Summary: Tokyo, 1992. The mysterious death of a young Australian woman working as a hostess in Japan goes unsolved. Eight years later, a young British woman disappears under similar mysterious circumstances. All eyes turn to wealthy Japanese playboy, Joji Obara – a man who had no known friends and refused to ever have his photo taken. He was eventually dubbed: The Beast with a Human Face. This is a sordid story about what happened to countless foreign women, working in Tokyo in the 1990’s. For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Lucie Blackman Trust: http://www.lbtrust.org/ Resources YouTube The Lucie Blackman Murder Web Wikipedia Murderpedia Articles Facts about Joji Obara Poor police work in ’92-death let Obara off the hook, victim’s family claims Monster in the Blackman-case still an enigma Lucie Blackman murder case timeline Behind the Lucie Blackman story How the bubble burst for Lucie’s alleged killer Letter sent to Tokyo Police in Lucie hunt Family blame police as daughter’s killer jailed for 15 years Why I took 100 million pieces of silver for my daughter’s death Narrated by: Noel Vinson Researched & Produced by Two Red Romans Productions Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler Background track: Doblado Studios: https://www.youtube.com/c/DobladoStudios This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.
