and convictions.
  In February 2012, the group cannibalized 31-year-old Chisel Helena Dilva. A few weeks later, on March 15th, they did the same to 20-year-old Alejandra Dilva Falco. Both were killed in a similar fashion to Jessica, lured into the.

Places & events

• Fedan Road — Place · 4 mentions · first at 23:51
• Tawuan — Place · 1 mention · first at 23:53
  At burst, Goo tried to shrug it off, but curiosity soon got the better of him. He crept closer and hid behind a stack of dried grass and noticed four people standing around a fire, their identities.

Sponsors

• Aura — Product · Sponsor of the episode · 1 mention · first at 5:21
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Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 We've all heard of region lock content, the TV shows, movies, and games that can only be accessed in certain parts of the world. But in a sense, the same thing happens with true crime. Some cases dominate headlines in their own countries, yet barely make a ripple abroad, hidden behind language barriers and local reporting. So today, we're jailbreaking four disturbing international stories that most outsiders have never even heard of. September 13th, 2025 began like any other day in Hanoi. The sun was shining and the streets were already buzzing with that quintessential Vietnamese hum of scooters, motorbikes, trucks, and daily life. Among the many commuters that morning was 15-year-old Wen Ha, a high school student on her electric motorbike. It had been a gift from her parents, one that they had saved for months to afford. The Winds were a poor family who didn't have much to spare. And so, despite their best

1:00 efforts, they still ended up having to borrow money to buy it. But in their minds, it was a worthwhile investment. Her aunt had just been accepted into her dream school, and the bike meant that she could make the journey there each day and have a highquality education. The family had celebrated, believing that brighter days lay ahead. Unfortunately, her aunt never made it to her second week of classes. At around 9:20 a.m. while passing beneath the Vanm bridge, her arm was struck by a concrete mixer. The truck sent her and her bike skidding across the road. It was an accident, plain and simple. But what happened next was barbaric beyond belief.

1:43 After the initial collision, the driver checked on Han, realized that she was still alive, and then continued to drive with her under his wheels, dragging her along the ashvalt. Witnesses described the scene as harrowing, saying that the young girl was almost torn in half. Locals rushed to pull her from the busy road and raced her to Buckmy Hospital, but there was nothing that doctors could do for her. Within hours, the teenager was pronounced dead. That evening, the truck driver calmly walked into the Fouseen Police Station and turned himself in. He was later identified as 51-year-old Din Van Long.

2:23 According to police reports, he confessed that after striking the girl, he had made the conscious decision to drag her under his wheels. "He did it," he said, to ensure that she died. His reasoning was as cold as it was calculated. Because of Vietnamese laws, if Han survived, he would have to pay for her treatment and any future medical fees. If she died, however, he'd only owe her family a fixed amount in compensation. Officers thought that Long had to be joking, that he must have been under the influence of some substance. But toxicology tests revealed no alcohol or drugs in his system. His decision hadn't been made in a haze. It was made with full awareness.

3:07 On Vietnamese forums, a rumor known as the underground law of the road has circulated for years. The idea that for some drivers, it's cheaper to kill a crash victim than let them live. A survivor brings lifelong compensation. Hospital bills, therapy bills, public shame. A fatality, on the other hand, brings only a single compensation payment. And more often than not, a simple traffic citation instead of a more serious charge. and truckers have been overheard joking about this grim calculation at roadside cafes and petrol stations. It's supposedly a kind of dark folklore among them. But cases like this have shown that some aren't joking.

3:49 In fact, there have been several previous crashes where victims were deliberately dragged to their deaths and the perpetrators received nothing more than traffic related sentences. For many, this time had to be different. This time, a new precedent had to be set. Long has since been detained on charges of premeditated murder. His trial has yet to begin, though if convicted, he could face Vietnam's harshest penalty. Death. Han was known as a devoted daughter, one who helped around the house, cared for her younger sibling, and never spent money needlessly, knowing how hard her parents toiled.

4:28 She had told friends that she wanted to help her family to make life better for them. But she never got the chance because in the mind of the driver who hit her, her life had a value. It just wasn't one that he was willing to pay. I spent a lot of time unearthing these mysteries online, but this 11-page dossier on me was much easier to find. It was being sold on a data broker site and contained my full name, old address, phone numbers, family members, even estimated income and browsing habits. Page after page of it, all for sale. Now imagine the same thing exists for you.

