I don't care that he is a kid, six years is a ridiculous sentence especially for someone this dangerous.

Countrys with low crime rates are interesting cause whenever something does happen its always the most heinous thing youve ever seen

This left me speechless, not to mention the fact he killed 2 people, AND attempted murder, AND wrote a goddamn book, almost BRAGGING about murder is sickening. How is he just left to live freely? AND killed animals in his free time, how tf does that not scream CRAZY!

"Shin finishes combing his friend's hair... and picks up his severed head off the bathroom counter" gosh this went dark..I was like yeah he's a sweet guy and suddenly..💀

"Just imagine everyone around you is a vegetable" My heart fucking dropped.

He killed 2 children and only got 6 years. That's crazy!!

The fact that he was even allowed near Jun is confusing after he attacked him for no reason prior to the killing. There were too many red flags for him to even be allowed to be near other kids. I hope no other people will be inspired by him. It's scary how almost all serial killers get inspired by other serial killers like how simple curiosity can turn into fascination and then lead to inspiration. Great story telling as always, Stephanie!

There is a saying: "Villains are not born, they are made", but knowing this boy's story, I can't help but wonder if this applies to him too...

The part where it went from him washing his friend’s hair to pushing the head up to the ceiling shocked me😭I did not expect that.

their reasoning for killing and abusing cats sickens me, i hate that people are like this. i dont even know if we can classify them as humans anymore

6 years. He's a very dangerous person. He checked all of the serial killer boxes, and there's no therapy that fixes that. He does not see people as having value or agency. He enjoys killing. This is terrifying. His total disregard for how a detailed *murder* book would affect the victims' families says it all. He does not feel remorse. He's not capable of feeling bad about what he's done. He's probably quite pleased he's free. He's older and better trained to cover what he intends to do.

The grandma segment was crazy. Imagine being as young as 11 years old and doing something as bizarre as having your first intamate experience while thinking about your dead grandma.🤯

Him profiting off his Murders is literally terrifying and angering. He has no remorse. I’m so sorry to all those poor innocent angels that never had a chance.

This is honestly the only true crime video that has ever made me throw up. I’ve never had such a physical reaction to a case before. Truly so vile and sickening. Just pure evil.

I don’t think “punishment” should be decided by age. It should be decided by: 1. The Crime itself 2. Nature or the crime 3. History of crime 4. Damage to victims 5. Outcomes of crime 6. Dangers of reoffending with same crime One last thing: Loss of life, directly or indirectly, laws that give lenience to reduce sentence should not apply.

this man is actually a danger to society, how is he free to roam?? every time with these cases i always question the court for giving these criminals minimum time (esp for minors)

It always start with animals…Parents should never ignore something like this.

The fact he wasn't bullied or anything makes me think he is crazy , { Condolences to the family and friends of his victims } ; the way he wrote about himself made it easy to understand his perspective on dis-liking people and gauge his level of crazy . The judicial system keeps dropping the ball . One deffinetly flew over the coco's nest

I love my cat so fucking much, like if she sneezes I’m over to her side petting her like poor baby (I am that cat mom but she has been such a joy to my life the past almost 2 years) so that cat description broke me and possibly made my cat like cuddles even less because I grabbed her crying hugging her 😂

I worked at a daycare one summer. There were a couple kids there who showed signs of a terrible darkness inside, much like the boy in this story. They would torture other kids with no provocation, then cry like they were the victim. When they thought no one was looking, they let the mask fall, showing a frigid, dark, empty-eyed expression. One of these kids threatened me on my last day, saying they would come to my house with a knife and k1ll me. He was 6. When staff told his mother, she broke down crying and acted like we were being mean to her. This kid's brother, when not attacking other kids, would talk to everyone about k1lling himself. He was 10. Child psychopaths are too often overlooked.

Its infuriating knowing that he profited from his murders. Disgusting.

He is free to roam? It's so scary! What's the point of working hard andcatching that killer and leaving him free? And he is still doesn't regret what he has done? That's scary

I was too afraid to even take a cigarette at school from a friend when I was 14, I don’t understand how he has the nerve to hide a body in his ceiling. Would you not be constantly terrified that your parents would find it?? I think his desire to kill was stronger than his human instinct fear of getting caught. That’s terrifying to be honest. That he has the nerve. It’s just incredibly abhorrent how confident he was.

