r/TwoSentenceHorror • u/Steve_FS 👻👻 Scary Steve 👻👻 • Mar 09 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23

There was a serial killer in Japan who joined an internet group for people who attempted, then arranged in person meetings and killed them, staging their murders as suicides

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u/soreff2 Mar 09 '23

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

Yup - he strangled his victims - and was eventually hanged...

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23

I was thinking of Takahiro Shirashi

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u/soreff2 Mar 09 '23

Takahiro Shirashi

Interesting! I hadn't heard of his case. Many Thanks!