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6:02 In those two weeks, Ora will get to work scrubbing your personal info off these data broker sites. Russian influencer Anastasia Kumlovskaya or Nastia as her friends called her undoubtedly had a difficult start in life. Born in s in 1996, she was abandoned by her father and raised mostly by her mother. For years, the two were technically homeless, had to scrape to get by and shared a bed in a hostel. When her mother moved cities for work, she sent her daughter to live with her paternal grandmother. The babushka recognized Anastasia's artistic talents early on. She bought Anastasia paints, encouraged her creativity, and controversially took her to get her first tattoo at just 15.

6:59 From then on, Anastasia adopted the mantra, "I am the canvas," and turned her body into a portfolio. By the time she was 18 and legally allowed to get tattooed, she'd already covered herself head to toe in ink. And coming from a poor background, she was determined to make something of her life and went to college to study computing and automotive mechanics. But more than anything, Anastasia wanted to be seen. And fortunately for her, she came of age right when social media made fame feel attainable, especially for someone with a distinctive aesthetic and a provocative mindset.

7:34 Online, she adopted the name Gishman and began posting photos of her tattoos, her body mods, and her cosplay shoots. Gradually, she amassed a sizable fan base, reaching more than 300,000 followers across Tik Tok, VK, and Instagram. But she didn't stop there. She sold art prints, tattoo appointments, and offered courses in design and computing, gradually transforming her online fame into a legitimate business. Eventually, she earned enough money to move into her own flat in Russia's cultural and artistic capital, St. Petersburg.

8:08 Anastasia understood that success online required consistency. She kept her fans engaged with a steady stream of posts every day sharing something new. And so when that constant stream suddenly stopped in early August 2022, eyebrows began to raise. At first, her account still appeared active, but the posts were old, recycled content from months earlier. Concerned friends reached out via texts and private messages, but Anastasia's replies were always vague and strangely detached. I'm feeling sick. I don't want to talk right now. I'll be back soon. It sounded like her, but not quite.

8:50 Taking matters into their own hands, Anastasia's loved ones called the police on August 10th and asked them to perform a welfare check. When officers arrived at her flat, they were met with a sickly smell seeping from under her door. They eventually forced their way inside and horrifically found Anastasia's body in the bathtub. She had been stabbed over a dozen times. First, investigators said, in the bedroom, then dragged to the bathroom and left there for a week to decompose in the heat. Police initially considered whether this had been a break-in gone wrong or the result of an encounter with a deranged fan, but in the end they didn't have to ponder for long. Within 24 hours, they had their main suspect in custody, Anastasia's 24year-old husband, Dmitri Chernishov.

9:41 They found him laying low in a nearby motel. Anastasia's phone was in his possession. According to investigators, after killing Anastasia, Dmitri used her device to impersonate her online, replying to friends messages and posting on her socials to make it appear as if she was still alive. He even took things a step further, pushing a sale of her courses and selling a number of her possessions on marketplaces, an attempt to squeeze some money out of Anastasia's audience while she lay butchered in her own flat. It's unclear what Dmitri Zengame was, as he seemingly hadn't made any effort to move his wife's body. Instead, he had sprayed her with perfume and taped up the vents and pipes to moss the smell of decomposition.

10:26 Perhaps to buy himself some extra thinking time, he had even extended the lease on her flat. Dimmitri's defense was an unusual one. He initially claimed that Anastasia had asked him to end her existence and that it was a mercy killing of sorts. According to prosecutors, however, his true motives were jealousy, greed, and control. You see, Dmitri was involved in the adult content world and had made most of his income starring in uploads with his ex partners. In his mind, it was an easy way to earn a nice chunk of change. And so when he was introduced to rising star Anastasia by his then girlfriend Margarita, the ruble signs rolled in his eyes. Behind Margarita's back, he lavished Anastasia with gifts, bonded with her over their shared love of cars, and wormed his way into her life.

11:18 After officially becoming a couple, Dmitri began acting as Anastasia's manager. And soon she began featuring in his home movies, which he uploaded to various platforms to generate income. According to friends, Anastasia became more quiet and reclusive around that time. They suspected that Dmitri was exerting control over her, that he wouldn't let her say no to any of his demands. Not to staying home and isolating herself, not to posting more hardcore uploads, not even to marriage. A few months before her death, Anastasia appeared alongside her mother on a Jerry Springeresque talk show to discuss the adult film industry. Her mother voiced concerns that she was being coerced into making explicit content and stated that her daughter had brought dishonor to her family name. That being said, she also conceded that Dmitri was a mildmannered and polite young man and she didn't fear for Anastasia's safety.

