ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Some stories are missing more than answers. Every case has a version of the story people remember. And another version shaped by what was never said.
Missing Context is a true crime podcast exploring stories from Asia and the diaspora, focusing on the hidden tensions, uncovering details that were ignored, misunderstood or never fully explained.
New episode every Wednesday.
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
28 minutes
English
United States
12 episodes
since May 22, 2026
episodic
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In November 1998, 24 year old journalist Noriko Tsujide left her office in Ise, Japan, and disappeared. The next morning, her car was found abandoned about a mile from her workplace. Months later, investigators uncovered phone records linking Noriko to a man she had met through her work, who became…
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In 2000, British-Indian doctor Daksha Emson was experiencing a devastating mental health crisis after the birth of her daughter. What followed became a tragic case that raised difficult questions about postpartum psychosis, stigma, identity, and whether the people around her recognized what was hap…
Three months before his wedding, 26-year-old Ketan Aggarwal stood smiling beside his fiancée during a lavish engagement photoshoot. They toured luxury wedding venues in Udaipur, celebrated birthdays together, and appeared to be building the kind of future many families dream of.
Then Ketan fell nea…
In 1993, the disappearance of a Malaysian politician led police to one of the country’s most shocking murder cases. At its centre was Mona Fandey—a former pop singer turned bomoh whose extravagant lifestyle, promises of wealth and power, and carefully crafted image attracted followers from across M…
In 2019, a sexual assault case from the town of Pollachi in Tamil Nadu shocked India. But the story wasn’t just about the men who committed these crimes. It was about how they were able to keep doing it for years.
In this episode of Missing Context, we look beyond the headlines to understand how tr…
Across Southeast Asia, vast scam compounds generate billions of dollars each year through romance scams, investment fraud, and online deception. The people sending the messages are often portrayed as willing participants in a criminal enterprise.
But many never intended to become scammers at all.
L…
In 2023, a 23-year-old woman in Busan posted an ad on a tutoring platform, posing as the parent of a middle school student looking for an English tutor. Within days, she had arranged a meeting with a teacher she had never met. Hours later, that teacher was dead.
Much of the coverage focused on the …
The 2010 murder-for-hire plot, by Jennifer Pan, has been dissected for years.
The double life behind it has received much less attention.
By her early twenties, Jennifer was waking up each morning and leaving home for a university she did not attend. She forged transcripts, acceptance letters, and …
In 2016, Narumi Kurosaki vanished from a university residence in eastern France. The case would grow into an international investigation that crossed countries, languages, and years of uncertainty.
At the center of it was Narumi’s mother, Taeko Kurosaki, who spent years searching for answers about …
In 2023, ten-year-old Sara Sharif was found dead in her family home in England after years of reported concerns about her wellbeing.
This episode of Missing Context examines the systemic failures surrounding Sara’s case and the warning signs that were repeatedly missed. It explores how reports, int…
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