I was an exchange student living in Kyoto (about 1 hour away by train) when this occurred. Everyone was pretty freaked out and my host family instructed me to come STRAIGHT home after school each day. We were all in shock when we discovered it was just a kid that had committed this horrible crime.

What's up with killers writing books?? One, who takes the life of another, SHOULD NOT be able to profit of that very same unforgivable act. And the fact is whenever they write books, it always become best seller. It's as morally atrocious as carving lengthy paragraphs on the victims' bodies and getting praised. The amount of pain the families feel is unimaginable. Shame. Notes: I've been studying and observing your guys' responses, and I feel as your comments opened my perspective, so I'll take into consideration elements which may cause contradictions when making statements such as my previous comment.

If only they'd listened to the teacher early on that caught the torture of insects, & said that he wasn't psycologically "normal".

i was SO clueless til the “he lifted his friends severed head” MY JAW DROPPED SO FAR DOWN BRU. OH MY GOODNESS.

Serial killers say that they prefer cats over dogs because cats are more difficult to catch. They have to entice them and dogs just come to you easily.

"So much prettier without those eyes" My soul sank. I cant even rn. Poor baby Jun. May he enjoy Jannah In shaa Allah

A serial killers fascination with themselves, never ceases to amaze me.Their like a blackhole for attention, and they make even less sense. Even to themselves. Just mindless prattling to appear "complex" and "tortured", but it's just as Stephanie said they are usually just empty, vapid, and vain.

I’m only four minutes in and learning that it was a eleven year old boy broke my heart. I thought it would be about the teacher instead. how could someone be this cruel? no one deserves such a death,poor boy.

I feel so bad for jun. Poor little baby just wanted to learn about turtles. May he rest in peace in the heavenly beaches with the blue turtles he always wanted to see 🕊

Fun fuct: The offender, 少年A, called himself as 酒鬼薔薇 聖斗(Sakakibara Seito), Sakakibara is a usual Japanese family name but he writes it in different letters with the same sounds, 酒(Saka) means alcohol, 鬼(Ki) means demon, 薔薇(Bara) means roses, it's a typical word play that the teens would come up with. 聖斗 is also the word play, it sounds like "Saint" and 聖(Sei) actually means Saint in Japanese.

My heart broke about Jun....that poor little boy excited to see turtles gets murdered gruesomely by someone who he thought he could trust.....he couldnt even live a long life and it breaks my heart that his body was used horribly after death...😭😭😫 1:05:54 May that poor baby rest in peace🙏🏻

this is definitely one of the most terrifying story i’ve heard lately. the fact that a literal child was able to do such a heinous crime is terrifying

He has been sick since such a young age yet his family chose to ignore him instead of seeking help, this is the reality in the 90's where mental illness is a myth. His family didn't even watch over him throughout his time in the juvenile center and afterwards. Such a severe lack of sense of responsibility.

He was killing slugs and cats for years before the incident with his grandma, so that incident didn’t cause his issues. It was just a new aspect of it. This man is out there killing people unless he has died himself. That sort of psychopathy isn’t cured. The public won’t be safe unless he is locked up (in prison or a mental hospital).

this is absolutely crazy.. at 11 years old???? i cant imagine the image of him having his first intimate experience WHILE thinking of his GRANDMA?? i also cant image him impaling the poor kids head on the fence... edit : thanks for 1k likes! also after analyzing this again, i dont understand why they only gave him 6 years when he killed 2 children. and its so upsetting that he profited off his kills :(

“just imagine everyone around you is a vegetable,” bro the way my blood ran cold when i heard that.