12:16 Midway through the broadcast, however, Dmitri's ex-girlfriend, Margarita, came forward and described how he had beaten, strangled, and exploited her in the same way. Dmitri, sitting just a few feet away, dismissed her claims, insisting that Anastasia could stop filming whenever she wanted. Anastasia stood by him, saying that deep down she had always wanted to make explicit content and that Dmitri had never once struck her. She even laughed at Margarita's obvious distress while recounting her experiences, saying that she was just acting up for the cameras.

12:50 But the reality is that Margarita's story was a warning which Anastasia should have heeded. After the broadcast, Dmitri stopped working altogether and became completely dependent on the income which Anastasia generated. Napas later reported hearing frequent arguments and thuds coming from their flat. Many believe that he beat Anastasia the same way he had beaten Margarita. Whatever the truth, their relationship quickly deteriorated. Dmitri moved out and Anastasia reportedly began spending time with a fellow Tik Tocker named Krill.

13:26 She repeatedly met with him the day her life ended. It's alleged that Dmitri heard about this new friendship she had struck up and arrived at her apartment that fateful August night in a jealous rage. It's unclear whether Anastasia let him in or whether he used his old key. But when Dmitri entered the flat, he no doubt saw the pack boxes and suitcases scattered around. Anastasia was moving away. According to anecdotal evidence I came across online, Anastasia had long dreamed of opening a tattoo studio in South Korea, a place where Dmitri couldn't follow her. Because of his prior convictions for theft and evading military service, Russian law barred him from ever leaving the country.

14:09 Prosecutors argued that Dmitri could feel his wife, aka his sole source of income, slipping away and decided that if he couldn't have her and her money, then nobody could. The very first thing that Dmitri did after taking Anastasia's life, message Carrill from her phone, saying that she never wanted to see him again. In 2024, the Franzinski District Court found Dmitri guilty of Anastasia slaying and sentenced him to 8 years in a remote penal colony known as Polar Wolf. And although conditions there are said to be nightmarish with sub-zero temperatures and near constant darkness, many feel his punishment amounts to a slap on the wrist. I guess a lot of people are surprised to learn that Russia doesn't typically dish out heavy sentences for murder. Those are reserved for more serious crimes like criticizing the Big P himself.

15:01 Later, the daytime talk show which had previously hosted Anastasia returned with a special episode which sensationalized her demise. After the broadcast, many people mocked Anastasia, questioning why such attention was being given to a quote worthless adult actress, while others pointed out the hypocrisy that Anastasia's death was being trivialized because of her association with adult content, while the chinless wonder who killed her was getting off comparatively lightly. It's clear from her first appearance on the show that Anastasia wasn't a saint, but she didn't deserve to be butchered in her own bed simply because she wanted out of a toxic relationship.

15:40 As one final indignation, Anastasia's own mother allowed reporters and journalists to film her daughter's funeral in exchange for a fee. A move which sparked criticism with commenters online saying that even in death, those closest to Nuscha were still profiting off her.

16:07 Garan, forgive my pronunciation, is a city in the highlands of northeastern Brazil. One known for its mild mountain climate and lively festivals that draw visitors from across the region. To outsiders, it's the kind of place that feels traditional, even wholesome. But behind one unassuming doorway in this otherwise ordinary city lived a group who believed they were saving the world, one human sacrifice at a time. At the center of this case was Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla, a failed philosophy student and martial arts instructor with a chilling past.

16:45 Growing up, Gor had reportedly killed a 17-year-old named Luciano Seino Dilva, but was acquitted due to a lack of evidence. He then later tried to kill his own mother after stealing 80,000 heis from her home. In 1984, he married his future accomplice, Isabelle Christina Pesta Syla. The ceremony was a modest yet moving one, though the mood was dampened a bit during the reception when Gorj pulled out a knife and threatened to kill all of the guests. Surprisingly though, they lived a fairly normal and innocuous life from then on.

