Episode 338 - The Braemar Hill Murders: Horror in Hong Kong

When British teenagers Kenneth McBride and Nicola Myers were found raped and brutalised in the hills, just a stone’s throw from one of Hong Kong’s richest neighbourhoods, they became subjects of a national outrage.

At a point of deep uncertainty in Hong Kong, the tragic murder of the two white expat students became a symbol of everything that was bubbling under the surface.

From accusations of racism and classism in the police to involvement from the local triads, this would quickly become the biggest murder investigation Hong Kong had ever seen... 

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Sources:

Crime Investigations Asia: The Braemar Hill Murders:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x12gco0

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333944371_Case_01-The_Braemar_Hill_Double_Homicide_The_Case_of_Pang_Shun-Yee_1985_Hong_Kong

https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/2089149/how-braemar-hill-murders-shook-hong-kong-32

https://www.scmp.com/article/39731/braemar-hill-killer-says-sorry

https://www.scmp.com/article/539623/braemar-hill-killer-who-feared-his-life-deserves-lenient-term-court-told

https://www.scmp.com/article/472529/braemar-hill-killer-does-not-deserve-freedom

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/killer-freed-after-plea-by-victims-family-2509563

https://alchetron.com/Braemar-Hill-murders

https://alchetron.com/Stanley-Prison

https://rachttlg.com/2010/07/26/braemar-hill-murders/

https://archive.ph/IV0p0

https://www.journeyera.com/braemar-hill-hong-kong-sunset-hike/

The Casual Criminalist - The Baemar Hill Murders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-UL2GtD2w&ab_channel=TheCasualCriminalist

http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/4016/1/135.pdf.pdf

Hong Kong Murders, Kate Whitehead (Oxford University Press, 2001)

https://www.biglychee.com/Hemlock/ox/diary-11apr09.html

https://medium.com/the-wicked-truth/the-braemar-hills-murders-275038170cb7

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