Before the murder, there was the world that made it possible. Where parasocial obsessions met the grind of content creation.

Airi Sato was a social media influencer and live streamer killed on the streets of Tokyo by a former fan. Discover the details of the crime after a short introduction to Japan's largest red light districts. Places where your host, D.J. Swales, has often wandered after dark, to write in the windows of 711 convenience stores, and watch the neon-bathed workers and clients of Japan's underworlds whisk by.

Dark travel journals, true crime, and creatures of shadow. Welcome to 15Minutes2Kill.

Recorded in Times Square, New York City.

KEY WORDS: TOKYO UNDERWORLD, AIRI SATO, STALKER, PARASOCIAL, LIVE STREAM, RED LIGHT DISTRICT, K-POP, HYUNAH, PARIS FASHION WEEK, TUILERIES PALACE

"In the hunt for a serial killer nicknamed the Gay Slayer, the U.K.’s top crime show outed me to the entire country. They then doubled-down, comparing me to a gay teenage street prostitute. Everyone has their own path to the world of true crime. That was mine. . ."

Author D. J. Swales, international tumbleweed of 120 countries and 45 U.S. states, invites you to explore the Dark Earth. Discover a new perspective on true crime, dark travel journals, serial killers, twisted history, mysteries, cryptids, and terrifying folklore.

When D. J.'s travel journals burned in Seoul, he wrote new ones. Enjoy all your favourite dark themes from wanderings on the open road. From the dangerous world of London rent boys, to familiar places seen from dark paths after midnight.

Rediscover the Dark Earth through the eyes of someone who has lived it. His only constant companion, a huge suitcase called Letitia.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before the murder, there was the world that made it possible. Where parasocial obsessions met the grind of content creation.

Airi Sato was a social media influencer and live streamer killed on the streets of Tokyo by a former fan. Before we get to the crime, D.J. builds the world where it took place. This prelude and Dark Journal takes the listener from the host bars of Shinjuku to the front row of Paris Fashion Week — where your host D.J. Swales worked alongside K-Pop megastar HyunA and the late designer Kenzo. With a detour through history, we go from the glittering heights of live streaming to its perilous shadows. The same tool. Very different worlds.

Meet Yuriko: fictional, but completely real. A farm girl turned Kabukichō hostess, live streaming her way through Shinjuku's neon alleyways, feeding the algorithm and ignoring the creeps in the comments. Yuriko is every brave young woman who believes that visibility should never have to compromise safety.

Dark travel journals, true crime, and creatures of shadow. Welcome to 15Minutes2Kill.

Recorded in Times Square, New York City.

KEY WORDS: TOKYO UNDERWORLD, AIRI SATO, STALKER, PARASOCIAL, LIVE STREAM, RED LIGHT DISTRICT, K-POP, HYUNAH, PARIS FASHION WEEK, TUILERIES PALACE

"In the hunt for a serial killer nicknamed the Gay Slayer, the U.K.’s top crime show outed me to the entire country. They then doubled-down, comparing me to a gay teenage street prostitute. Everyone has their own path to the world of true crime. That was mine. . ."

Author D. J. Swales, international tumbleweed of 120 countries and 45 U.S. states, invites you to explore the Dark Earth. Discover a new perspective on true crime, dark travel journals, serial killers, twisted history, mysteries, cryptids, and terrifying folklore.

When D. J.'s travel journals burned in Seoul, he wrote new ones. Enjoy all your favourite dark themes from wanderings on the open road. From the dangerous world of London rent boys, to familiar places seen from dark paths after midnight.

Rediscover the Dark Earth through the eyes of someone who has lived it. His only constant companion, a huge suitcase called Letitia.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome, Drifters! This episode finds us in the Southern Gothic beauty and dark history of the marshy South Carolina Lowlands, where vampires seem to lurk like in the pages of an Anne Rice novel. An opulent hotel room conjured thoughts of Versailles. A cliffhanger is closed from EP2, but draws us into a terrifying true crime that shook Denver. A murderous case with the power to haunt us to this day. Wise words of warning are left to ring in the ears of the listener. . .

KEY WORDS: Deadly Guest, Vampires, Denver, Civil War, Mood Swings, Midnight Mass, South Carolina, Palace of Versailles, Clapham, Beaufort, Gullah-Geechee, Spanish Moss, Singapore, Fukuoka, and Ferrets.

"In the hunt for a serial killer nicknamed the Gay Slayer, the U.K.’s top crime show outed me to the entire country. They then doubled-down, comparing me to a gay teenage street prostitute. Everyone has their own path to the world of true crime. That was mine. . ."

Author D. J. Swales, international tumbleweed of 120 countries and 45 U.S. states, invites you to explore the Dark Earth. Discover a new perspective on true crime, dark travel journals, serial killers, twisted history, mysteries, cryptids, and terrifying folklore.

When D. J.'s travel journals burned in Seoul, he wrote new ones. Enjoy all your favourite dark themes from wanderings on the open road. From the dangerous world of London rent boys, to familiar places seen from dark paths after midnight.

Rediscover the Dark Earth through the eyes of someone who has lived it. His only constant companion, a huge suitcase called Letitia.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.