17:21 Well, for 2 years at least. In 1986, Gorj met and fell in love with a 16-year-old named Bruna Christina Olivera de Silva. Together, Gorjabel and Bruna formed a bizarre love triangle and lived as a family of sorts, though many have instead labeled them a small cult, one built around their patriarch's delusions. Gh displayed signs of mental illness and declared that he had spoken with an angel and a cherub. They had apparently instructed him to purify the world and protect the earth from sin and overpopulation. As part of this so-called purification, he told his wives that they had to consume flesh and sacrifice four victims, each representing one of the natural elements: air, earth, water, and fire. Once the four killings were completed, he said, a portal to paradise would open, allowing the group to ascend to a higher plane of existence.

18:23 Unbelievably, Isabelle and Bruna believed him. Together, they created a small murder club which they called the cartel. Their first known victim was 17-year-old single mother Jessica Camila de Silva Pereira. When she met the cartel in 2008, she was homeless and struggling to financially support her one-year-old daughter. Opening their arms, the cartel invited Jessica into their home under the pretense of offering her a job. But once inside, Jessica was struck over the head and rendered unconscious. The cultists dragged her into a bathroom where they severed her jugular vein and drained her body of blood. Jessica was then skinned, dismembered, seasoned with salt and cumin, and stored in the fridge.

19:12 The trio later admitted that they had eaten Jessica's flesh as part of their purification ritual. What makes the story even more disturbing is that Jessica's infant daughter was given some of her mother's own meat. The cartel decided to keep the child alive and raise her as their own. To the outside world, they appeared an odd but harmless family, one that supported themselves by selling empadas and kosinas at the local market. In February 2012, the group cannibalized 31-year-old Chisel Helena Dilva. A few weeks later, on March 15th, they did the same to 20-year-old Alejandra Dilva Falco. Both were killed in a similar fashion to Jessica, lured into the cartel's home, struck on the head, stabbed, and then sliced up.

20:02 Though they had already selected their fourth victim, the group thankfully didn't get to strike again. After their final murder, neighbors began to notice the group's odd behavior, the smell of decay coming from their home, the constant burning of incense, and the presence of a small child who never seemed to attend school. But the investigation really began after Chisel's family reported her missing. Witnesses said that they had last seen her entering the cartel's home, and CCTV footage showed the group using their victim's credit cards to make purchases in town.

20:36 Acting on a tip, police searched their property on April 9th, 2012. Immediately, Jessica's child, who at that point was 5 years old, explained how she had seen her father butcher two women. Indeed, in a shallow grave behind the residence, they found human remains belonging to Jiselle and Aleandra. Gor, Isabel, and Bruner were arrested on the spot. The following day, an angry mob of locals set fire to their house. Under questioning, all three suspects confessed. They spoke calmly about each incident, claiming they were purging the world of bad people and alluded to killing more victims that the police didn't know about. The police would later say that the salty pastries the group sold than which their neighbors loved were often filled with the preserved flesh of their victims.

21:30 The trio were tried separately for the three slayings. In 2014, they were convicted for the killing of Jessica. Gorj received a sentence of just over 21 years, while Isabelle and Bruna received 19 years. In 2018, they were again found guilty of slaying Shazelli and Aishandra. George's total sentence rose to around 71 years. Isabel's was extended to 68 years and Bruner's to 71 years and 10 months. In 2019, their sentences were again increased. Shores by 27 years and his wives by 24. Further appeals and psychiatric evaluations followed with doctors confirming Leh suffered from schizophrenia.

22:15 He was transferred to a secure psychiatric facility to serve the rest of his time and has since become the penitentiary's pastor and a published author, having written four books. He's also said to now be a vegetarian. As for Jessica's daughter, despite enduring bullying and being called a cannibal repeatedly, she's thankfully grown up to be a healthy and welladjusted young woman. Eerily on r/ Google Earthfinds, user no flounder 9658 shared a disturbing discovery they made after researching this case. Using Street View, they managed to find the exact address where the cannibals used to live.

22:55 Nowadays, it's concealed behind a metal door, but by chance, the Google car just so happened to pass by their house in March 2012, right around the time Aleandra was killed and eaten. If you go to that location and click on that date, the image changes and a person can be seen entering the home. That person is the head chef of the cannibal cult, Isabelle, forever frozen in time on Street View, either just before or just after she served her final pastry.

23:45 On the evening of December 9th, 1998, at just after 5:00 p.m., a farmer named Goo was walking home along Fedan Road in Tawuan, Taiwan, the same route that he walked every day, when he noticed flames shooting straight up in the air from a remote stretch of brush. The wing carried not just the smell of smoke, but also of gasoline and something far worse. Something like burned meat. At burst, Goo tried to shrug it off, but curiosity soon got the better of him. He crept closer and hid behind a stack of dried grass and noticed four people standing around a fire, their identities obscured by masks and caps.

