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Mystery

The Queen They Made a Deal With — Nyi Roro Kidul and the Throne of Java

Every year, the palace sends her gifts. Fine cloth — jarik, kemben, poleng — arranged on woven bamboo trays and carried in procession down...

South Java Coast, Indonesia 14

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2026

True Crime

The Clown Who Killed His Mother-in-Law

In the kampung streets of Mojokerto, East Java, Satuan was a familiar sight. A man in his forties, dressed in a clown costume, selling...

Mojokerto, East Java 12 minutes

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2015

True Crime

The Disappearance of Angeline — Bali’s Most Heartbreaking Case

On 16 May 2015, six-year-old Angeline went missing from her home in Denpasar, Bali. Nearly a month later, her body was found buried in...

Bali, Indonesia 15

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2013

True Crime

Benget Situmorang – The Verdict That Never Came

Benget Situmorang was accused of killing his wife, Darna Sri Astuti. He died before judges could deliver a verdict, leaving one of Indonesia's most...

East Jakarta 10 min read

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2026

True Crime

Zein: The Body Found at Kampung Gajah

People found Zein, a 14-year-old SMPN 26 Bandung student, at the abandoned Kampung Gajah site after he disappeared from school. Police say a dangerous...

Parongpong, West Bandung 10 min read

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1993

Dark Story

Marsinah: Indonesia’s Unfinished Labor Rights Murder Case

Marsinah was a 24-year-old factory worker who demanded fair wages and basic rights. More than thirty years later, the truth of her murder remains...

East Java 12 min read

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2019

Mystery

The Ghost Village

KKN di Desa Penari became one of Indonesia's most famous modern horror stories because its village was never confirmed.

Banyuwangi 12 min read

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2016

Mystery

What Really Happened to Vina?

Two teenagers were killed in Cirebon. Eight people were convicted. A film revived the case, an arrest collapsed, and Indonesia was forced to look...

Cirebon, West Java 12 min read

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2008

Serial Killer

Ryan Jombang — Eleven Bodies Under the House

The Ryan Jombang case began with a body near Ragunan and led investigators to ten more victims in East Java, exposing both serial murder...

Jombang and Jakarta 14 min read

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2021

Cold Case

The Subang Murders

Police found Tuti Suhartini and Amalia Mustika Ratu dead inside a Toyota Alphard in Subang. Years later, the case has convictions, appeals, and questions...

Subang, West Java 13 min read

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2016

True Crime

The Cyanide in the Coffee — Jessica Wongso

The case that captivated Indonesia and became a Netflix documentary. But did the world ever really understand what happened in that Jakarta café?

Jakarta 12 min read

Read case → Convicted