FRUITLOOPS SHORT: Kazuko Fukuda

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.4 • 953 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Fruitloops Short is the no frills version of our weekly episode. This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Japanese murderer Kazuko Fukuda, who has been called the most famous fugitive in Japanese history. She underwent several plastic surgeries over 14 years, and used more than 20 identities in order to escape justice. This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams. Thanks for listening! This is a weekly podcast and new episodes drop every Thursday, so until next time... look alive guys, it's crazy out there! Footnotes: https://fruitloopspod.com/2024/05/02/e229-murderer-kazuko-fukuda/ Music “Hit Me On My Way” by Text Me Records & Jorge Hernandez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwzoNlp2-Ek Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License “Starz”by Yung Kartz https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Yung_Kartz Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License “Lean and Pills” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ “Torey” by Arulo Mixkit Stock Music Free License https://mixkit.co/free-stock-music/trap/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Connect with us on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHgsKYPbzsI4AEiMrUgabA Twitter @FruitLoopsPod Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fruitloopspod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Fruitloopspod and https://www.facebook.com/groups/fruitloopspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast contains adult themes and language and some of the things that we discuss may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:05.5	In this podcast we discuss sexual assault, torture, race, and murder.
0:09.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.2	Please take care of yourself. So now let's get into the early life of Fukuda. What do you got for us Beth?
0:38.0	Kuzuko Fukuda was born in 1948 in the Japanese city of Matsuyama, the capital city in Eheim Prefecture.
0:47.7	Her father abandoned the family when Kazuco was four or five.
0:52.4	In order to get by, her mother ended up running a
0:54.5	brothel out of their home in Kawano City now known as Shikokutuo City in
1:00.3	Eheim Prefecture. Although eventually her mother and a local fisherman married and the family moved to a small island,
1:07.5	people found out about her mother's history and Kuzuco was teased relentlessly.
1:12.4	When Kuzuco was teased relentlessly.
1:12.6	When Kuzuco was in the third year of junior high school,
1:16.2	her mother and stepfather divorced.
1:18.4	And mother and daughter moved to Imabari City,
1:21.1	Ahim Prefecture. There, Kuzuco's mother opened up a strip club.
1:25.2	Wow, she's a real entrepreneur.
1:27.5	She is.
1:28.5	Yeah.
1:29.5	In Imabari City, the lives of Kazuco and her mother were not only stabilized, they gradually became well off.
1:37.0	Uh, what is that song?
1:40.0	Uh, we're moving on up. We're moving on up.
1:43.0	What is the city in my bari city?
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