24:28 They were talking in low voices and kept glancing around as if they were worried that they might be caught doing something wrong. None of them looked like locals and this stretch of road was essentially the middle of nowhere. So, what were they doing lighting a huge gasoline fire? Overcome with dread, Goo tiptoed backwards, then ran for home. Along the way, he bumped into his neighbor. He too had seen the same fire and had the same bad feeling. Sensing that something was wrong, they went straight into Goose home and called the police.

25:03 Officers from the nearby substation arrived 30 minutes later. By that point, the four fire starters were gone. The responders put out the flames and began examining the charred pile in front of them. It appeared to be a large sack with something heavy inside it. They cut it open and gazed upon its contents. Inside was the body of a young woman burned beyond recognition. Her face was gone and her clothes were mostly incinerated. All that remained was part of a leopard print blouse, a black skirt, and leather ankle boots. On her scorched fingers were three rings, two of them gold, one of them amber. Her hands had been tied across her chest and clutched in her arms was the body of a burned black dog.

25:55 A few of the officers knew exactly what that symbolized. In rural Taiwanese folklore, a black dog's blood is said to ward off ghosts, to blind a spirit so it can't come back for revenge. The police set about trying to identify the Jane do, but the forensic doctor could only narrow down the search so much. They worked out that her COD was mechanical esphyxiation. That she had probably been dead less than 24, maybe 48 hours, that she was around 165 cm tall, around 25 to 30 years of age, was slim, had perfect teeth, and had a 5 cm scar on her left wrist.

26:34 Detectives rummaged through missing person's reports, but found nobody who matched that description. They published the case in newspapers and on TV. And still no one came forward. With no CCTV in the area and two eyewitnesses who couldn't see faces, the case inevitably stalled. And so the woman was buried in Schwangle Leanne Cemetery under the name unidentified female Fedan Road section 4. And for 20 years, that's how she was known. Then in May 2019, a phone rang at the Meowi Police Station. I can't take it anymore, said the terrified voice on the other end of the line. She's been haunting me for over half a year. I want to tell you the truth about a murder from decades ago.

27:25 The caller identified himself as Yihao. He said that the unidentified female was a half Taiwanese, half Japanese girl named Shia Wen. She was 17 years old and used to work at a beetlenut store on Jongpen Road. The operator asked how he knew that. Yi said that he was friends with the store owners, a couple known as Little Pan and Ani, as well as their close associates, Chang B and Baby. In December 1998, he had found the four of them holding Shiaen against her will. He hadn't dared report it back then. He was only 15 and feared what the others might do to him. What made him call now, he said, was that half a year earlier, he had reconnected with one of the group, namely Baby. While drinking together, he asked her whatever happened to that girl that they had been holding captive.

28:19 Baby calmly responded. Oh, she was burned. After that, Yihao kept having nightmares, seeing Shiain at night, burned and on top of him, pressing him down, asking why he still hadn't reported what he knew. The dog blood, he said, clearly hadn't worked. Miha's tip was promising, but there was a problem. The forensic doctor had been adamant that the victim was between 25 and 30 years of age. Back in 1998, Shiawen was 17. Could the doctor really have made such a big mistake? Well, detectives decided to pursue this new lead. And to their amazement, they learned that on December 25th, 1998, a man had actually reported his 17-year-old Taiwanese Japanese daughter missing.

29:11 Her name was Lin Moen, but as they soon discovered, everyone called her Shiawin. After immigrating from Japan, she had struggled to adapt to Taiwanese life. Her Mandarin skulls weren't up to par, which of course led to poor grades. Lonely and unhappy, she drifted into the nightlife scene, frequenting clubs and drinking with older men. Her father routinely scolded her for her behavior and admitted to striking her on occasion. This created a rift between them, and in 1996, Shiawin dropped out of school and moved north to Ping Chan.

29:49 Despite running away from home though, she stayed in weekly contact with her father. He reported her missing in 1998 after 2 weeks of radio silence. The name, the age, the jewel nationality, the district, the time frame, all the details matched Yiha's tip. It began to appear as if this case could have been resolved decades earlier had detectives not discounted Shiawin as a possible match due to a rage. Feeling embarrassed, detectives decided to compare the DNA samples collected at the scene years prior against Shiawen's father. But at some point, those sample boxes had been thrown out. No matter, they thought. They'd simply unearthed the burned woman's grave and take a sample of her DNA directly.

