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STRANGELAND is a new series from audiochuck that reexamines cases in immigrant neighborhoods. Hosted by investigative journalist Ben Adair and world-renowned interpreter Sharon Choi, Season...
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Ep 12 of 12: Heroes and Villains
The story told at trial and in the press is that a Cambodian national hero was senselessly gunned down by three gang members. Over time, the...
Ep 11 of 12: Behind Every Great Fortune
During an epic battle over Haing Ngor's estate, disturbing details start trickling in about the actor's private life. The paper trail shows...
Ep 10 of 12: The Cobra Strikes
Many Cambodian refugees feel certain that Haing Ngor was killed for political reasons. The LAPD discounts these assassination theories. But...
Ep 9 of 12: The Bad Guy
We have a hard time getting direct knowledge of what happened on the night of the murder. So many people connected to this story have passed...
Ep 8 of 12: The Color of Law
Just weeks after the gang members were convicted, a massive scandal erupts inside the LAPD. The root of the department's corruption is the C...
Ep 7 of 12: Hell of a Movie
The juries deliver their verdicts. But that's just the beginning of a multi-decade legal battle, as claims of police and prosecutorial misco...
Ep 6 of 12: Smoke and Mirrors
In an extremely unusual trial, the state of California makes its case against Jason Chan, Indra Lim, and Tak Sun Tan. An LAPD cop-turned-jud...
Ep 5 of 12: The Golden Lotus
LAPD detectives turn up the heat in their search for potential witnesses. The cops get two boys who were allegedly hanging out near the crim...
Ep 4 of 12: Kill the Chicken Scare the Monkey
The shadow of the Khmer Rouge follows thousands of Cambodians to southern California. Terrified of authority and distrustful of one another,...
Ep 3 of 12: Year Zero
Most people involved in this case – the victim, two of three boys arrested for the murder, the main witnesses, and Haing's neighbors – were...
Ep 2 of 12: It's Chinatown
We head to Chinatown to hear the LAPD's official account of the crime and retrace detectives' footsteps as they worked this case. Authoritie...
Ep 1 of 12: The Tiger and Its Stripes
LAPD officers respond to a shooting in Chinatown and identify the murder victim as Oscar-winning actor Haing Ngor. They find $4000 in cash o...
Season 3: The Killing Fields of L.A.
In 1995, 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, a...
Updates + Alphabet Boys
Tips on the Narra case have been pouring in. Ben gives an update and shares your next podcast binge: Alphabet Boys. Strangeland is an audioc...
Ep 14 of 14: Six Years Later
Throughout our year-long investigation, Hanu has ignored our repeated attempts to contact him. So, in the Season Finale of Strangeland, we k...
Ep 13 of 14: The Witness
A traumatized eyewitness walks us through his memory of March 23, 2017 - from Sasi and Anish’s arrival home that afternoon to Hanu’s puzzlin...
Ep 12 of 14: The Payoff
There were some dramatic lifestyle change following the murders, alongside a strange donation to a Maple Shade charity. We investigate that,...
Ep 11 of 14: The Friend
There was a third person at the Narra’s apartment the night of the murders - a woman whose odd behavior triggers some red flags. Could this...
Ep 10 of 14: The Mystery Woman
After months of searching, we find the mystery woman from the 911 call. She does a sit-down interview and reveals some shocking details abou...