A pregnant woman, teenagers and family members… these were some of Yoshio Kodaira’s victims. Kodaira was born in Tochigi, Japan in 1905. He was the son of a violent alcoholic, and as well as suffering from a severe stutter, was an underwhelming performer at school. His teacher described him as “inattentive and listless”, and was reputed to get into fights on a daily basis. When he left school, he went to work for a Tokyo metalworks and from there, drifted through a number of blue collar jobs, none lasting more than a few months at a time. At the age of 18, he got a woman pregnant, but had no intention of sticking around to fulfil his paternal duties. No, instead he decided to join the Imperial Japanese Navy and was deployed to China where he took part in the Jinan Incident. It was there that he started his gruesome slaughter started. Whilst he was there, aged 23, he not only killed six Chinese soldiers, but also quickly sank into complete and utter depravity. In one incident,...
Uncover the facts behind some of the most daring robberies, brazen scams and brutal murders ever committed.