Strangeland

By: audiochuck | Western Sound
  • Summary

  • STRANGELAND from audiochuck is an investigative series that examines cases in immigrant neighborhoods. Season 3: The Killing Fields of L.A. is hosted by Ben Adair and Mayly Tao. In 1996, a Cambodian refugee was gunned down in an alley in L.A.’s Chinatown. But this wasn’t a typical murder. The victim was Haing Ngor, an Oscar-winning actor and humanitarian. Many Cambodians believe Ngor was assassinated over his role in The Killing Fields – a film that depicted the Khmer Rouge’s reign of terror. Three teenage gang members were convicted and sentenced to decades in prison for murder. Yet to this day, the Cambodian community remains unconvinced of the boys’ guilt. Because the thousands of dollars in cash found on Ngor didn’t square with the LAPD’s story, and multiple witnesses said investigators coerced their testimony. In this season of Strangeland, journalist Ben Adair and Cambodian-American podcaster Mayly Tao piece through Haing Ngor’s journey from genocide survivor to Hollywood star to murder victim — and re-investigate the LAPD’s case to find out if justice was lost in translation. Strangeland is produced by Western Sound.
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Episodes
  • Season 1: The Koreatown Murders
    Oct 15 2021

    STRANGELAND is a new series from audiochuck that is reexamining cases in immigrant neighborhoods. These investigations go where the police couldn’t to uncover the real story behind a headline crime.


     

    Strangeland is an audiochuck production. 

    Connect with us on social media:

    • Instagram: @audiochuck
    • Twitter: @audiochuck
    • Facebook: /audiochuckllc
    • TikTok: @audiochuck
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    3 mins
  • Ep 1 of 10: The Miracle Mile Massacre
    Nov 8 2021

    On May 5, 2003, Chi Hyon Song, a 30-year-old mother, along with her two-year-old son, and their 56-year-old nanny Eun Sik Min, were all slain, execution-style, in their modest apartment in Koreatown.

    LAPD detectives first suspected Song’s husband, but his alibi was air tight. With no other suspects, the case goes cold. That is, until 2008, when a law enforcement DNA database turned up a new connection to the case.

    Strangeland is an audiochuck production.

    Connect with us on social media:

    • Instagram: @audiochuck
    • Twitter: @audiochuck
    • Facebook: /audiochuckllc
    • TikTok: @audiochuck
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    36 mins
  • Ep 2 of 10: Who is Robin Cho?
    Nov 8 2021

    Who is this new suspect that the LAPD has pegged for the brutal Koreatown triple murder? A modest family man from the South Korean countryside who has some dark secrets — over two-and-a-half million of them. Do they add up to a motive for murder?

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    28 mins

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