30:35 But unbelievably, no one had kept a note of where she was buried. The cemetery had been redeveloped in the intervening years, and the two men who had handled the burial had since passed away. It looked like they were stuck again. Without hard evidence, Yei House's tip was nothing more than a convincing story. But then they got lucky. The forensics office found out that someone had mixed up the 1998 and 1999 sample boxes. That meant the victim's DNA hadn't been thrown out after all. They compared it and got an exact match. The burned woman was indeed 17-year-old Shiawen.

31:16 With the victim officially identified and a living witness on record, police moved to arrest the four suspects Yihow had named. Three of them were still in Taiwan. Hi, Baby and their supposed ring leader, Little Pan. However, the fourth suspect, Chang Bi, had long since fled overseas. Officers debated whether they should pick up the three who were still on the island. Doing so would no doubt tip off Changp, and he had likely never returned to face justice. They held far for a year, but ultimately decided that catching three out of four perpetrators wasn't so bad.

31:54 Little Pan, Ani, and Baby were all living in completely different areas by that point, leading quiet, unassuming family lives. and thus three separate police units picked them up simultaneously and drove them straight to Fedan Road section 4. When they got there, the lead officer asked them, "Do you know who was burned here two decades ago?" The officer expected them to say no or throw each other under the bus. But instead, all three dropped to their knees and began apologizing to Shiawen. From there, the full story came out.

32:34 After running away from home at age 15, Shiain drifted into the beetlenut shop run by little Pam, his girlfriend Ani, their friend Changp, and a younger girl nicknamed Wawa or Baby. Pam was the de facto leader, and he quickly took a liking to the new runaway. She was cheerful, energetic, and eager to please. Before long, he offered her a job as a beetlenut beauty. A young, scantily clad woman, or in this case, way too young girl who attracts customers by sitting in the window or standing on the street. She was an immediate hit with the store's sleazy clientele, who referred to her as the cherry blossom girl, a reference to her beauty and heritage.

33:19 The place wasn't much, but Shiawin finally felt like she had found a place to belong. Over time, she grew especially close to the boss lady, Anchi. At first, they were inseparable, laughing together, sharing food, gossiping. It was the closest thing that she had had to family in months. But the closeness didn't last. Envy, petty complex, and shifting alliances simmered beneath the surface, and Ani began to suspect that Shiaolin had feelings for Chang B. problem was, so did Baby. Word spread, jealousy festered, and Baby made it her mission to quote, "teach that snake a lesson."

34:04 With the help of a few friends, she pinned Shiawin down, beat her, and shaved her head. Humiliated and distressed, Shiaolin called up her father, and through floods of tears said that she needed money for a wig. But instead of offering sympathy, her father reprimanded her for getting involved with such low lives and hung up. He would have acted more appropriately had he known it would be the last time he would ever speak with his daughter. On December 6th, 1998, Little Pan realized that money was coming up short. Someone, he said, was skimming from the register.

34:45 Baby immediately accused Shiawin of stealing from the business, saying that she had used the money to buy expensive jewelry in wakes. And in Little Pan's volatile mind, that checked out. In a violent rage, he dragged the 17-year-old into a room above the store, tied her up, and locked her inside. And so began Shiawin's 72 hours of hell. From then on, Pan declared that Shiawen was the store's punching bag. Whenever anyone felt in a bad mood, he said they were welcome to go upstairs and beat her. And all four of them did repeatedly with fists and sticks.

35:25 The atmosphere only became more sadistic as the night wore on. And on December 7th, things continued to spiral. The group denied Shiawin food and water, sliced her face and thighs with a machete, and beat her with a baseball bat, all while trying to force a confession out of her about the missing cash. But her condition had deteriorated rapidly overnight, and she could barely speak in her own defense. That's when little Pan started to panic. If you couldn't tell from his reaction to the skimmed money, he was a regular amphetamines user and feared that Shiawin would tell the police about his drug addiction.

36:03 As an active duty soldier partway through his mandatory national service, Little Pan knew that if he was reported, he'd be tried in a military court and face an extremely severe punishment. On December 8th, his paranoia peaked, and he decided that Shiawin had to be silenced permanently. The other three agreed to go along with Pan's plan. After all, they were already in deep. There was just one problem. While they deliberated about how to finish her off, the affforementioned Yihao arrived unannounced and came face to face with the four soon to be killers and their tied up soon-to-be victim.