I’m a cat lover, once we got to the cat abuse I couldn’t listen to this anymore. This might be the one episode that I leave half way. Thank you Steph I just couldn’t sit through this.

poor jun, being kiIIed over having something someone doesn’t is so messed up

I cannot imagine the trauma of finding a head on fence! At age 14 I witnessed a kid try to jump a spiked iron fence trying to get to the bus stop on time....his pants caught and he fell back, his neck impaled on the huge spike. He looked like he was perfectly hanging there, like a placed Halloween decoration, but his eyes were all wide & empty and his mouth was gaping open and shut like a fish out of water. It was absolutely horrible. I don't remember how his mother got there or even what she looked like, but I remember her screams and sobs. I don't even know how long I stood watching him. He obviously died pretty quickly. But even that...at least we all knew it was an accident! It wasn't some psycho playing games. Jesus, that must have been awful. You'd wonder if the person was still there and planning to get you too!

Hello, from Ukraine! I would like to ask you to deep into the murder of Saltanat (Kazakhstan). Her husband (Ex-Minister of Economy of Kazakhstan) killed her. They are now trying to cover up this case, due to the status of a murderer. Many suspect that the court has been bribed. There are many published video materials. This case need an international attention! Best wishes and thank you for your hard work! If you would need any assistance in gathering material and translation , I would love to help!

Jesus Christ Stephanie is so good at what she does I get literal chills from her storytelling

Moms know when their kids are giving serial killer vibes, the red flags pop up and she should have intervened immediately after hearing the rumors about the killing of cats

That fact that he is free blows my mind 😳

I like how she puts the "warning graphic descriptions disclaimer" thing 4 minutes into the video after talking about a decapitated head on a fence with a note in its mouth.

My heart broke when you talked about jun’s family. The poor kid didn’t deserve to have his life taken from him ☹️

Never in my life have i ever been so revolted by any human being. Like how messed up in the head does someone have to be to be attracted to his grandma? 🤮 And also to be a deranged serial killer? Some people are truly evil.

Him thinking about his grandma while exploring himself is crazy to me. I had to pause this oh my god.

I stumbled upon your channel accidentally and never left. I think the thing that I appreciate most about you and your channel is the trigger warnings you leave in the beginning of each case. Thank you for helping others keep themselves safe and healthy. Thank you for all the work you do to research all the episodes you put out, and thank you for one of my favorite things to listen to while I do things around the house. You’re one of my few podcasts I listen to regularly ❤️

“catch me, if you can..” My brain : “...Mr. Holmes.”

47:08 once, but it was unintentional. I was around 8 years old and at some old women's apartment (a family friend igs). There was a line of slugs on the sidewalk outside her porch and she asked me if I wanted to feed them. I said yes, of course, all excited and she gave me a bag of salt. She told me to throw it at them and I did, I was confused when they started curling up. When my mom got to me, she asked what I was doing (the old woman had bren watching me in her wheelchair) and I said I was feeding the slugs. My mom was horrified and explained that salt kills slugs. I felt so bad I think I started crying. My mom was asking the woman why she made me do it, I don't know what she said, but I never saw her again. Before we left I got on all fours and sat with the slugs until they stopped moving, and my mom let me. Gosh I can't belive I still remembr that it must have been 10 years ago or more.

In summary: the most boring person in the world wreaks havoc and writes a book to be special-and STILL somehow fails. Jun was the special one.

As a parent myself My heart dropped. Its scary to think that you thought you were having lovely moments with your grandson and here he comes with his mind thinking "oh yeah that make sense people are just vegetables, theyre not even a person anymore" and yet he knows his soul is rotten, scary to the core. How do we even raise normal kind children to become reliable adults . He was loved by his parents, loved by his grandma, how can you love your kid so much and they still end up as monster 😭

This is one of the only cases I watched that I had to take a break in watching I still cannot believe he has the luxury of having his identity now hidden so beyond messed up

The fact that he is free and not in jail blows my mind

I was a student in Japan when this case happened. Absolutely insane!

the way that she never runs out of stories tells a lot about society

It’s wild to think someone so young could be this calculated and sadistic. I know morbid curiosity can go many ways but this deep is so wild. This is an absolutely horrific case. Very well read and detailed though, thank you Stephanie and the team❤️

This is proof that some are just born evil.I'm 13, and now I'm even more afraid of kids my age and even more adults, and the fact that he can profit off that book is sickening, the Japanese government need to do better, he should be closely monitored not freely walking around, i cant imagine what the victims family feel.

