About this episode

The episode explores the unsettling double-murder case of two Singaporean students in Sydney in 2003.

In September 2003, three young Singaporean students were sharing an ordinary apartment in Sydney. They were far from home, studying in Australia, living the kind of life that many international students know well. But one morning, inside their apartment, everything changed. Two of them would never make it out alive. At first, the case seemed to point outward-- to strange sightings and possible intruders. But as investigators looked closer, the story became far more complicated. Timelines shifted. Suspicions changed. And a case that seemed like it should have a clear answer became one of the most unsettling double-murder mysteries in Sydney. This is the case of Tay Chow Lyang, Tony Poh Chuan and Ram Puneet Tiwary.

Topics covered

• double murder
• true crime
• investigation
• international students
• mystery
• Sydney

Keywords

• murder
• Barker Street
• Tay Lyang
• Tony Chuan
• investigation
• mystery
• Sydney
• students

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sydney, Singapore

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