Episode 334: Japan’s Twitter Killer Sleeps With 9 SEVERED HEADS In His Tiny Tokyo Apartment

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He woke up from the smell. His head was pounding as his eyes adjusted to the harsh bathroom light. Did he drink too much the night before?

What is that smell?

He reached his hand up to rub his eyes… it was covered in blood. He looked down - blood. All over his clothes, the tiles, everywhere.

He slowly turned his head to the bathtub - and there floating in the water… were dismembered body parts. Along with a severed head with long black hair that was getting tangled…

“I swear I woke up and there was just a body here.” The police would never fall for it. He had no choice but to put on a raincoat, mask, and eye goggles and get to work. Finish the job.

But eventually he would stop right? This would be the 9th severed head in his collection.

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com

Takahiro Shiraishi

Takahiro in an ID photo

Photo of Takahiro as a child

Takahiro between 2015 and 2017 when he was a scout

Takahiro in his bathtub, kind of a chilling photo after knowing he did his dissections in a bathtub

His Twitter profile for @hangingpro

The Sobudai-Mae station where they would walk to meet the agent

BYE BYE NEGATIVES performing one of their songs. Shogo is the one on the left in red plaid

Guideline of his house showing just how small it was, as well as where the boxes of remains were found

Another layout of his home, detailing the size and where the boxes were in his house

Security camera footage captured Miss I walking with an unknown man at Hachioji Station that morning

Outside of Takahiro’s apartment where bodies were found

Police investigating Takahiro’s house

Reporters outside Takahiro’s house

Takahiro getting detained on November 1st, 2017

Court drawing of Takahiro at one of his trials in 2020, you can see his hair is much longer than before here

Another court drawing of Takahiro during his hearings in 2020

Court room where Takahiro had his fate decided

BYE BYE NEGATIVES performing one of their songs. Shogo Nishinaka is the one on the left in red plaid.

(6:24 to 6:32) Takahiro being transferred to detainment

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