Episode 18: Miyazaki Otaku Murders

Black Torii — Japanese True Crime · Jul 19, 2026 · 13m

In the summer of 1988, small girls started vanishing from the streets of western Tokyo and Saitama. One family received a box in the mail a few months later. Inside: hundreds of bone fragments, baby teeth, and photographs of a child's clothing. A typed note that said: "Mari. Cremated. Bones. Investigate. Prove." When police finally arrested a suspect the following summer, they walked into a room wallpapered floor-to-ceiling with nearly six thousand videotapes. And somewhere in that collection, hidden among the anime and horror films, was footage of the killer's own crimes. This is the story…