Episode 117 - The Unsuspecting Tourists
The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories
themindsofmadness
4.4 • 6.5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
One of the best things about traveling is getting to meet new and interesting people along the way. But just how much do you really know about the guy sitting two rows behind you on the plane… or the person offering to split a taxi with you?
In this whirlwind episode, you'll hear about three unsuspecting tourists who suddenly disappeared without a trace. That is until their body parts started showing up in Singapore and Thailand. The perpetrator - a fugitive who'd mastered butchery skills in prison.
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Research & Writing:
Ryan Deininger
Special Thanks:
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Sources:
A British Serial Killer in Singapore (2019) - by Tan Ooi Boon
Emissaries of Satan (2015) - by Christopher Berry-Dee
https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/richest-countries-in-the-world
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12062988.the-prisoner-who-has-yet-to-complete-a-sentence/
https://mothership.sg/2019/03/john-martin-scripps-murder-singapore/
https://www.goabroad.com/articles/study-abroad/singapore-laws-to-know-before-you-go
https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/scripps-john-martin.htm
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-john-martin-scripps-befriended-tourists-then-butchered-them
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_437_2005-01-17.html
https://www.grunge.com/491706/this-is-how-traveling-killer-john-martin-scripps-was-finally-caught/
https://everything.explained.today/John_Martin_Scripps/
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/mass-killer-learned-butcher-prison-article-1.2073031
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| 0:00.0 | The opinions expressed in the following episode do not necessarily reflect those of the minds |
| 0:05.0 | of Madness podcast. |
| 0:06.8 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:36.8 | One of the best things about traveling is getting to know new and interesting people |
| 0:43.2 | along the way. |
| 0:44.2 | It's not just the breathtaking views or exotic foods, but the cast of characters that |
| 0:50.0 | often gives a vacation its real flavor. |
| 0:52.5 | But just how much do we really know but the guy sitting two rows behind us on the plane |
| 0:58.0 | or the person offering to split a taxi with us? |
| 1:01.9 | Join me now as we take a look at the disturbing case of three tourists who disappeared |
| 1:08.3 | in Southeast Asia. |
| 1:10.4 | You'll learn how a friendly face at an airport are not always who they seem. |
| 1:25.4 | On March 7, 1995, Gerard Lo made a call from a pay phone at Johannesburg International |
| 1:32.5 | Airport in South Africa. |
| 1:34.9 | Although he'd seen his wife Vanessa just a few hours earlier, he wanted to leave a nice |
| 1:39.7 | message for her on the Ancerum machine before boarding his flight. |
| 1:43.5 | They'd been married two years, but it was romantic gestures like this keeping the honeymoon |
| 1:49.1 | phase of their marriage alive. |
| 1:51.4 | In the message he told her, he already missed her and that he'd call again as soon as he |
| 1:56.2 | landed in Singapore. |
| 1:58.5 | Gerard's flight to Singapore was a completely last minute opportunity, but at the same time |
| 2:04.4 | was a trip he'd been dreaming of for years. |
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