FORMOSA FILES PODCAST S4-E32: The “Demon of Chiayi” - and other true crime tales
From a couple of morons who dismember themselves in a bid to scam insurance companies, to the infamous “Demon of Chiayi” serial killer Chen Jui-chin 陳瑞欽 (plus the story of the only woman on death row in Taiwan), this week Formosa Files brings you an assortment of true crime stories.
WARNING: Don't play this episode aloud where children might hear.
Cover right: The “Demon of Chiayi” serial killer Chen Jui-chin 陳瑞欽 - image via Mirror Media. Left: An ambulance prepares to take the executed "demon" serial killer Chen's body to a storage facility. No one claimed his body so reports say it remains in storage to this day due to an old Taiwan law that requires someone to accept the deceased. Image via ctwant.com.
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The Formosa Files podcast is sponsored by the FRANK CHEN FOUNDATION (陳啟川先生文教基金會)
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This top-rated history podcast tells stories from the history of Formosa (Taiwan) from circa 1600 C.E. - 2000 C.E., via interesting, lesser-known short stories presented in a non-chronological order.
HOSTS: John Ross is an author and co-founder of publisher Camphor Press, which specializes in books on Taiwan and China in English, while Eryk Michael Smith has worked as a writer and journalist for multiple media outlets in Taiwan, including the island's only English-language radio station ICRT (FM 100.7). Both Ross and Smith have lived in Taiwan for well over 20 years and call the island home.
