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Dec 2024
1h 51m

The Lucie Blackman Case - Part 2

Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
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PART 2 OF 2.

When a young British woman vanishes in Tokyo, her family is heartbroken and terrified. They are soon shocked to discover the mysterious life Lucie was leading in her few short months abroad. During the search for Lucie, loved ones and investigators travel down a twisted path through Japan’s seedy underbelly uncovering multiple disappearances and deaths, conniving con-artists, and an alarming amount of evidence. Although an arrest is made many questions remain.

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People Who Eat Darkness by Richard Lloyd Parry

Netflix Documentary - MISSING: The Lucie Blackman Case

http://www.ractive-roppongi.com/e/history/index.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Adelstein

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs

https://www.moviemaker.com/carita-ridgway-missing-the-lucie-blackman-case/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joji_Obara

https://oag.ca.gov/missing/stats

https://www.reddit.com/r/japanese/comments/1b412q9/what_exactly_are_japanese_hostess_clubbar/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_five#:~:text=Conventional%20wisdom%20holds%20that%20the,tatchi%20or%20%22high%20touch%22.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Japan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya_Crossing#:~:text=Shibuya%20Crossing%20is%20the%20world's,people%20crossing%20at%20a%20time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lloyd_Parry

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