Episode 216 - Issei Segawa: The Kobe Cannibal

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Over 30 years ago, Issei Sagawa murdered, raped and ate a young woman named Renée Hartevelt. Despite his guilt never having been in question, Sagawa would not stand trial or spend any significant amount of time behind bars.

And today, in the sleepy Tokyo district of Yurioka, this known murderer, necrophile and cannibal walks the streets not only as a free man - but as a twisted celebrity…

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0:15.0	Hello.
0:16.0	Oh, my husband has no Harry's touch, so...
0:19.0	I'm Hannah.
0:20.0	I'm Sruti.
0:21.0	Sruti's forgotten how to record the podcast we've been doing for nearly five years.
0:26.0	I'm Sruti.
0:27.0	Hello everyone, welcome to Redhanded.
0:29.8	Welcome to Redhanded and welcome my friends.
0:33.8	To the best month of the year.
0:35.8	October is upon us.
0:37.8	And you know we love October.
0:39.8	We love October a lot of reasons.
0:41.8	Firstly, it's both of our birthdays.
0:43.8	Secondly, we usually go on tour in October and this year.
0:47.8	For the first time in two whole years,
0:49.8	we are going. We are back on the road and also.
0:53.8	We find the most fucked-up shit we possibly can for October for you.
0:57.8	And we have done the same this year.
0:59.8	We have a catalog of catastrophes for your ears.
1:03.8	And also, due to popular demand.
1:05.8	And many, many, many tweets.
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