057: Yandere Lovers Lane Tour

Happy belated Valentine's Day, Tourists! Today, we explore Yandere Lovers Lane where we take you to visit the women who had a love so strong, they'd do anything for their lover, even resorting to violence and murder. In this tour, we talk about the cases of Yuka Takaoka and Liz Golyar and Cari Farver.

Yuno Gasai from Future Diary

Crime Scene Photo

Yuka Takaoka in the back of police car

Yuka Takaoka

Phoenix Luna

Fanart of Yuka Takaoka

Fanart of Yuka Takaoka

Liz Goylar

Cari Farver

Amy Flora and Dave Kroupa

Cari Farver and her son Maxwell

Dave Kroupa and Liz Goylar

Liz Goylar’s fingerprint on the mint tin

Liz Goylar with Walmart purchased shower curtain in the background

References

• The Japan Times -Examining the morbid fascination with violence on social media in Japan

• Know Your Meme - 2019 Tokyo Yandere Stabbing

• Yahoo! News - Story behind graphic photo of 'beautiful' woman covered in blood

• Tokyo Reporter - Woman stabs male acquaintance at Shinjuku residence

• Tokyo Reporter - Yuka Takaoka incident: Gruesome details emerge about ‘crime of passion’

• Tokyo Reporter - Yuka Takaoka incident: Victim survives, holds ‘no grudge’

• Tokyo Reporter - Real life yandere: Yuka Takaoka handed prison term for attempted murder

• YouTube - The Anime Man: The Internet Loves This Real-Life Yandere... AND I'M FURIOUS.

• NBC News - Dateline: Full Episode: Scorned

• Amazon: Snapped Season 24, Episode 16: Liz Golyar

• ABC News - What seemed like a horrific stalking case was a jealous lover's cover for murder

• KETV7 Omaha - Shanna Golyar sentenced to life for first-degree murder