Episode 99 - Black Magic, Murder & Malaysian Pop: Mona Fandey
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Wondery | RedHanded
4.5 • 18.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week the girls are off to Malaysia to cover a case of money, murder, black magic and Malaysian pop music. Mona Fandey was a one hit wonder in the 80s - but when she realised that her singing career was going nowhere, she and her husband turned to black magic...which of course, ended in murder.
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| 0:00.0 | Prime members, you can listen to Redhanded early and add free on Amazon music. Download the app today. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm Hanna. I'm Sruti. And welcome to Redhanded, where this week... |
| 0:28.0 | We have a really truly spooky bitch for you, because we're hopping over to Malaysia for some black magic, politics, money, power and fame. |
| 0:37.0 | And shout out to our Malaysian listeners because I know contrary to popular belief there are actually people in Malaysia listening, possibly right now with their ears. |
| 0:45.0 | It's like when we cracked Mongolia, that was a big day. |
| 0:48.0 | Oh, absolutely. I think that's all my favourite place. I think we live to our Mongolia. |
| 0:52.0 | I like the one guy that's listening in Suriname. |
| 0:55.0 | Oh, he's my favourite. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello. |
| 0:58.0 | No one in North Korea yet. |
| 0:59.0 | Well, it's only a matter of time. |
| 1:01.0 | I wonder why. |
| 1:02.0 | So, we're off to Malaysia. And we're starting off in Kanga, which is in the Malaysian province of Perlis, which is on Malaysia's northernmost peninsula. |
| 1:12.0 | And the central character of our story this week was born in Kanga in 1956 on the first of January, with the name Manza Ismail. |
| 1:20.0 | Manza, like lots of little girls, wanted to be a pop star when she grew up. And for her, this dream would come true. |
| 1:27.0 | Kind of. |
| 1:29.0 | What did you want to be when you grew up? |
| 1:30.0 | Can I guess? |
| 1:31.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.0 | Engineer. |
| 1:36.0 | My father is an engineer and I have a brother and only two first cousins and all three of them are also engineers. |
| 1:43.0 | So, I am the only cousin that is not the only child in both sides of our family who is not an engineer, basically. |
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