HeyJaredWho Killed Haing Ngor?
The FBI ruled the 1996 murder of Haing Ngor a robbery gone awry. This podcast will examine some of the lingering questions surrounding the case.We invite listeners to contact us with tips about the case, or to arrange to share any personal memories of Dr. Ngor.Who knows?
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Turning Points (opens the original)
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Cambodia’s story has ricocheted around a series of turning points. Independence. Coups d’état. Genocide. Civil war. Then came UNTAC — the massive UN peacekeeping mission that promised elections, democracy and peace. For this bonus episode, we’re going to the cutting room floor to rescue material that tells a deeper level of the story: UNTAC’s successes and its deliberate compromises; and the criminal forces already reshaping the country Haing Ngor had come home to rebuild.
NagaWorld (opens the original)
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Singapore may be famous - now - for law and order. But in the 1960’s and early 1970’s, it was home to triads and powerful criminal syndicates that spread to Europe and across Southeast Asia... and eventually, Cambodia. In this episode - the season three finale of Who Killed Haing Ngor? - Patricia Nunan meets two retired gangsters. She traces the history of the Seetong and the Ah Kong — from their Singaporean roots to Amsterdam and Phnom Penh. Did Ngor, already in financial turmoil, believe he co
"Larry" (opens the original)
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For months, Patricia Nunan and Frank, the researcher for the Innocence Center, have been building a case against “Larry,” a business partner of Haing Ngor. This is the individual Los Angeles Police Department records say threatened him. “I know professional killers,” Larry reportedly said. It sent Ngor into hiding. It’s time to confront Larry. In April 2026, Nunan went to Singapore to do exactly that.
The Three-Quarter Review (opens the original)
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Three-quarters (or so) of the way through Season 3, the Haing Ngor investigation has gotten complicated. In this episode, Patricia Nunan reviews the path so far: Cambodia, Taiwan, the film industry, debt, threats, banks, money-laundering, the “Singapore Group,” and the political climate. Nearly all of these are leads the LAPD overlooked… or blew off. It’s a recap. The investigation is still unfolding, with patterns emerging around money, organized crime, and the circles Ngor moved through in 199
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