I don’t think criminal protection will ever make sense. I think the law should always stand alongside with public safety. Transparency is the best method for safety. This isn’t just a story. This is terrifying. Horrifying.

this has got to be the worst and nauseating case i’ve ever heard of

I was brushing my teeth while watching this and the part about the “thick white liquid” made me choke😭😭

He was given 6 years and did not even served full, plus, he benifited from writing a book about his horrible crimes!? Get me off of this earth

I beg of you to please start telling bedtime stories. Like….mythology or something. Long stories. I LOVE hearing you tell a story and I love listening to videos to fall asleep.

Steph your the best! So proud on how far you've come. Especially all the good you're doing. Being a voice for those that tend to go unheard & forgotten. ❤

You're so talented when it comes to story telling, it's insane. So captivating and also you're always so considerate and respectful. Love what you do girl ❤

The whole video just had me like “WHAT THE F IS WRONG WITH THIS KID???!!”, it just kept getting worse. 😢

39:30-43:40 ⚠️😿 CAT WARNING 😿⚠️ if you are not in a headspace to hear a vivid description of a cat being unalived, please skip this section.

You know what, I've listened to like 10 of these videos in the background while playing something, I'm gonna subscribe! The research that goes into these is insane

Honestly, the way you respectfully recount stories is incredible. You/'re informative, without losing the gentleness and kindness that we need to hear these stories without cringing away. Hopefully, your diligent efforts lead to better policing, better detection and better sentencing for these kind of people. Thank you for your hard work

The poor cat, when it was described it sounds like my cat and imagining something like that happening to him breaks my heart

Him having a psychotic break and schiztophrenic hallucinations is very rare. Anti- social personality disorders usually dont even manifest in full like that until older teenage years to through their twenties. Killing/torturing animals at a young age like 9 is an extremely common manifesting though, they should've known that he was exhibiting signs of pchycopathy.

i'm not going to lie, i'm pretty desensitized to true crime cases similar to this so i've never felt uncomfortable enough to shelve the video, but this one i just... i can't finish it. the part with the in depth telling of the cat just made me cry, the description of what that poor baby looked like i think finally broke me. rest in peace to his victims, both human and not, and i hope they've found peace in whatever afterlife they have been sent to.

A small comfort to find in this horrific video is that slugs do not feel pain. Sadly that does not go for all the other precious lives he tortured. Thank you for humanising victims, you’re by far the only one that makes the true horror of these cases painfully apparent. Stephanie, you’re wonderful! ❤ Edit: yes slugs have responses to external stimulation with their nervous systems but they do not have the part of the brain/electrical impulses that cause us to feel pain. Thank you for the likes ♥️

When Stephanie mentioned Seito, first I thought she was referring to the victims, not the killer himself, my heart dropped so fast..Its scary to realize anyone can be evil, and commit horrendous crimes, even at a young age of 14. I can't imagine the mothers and fathers feeling knowing their child was brutally taken away from them by a monster. Not to mention a publishing company was willing to advertise the murders book and make profit from his crimes, that is crazy to me and honestly makes me mad. My heart goes to the victims and their family.

This is the first rotten mango video I ever backed out of, not even half way through and my blood is boiling. Great storytelling tho, a piece of art as always 💖

This case was one of the most disturbing ones

I can’t imagine how hard it must have been for the Japanese translators to translate the book.

BRO NO CAUSE THATS FUCKING CRAZY⁉️

This is nuts! They don’t track former offenders? So if he is married, his wife and kids don’t know who she married? Kids learning values from their dad? What? Mind blown…

Finallyyyyyy, you were saying Sunday, so I was waiting so much , since I’ve watched all of your videos , and you are the best true crime story teller on UKposts . Please, do more videos on this channel. Thank you so much for what you are doing! You are the best!!!😊

Bro when Stephanie talks abt how the killer didn’t like the victim eyes it remind me so much of the Edgar Allan Poe story

My nephew is 11 and I could NEVER picture him doing such horrible things… what a scary world we live in.

Your story telling. So so good. I even sometimes try to avoid clicking because Ill be instantly hooked. I still end up clicking.

