The Japanese C*NNIBAL Who Walked Free - SAGAWA ISSEI

Taking the life of an innocent young woman and then consuming parts of her body… is about as grotesque a crime as one can imagine — and Sagawa Issei WAS arrested shortly after his victim’s remains were discovered. But while it should have been the end of his story, Sagawa’s arrest in June of 1981 turned out to be just the beginning, when in a mind-boggling series of events, he managed to escape serious punishment before returning to his home country of Japan, where somehow, he went on to transform his gruesome crime into fame… and money. So.. How does a man commit such an unthinkable act in a foreign country and then just… walk away from it, almost completely unscathed? And even more disturbingly — how did he become a minor celebrity by being a cannibal murderer? Well, buckle up. Because today’s story is a wild one… it is the story of SAGAWA ISSEI, the Japanese cannibal who walked free! #japan #truecrime #crime SOURCES: “Interview with a Cannibal” by VICE (Youtube, 2012) “THE CANNIBAL THAT WALKED FREE” (Channel 5, 2007) https://www.linkslist.app/NMJjQcd CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 03:20 - Becoming a Cannibal 07:40 - First Crime 09:55 - Paris 12:21 - Renée 15:16 - Cannibalism 17:16 - Getting Caught 20:16 - Walk Free 25:14 - Celebrity 30:21 - Outro