The Otaku Killer: Tsutomu Miyazaki and the Little Girl Murders
In the late 1980s, a series of child abductions in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture shocked Japan. Four young girls disappeared and were later found murdered. The man responsible was Tsutomu Miyazaki, a reclusive 26-year-old who became known as the “Otaku Killer” after police discovered thousands of anime and horror videotapes in his home.
This episode examines Miyazaki’s isolated childhood, the crimes that terrorized a quiet region, the nationwide moral panic that followed, and the long legal process that ended with his execution in 2008.
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