36:44 When the group noticed Yihao, they surrounded him and ordered him to hurt Shiawin, technically making him an accomplice. He fled the scene the first chance he got and didn't speak about what he had seen for 21 long years. After he left, the group decided to act before any other witnesses turned up. And so, in the early hours of December 9th, Ani took thin sheets of Jos paper, wetted them, and layered them over Shiaent's face, blocking her airflow. When she was on the verge of losing consciousness, Changp held her legs while Pan wrapped a towel around her neck. He inserted a stick and twisted until her cervical spine snapped.

37:30 All the while, a very nervous baby stood by the door, acting as lookout. She now knew what would happen if the others ever found out the truth. That she was the one skimming money from the register, not Shiawin. After taking Shiain's life, the perpetrators brought in a mystic who performed folk rights, a woman known only as Hu. Rather than call the police, she advised them to kill a black dog and sprinkle its blood over the corpse. Not just to blind the victim's spirit so that she couldn't find and haunt them, but so that the animal would carry their sin into the afterlife, leaving them free of guilt both in this world and the next.

38:12 They followed the mystic's advice. After driving, Shiao went out to Fedan Road and setting the fire. The group immediately dissolved the Beetlnut stand, scattered in different directions, and cut all contact with one another. 21 years later, three of those perpetrators were finally in court in a trial which began just 45 days before the statute of limitations would have expired. Despite their past confessions and expressions of remorse, in front of the judge, they all pled not guilty and tried to pass the blame. Each saying they only watched as the others killed Shiawin.

38:49 At first, the judge gave the two main offenders, Little Pan and Ani, life sentences. Baby, who was just a juvenile at the time of the incident, got 14 years and 10 months. However, on appeal, the court said that the offenders had all been young, impulsive, and still reformable at the time of the crime and cut the main sentences to 14 years and 6 months. According to some reports, babies was also reduced to 14 years and 2 months. Shiawin's father got nothing. His civil claim was rejected and his daughter's remains buried under the name unidentified female were never located for a proper funeral.

39:32 He told the media that he regretted not being a better father. If he had been, he said, Shiawin would still be alive. He passed away in 2023, still angry and full of guilt. It's crazy to think that this case could have been resolved much earlier had the forensics team not been so adamant about the victim's age. It's even crazier that it was finally resolved because a witness waited 21 years to pick up the phone all because he said he was being haunted by a ghost and couldn't sleep anymore. And it's just infuriating that the perpetrators are serving such short sentences with one of them getting away scot-free.

40:13 Shiawin may finally have her name back, but she still hasn't been given the justice that she deserves. Hey guys, Lazy here and thank you very much for listening. Wow, this one was quite tricky to record with all of the um foreign words. Let me tell you, Brazilian names are impossible for me to pronounce. So, I try to be as respectful as possible and I always research how to pronounce the names of everyone involved as well as the towns, the cities, all of that. But, uh, sometimes I get 90% there, I'd say. If you did enjoy this episode and you're from a country where English isn't the predominant language, why not share a few cases in the comments which you think might be region locked. Before the video ends, I'd like to say a huge thank you to my supporters here on YouTube and over on Patreon. Especially my biggest supporters Holly Lions, Gina Valera, Blaze 420, Colin Monsma, Connolan, Hamish, Alana

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Questions about this episode

What is discussed in "4 Disturbing REGION-LOCKED Cases That Will Shatter Your Faith in Humanity"?

In order: 0:00 Din Van Long, Wen Ha; 5:00 Anastasia Kumlovskaya, Dmitri Chernishov, Aura; 15:00 Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla, Bruna Christina Olivera de Silva, Isabelle Christina Pesta Syla, Alejandra Dilva Falco; 20:00 Fedan Road, Tawuan; 25:00 Fedan Road, Little Pan, Shia Wen; 30:00 Little Pan, Fedan Road; 35:00 Little Pan, Fedan Road.

What is mentioned in this Lazy Masquerade episode?

17 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Anastasia Kumlovskaya, Dmitri Chernishov, Little Pan, Fedan Road, Din Van Long, Gorj Bel Negromance Dyla. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "4 Disturbing REGION-LOCKED Cases That Will Shatter Your Faith in Humanity"?

The episode runs 42 min; the transcript is about 6,264 words in 57 timestamped sections.

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