I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't Make This Up.

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films. On today's episode we take a

closer look at the Netflix documentary film,

missing the Lucy Blackman case.

Police in Japan have made a public appeal for help in tracing a 21-year-old British woman.

Lucy Blackman hasn't been seen since leaving the bar

where she worked as a hostess.

Today we're talking to director,

Hioi Yamamoto and producer Rob Sixsmith.

Lucy Blackman left her life in England for new experiences in Japan,

working as a hostess in a Tokyo nightclub.

But her disappearance in 2000 sent shock waves through both nations.

Her father launched a media blitz to pressure Japanese authorities.

Meanwhile, police learn a sexual predator has been praying on women undetected for years.

Missing, the Lucy Blackman case explores the desperate manhunt and the clash of cultures that resulted.

Will Tokyo detectives find the criminal believed

to a victimized hundreds of women

and answer the question of what happened to Lucy?

That's a very solid lead.

It's a huge step forward.

This is the first time to show that the person they suspect

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