I love your content, and I'm glad youre putting it out there, I also hope you are staying safe, last i seen you were feeling worried about your place. stay safe girlie!!

My heart is out for the family of his victims. It wasn't highlighted as much probably to respect their privacy but the amount of pain they must've been through, especially knowing the suspect is now a free man- profiting off his crime, its atrocious

I’ve never left a comment under one of Stephanie’s videos but I needed to comment on this case. This is absolutely horrific, I cant even describe how disturbed I am. I had to stop watching for a moment to calm myself because of how shaken up I was.

Thank you so much for covering this!!!

I really appreciate that you give the warnings in the beginning as I'm very sensitive to animal cruelty, thanks Stephanie! :) I'm sure I can find another episode to listen to without putting myself through too much.

Wake up, Stephanie just posted 🎉

Sprinted so fast😭

I always listen to these true crime stories with a sort of detached fascination. Its always awful but it never really freaks me out or grosses me out in any sort of visceral way. When you were describing that moment with the 11 year old and his grandma I genuinely had to pause it a few times just because of how sick it was. Its the first time I've ever experienced that.

I won't beat around the bush: - I am fond of anime culture - I had a strong bond with my grandmother (like a second mother because of "bipolar relationship with my mother") - I've never been the best and making friends, and still struggle to this day - I'm fascinated with the human brain or behaviour - Always received result of INFJ, while trying the test alone, at school, and at the hospital I probably shouldn't be, but I almost feel ashamed to have these similarities with a homicidal maniac and sociopath. I stand behind the law, fully aware of the shades of morally acceptable and not, as well as what is within the realm of legality. My take on said INFJ results for "Boys A" (for what he did, this man does not deserve the acknowledging of his name but instead a title reminiscent of his inhumanity, though one might say being inhuman is part of being human, to which I will say in a very Descartes-like manner to be human is to be aware that you are aware; for this part Boy A felt human as he pondered about it. However he took it upon himself to decide to be the Leviathan and be the decision between life and death, something I find to be more reminiscent of a God Complex, or perhaps, then, with this manipulative, premeditated and self-serving aspect, do we find he is a psychopath.) Finally, the INFJ part, might be the result of his twisted pondering and interpretations of reality. As you said, he has a different way of seeing things, and all minds are different, even further apart when you have a mind formed in such a convoluted fashion, thus my personal opinion, and once again it is just my personal judgement, not objective, is that Boy A twisted factors to his own interest and experience and what he interprets as x or y. It is however possible that he is an INFJ just not a "good one" to put things in black and white, or rather a twisted version of an Advocate or Idealist. Perhaps his own metaphor of an INFJ personality result. Be that as it may, I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, neurologist, nor do I work in the forensics, thus my word is only pure observation. I found the documentary particularly informative, as expected of Rotten Mango, and interesting, while still being gruesome. Being the "mother" of three cats, I was particularly in pain listening to those parts about the animal cruelty and the cats. I obviously wish to avoid such fate at any cost for my own. But this pattern of cruelty is still something common in many killers, so, in a macabre and unfortunate way, it did not surprise me. I wish all who are here and even Rotten Mango, a good rest of your day, afternoon, or night, and hope you stay safe and healthy. - G

I listened to it already on podcasts but I’m genuinely so scared of him like I could never imagine that happening. Please stay safe and have a good day/night!

I've never listened/watched a true crime video and struggled to hear details of it until this one. had to skip the entire section about the cat bc I have my cat napping next to me and I just couldn't listen to it. it's so scary that this man's out there living his life and profiting off of his crimes. it's so sickening..

Can you cover the siberian shooting case. It's very complex about the siberian boy; Kosta Kecmanovic shooting and killing his friends. There are alternate viewpoints and the case is very messy. I really enjoy how you cover cases and I know that you will make this case way more understandable for me especially since there is so many media coverage on this case on platforms like instagram.

I only found Stephanie's channels 3 days ago and i have been binge watching since. I like the random voice in the background as well.

I'm not new to the whole true crime side of the internet, but WOW. This made me feel uneasy and sick just heaaring the things that had done through their mind and the actions that commited.