Missing Context
Some stories are missing more than answers. Every case has a version of the story people remember. And another version shaped by what was never said.
Missing Context is a true crime podcast exploring stories from Asia and the diaspora, focusing on the hidden tensions, uncovering details that were ignored, misunderstood or never fully explained.
New episode every Wednesday.
Missing Context
Latest Episodes
She Left Work. The Next Morning, Her Car Was Found Abandoned - Noriko Tsujide
In November 1998, 24 year old journalist Noriko Tsujide left her office in Ise, Japan, and disappeared. The next morning, her car was found abandoned about a mile from her workplace. Months later, investigators uncovered phone records linking N...
The postpartum psychosis she couldn’t talk about - The Daksha Emson case
In 2000, British-Indian doctor Daksha Emson was experiencing a devastating mental health crisis after the birth of her daughter. What followed became a tragic case that raised difficult questions about postpartum psychosis, stigma, identity, an...
She Never Meant To Marry Him? - The Siya Goyal Case
Three months before his wedding, 26-year-old Ketan Aggarwal stood smiling beside his fiancée during a lavish engagement photoshoot. They toured luxury wedding venues in Udaipur, celebrated birthdays together, and appeared to be building the kin...
She Promised Him Power - The Mona Fandey Case
In 1993, the disappearance of a Malaysian politician led police to one of the country’s most shocking murder cases. At its centre was Mona Fandey—a former pop singer turned bomoh whose extravagant lifestyle, promises of wealth and power, and ca...
They Counted On Her Silence - The Pollachi Sexual Assault Case
In 2019, a sexual assault case from the town of Pollachi in Tamil Nadu shocked India. But the story wasn’t just about the men who committed these crimes. It was about how they were able to keep doing it for years.In this episode of M...
