In 1996, Singapore’s first serial killer, John Martin Scripps, is hanged for the violent killing of three tourists just a year earlier. His murders took place in Singapore and Thailand. The case came to be infamously known as The Body Parts Murder. 

In the pilot episode of TrueCrime SG, I speak with Mr. Tan Ooi Boon, a reporter who broke the story in the Straits Times.  



TrueCrime SG is hosted by Loretta Lopez
Credit: Gokelam Ponniah Achary, SPH Library

In 1996, Singapore&rsquo;s first serial killer, John Martin Scripps, is hanged for the violent killing of three tourists just a year earlier. His murders took place in Singapore and Thailand. The case came to be infamously known as The Body Parts Murder.&nbsp; In the pilot episode of TrueCrime SG, I speak with Mr. Tan Ooi Boon, a reporter who broke the story in the Straits Times.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
TrueCrime SG is hosted by Loretta Lopez Credit: Gokelam Ponniah Achary, SPH Library

Crimes of passion, revenge or just unfortunate accidents? Some of have gone unsolved for years, while others saw swift justice.

I’m Loretta Lopez and in TrueCrime SG, I’ll be speaking with reporters from the Crime desks of The Straits Times and The New Paper. They were the ones on the ground, following the cases. Some of these were bizarre, but most times heartbreaking.

What did they see? How did they feel? Why do these cases still bother them?

Image credit: Ms Nur Ashiqin Jaffar

Research credit: Ms Gokelam Ponniah Achary

Crimes of passion, revenge or just unfortunate accidents? Some of have gone unsolved for years, while others saw swift justice.
I&rsquo;m Loretta Lopez and in TrueCrime SG, I&rsquo;ll be speaking with reporters from the Crime desks of The Straits Times and The New Paper. They were the ones on the ground, following the cases. Some of these were bizarre, but most times heartbreaking.
What did they see? How did they feel? Why do these cases still bother them?
Image credit: Ms Nur Ashiqin Jaffar
Research credit: Ms Gokelam Ponniah Achary

Crimes of passion, revenge or just unfortunate accidents? Some of have gone unsolved for years, while others saw swift justice.

TrueCrime SG Podcast

Loretta Lopez speaks with reporters who covered these cases and brought these sometimes bizarre and most times heartbreaking stories to their papers. What did they see? How did they feel? Why do these cases still bother them? 

Loretta Lopez speaks with reporters who covered these cases and brought these sometimes bizarre and most times heartbreaking stories to their papers. What did they see? How did they feel? Why do these cases still bother them?&nbsp;

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