The Mystery Of Megumi Yashiki & Narumi Takumi

[@SomewhatSpookyExtraterrestrial]

I'm watching through this guy's entire channel right now, how does he not have 1 mio subs yet? These videos are all so well done

[@Nex_Addo]

You have a distressing lack of sibs for the quality of your content. Unfortunately I can only remedy this by 1, but others will arrive I'm sure. Amazing work.

[@carolineboon5647]

I dont think the police waiting 6 years to pull the car out of the water was sinister. I think it was the cops being incompetent. Like the old saying goes: dont attribute to malace what can otherwise be explained by stupidity. Love the content btw.

[@xeviexcorex]

"Dont attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity" sounds like something a malicious person would say to someone they think is stupid lol

[@magsley579]

Yep, basically this. The police in Japan are notoriously incompetent and will heavily resist investigating crimes unless they are very sure to get a conviction. People always note Japans "amazing" conviction rate and "low crime", this is a bit of a falsehood because the high conviction rate is manufactured by only pursuing cases that are very likely to succeed. All the others, especially those involving sexual crimes and missing persons, tend to get tossed to the wayside.

[@schottclanct]

Found this by way of Reddit…great vid! As others noted, I am surprised by lack of subs but confident that if you keep producing, they will come!

[@SI-ej8hw]

what subreddit?

[@cecilefloyd3458]

@@SI-ej8hw I found it on r/Documentaries

[@cecilefloyd3458]

@@SI-ej8hw Their subreddit is r/spektator

[@Seeker0fTruth]

@@cecilefloyd3458oooohhh thx for sharing I’ll sub to that!!!

[@Seeker0fTruth]

Yes!!! It’s my new favorite channel!!!! Keep up the GREAT work on this kind of content!!! 🙌

[@Zerinity42]

Your content is top tier. So well made and researched. I’m so glad the algorithm actually recommended a decent option for once!

[@kathryncumberland]

So the police decided that, despite no evidence to support the theory, the young women ran away and therefore decided not to look for them for an entire f*cking *_MONTH_* ?!? That's insane.

[@cpapumisterioso4925]

Japanese people for you

[@katzarkul]

Literally every Japanese or even Korean/Taiwanese mystery cases I've studied about involve some form of police incompetence. My guess is that the low rate of crime makes their police forces less experienced and even more indolent.

[@kathryncumberland]

@@katzarkul I wonder was makes the RCMP so inept then...? 😜

[@avtips4779]

Girls: (go missing) Police: classic girls (cue Seinfeld theme)

[@DeadAndAliveCat]

@@kathryncumberland I mean, Canadians literally and voluntarily appointed the illegitimate son of Fidel Castro to be their dictator, so I wouldn't think their horse police would be much smarter

[@sterlinsilver]

Did they ever check what gear the car was in when they fished it out? That'd probably prove the accidental reversal theory or not. In their panic I doubt they'd shift it back to anything else ..

[@fl570]

Great video. The information has clearly been thoroughly researched and is told clearly throughout the video. You divided the video into sections with timestamps and, to top it all, even listed all of your sources. The least I can do is subscribe to your channel, as, given the quality of your content, is no doubt that you truly deserve it. Keep up the great work, mate!

[@glenclaw]

A user named Mystery Dossier plagiarized your content with a video called "Unsolved Japan: The Tsubono Spa Mystery". Their script is a copy of yours.

[@Spektator]

Thanks for letting me know, I’ll look into it

[@Jay22222]

@@Spektator Wait, is it really? It’s still up. Edit: After a quick run through of the video in question my opinion is that it is at the very least, your script put through a vocabulary swap of some kind. It is beat for beat identical in structure and the wording is alarmingly similar. It seems there is a bit of extra info from one of your sources towards the end. I don’t for a second believe it’s both legit and their first venture onto KZbin. Nothing posted since is also suspicious and the auto generated VA is no good either. I won’t be supporting them any time soon and think with your knowledge of the original script and the skills of someone that does this sort of thing regularly, you could find some pretty compelling/iron clad evidence

[@KingCrabSuited]

I hope you haven't given up on the hopes of your channel blowing up. I just saw you on my feed and subbed, and I have a history of being at the head of a rushing tide. Hang on.

[@WhatTheColour]

The name-displaying intro never fails to give me anxiety. Kudos. :) Love the channel. Keep up the great quality!

[@abhaysingh06]

24 years is what it took for them to identify Rack man. 24 years for finding these two. Something about mysterious cases and 24 years. Great content by the way. Spectator OP.

[@BLUDHOUNDZ]

You’re seriously underrated - excited to see where you go from here.

[@roooooin]

Found you via Reddit r/crimedocumentaries and am positively surprised by the quality and informative setup. Exactly the content I want that ‘the algorithm ‘ would never ever suggest.

[@KidFresh71]

Keep up the GREAT work. Your channel is just about to blow up, like a rocket-ship taking off!

[@YamiIbitsuDenpa]

I arrived here after commenters on the video Unsolved Japan: The Tsubono Spa Mystery kept bringing up your video The Psychic Spot Disappearance | Spektator in the comment section.

[@TheBritColl]

Just got here but subbed after 4 of your videos in a row. Keep going mate this is really well produced and you will eventually hit the algorithm just right. All you need is one popular video and these backlogs of high quality content will be gone through and get their deserved view counts. Good luck!

[@eviehammond9509]

One of your other videos appeared in my recommended feed & for once the YT algorithm gets it right!! I, like so many others in the commentary, agree that your channel is criminally underrated. I also agree with the theory that as the algorithm gives you wider exposure, you will no doubt experience the rapid growth you are so deserving of. I have never heard of this case before this video. Being an avid true crime content consumer that in itself is so refreshing. I look forward to your future videos with great anticipation & will watch your previous ones until then. Awesome job, you have definitely gained a new subscriber.❤

[@EzziiG]

I love listening to videos like this while in working from home. Very strange case.

[@benisaten]

Well done bro always a 👍. Your subs will blow up. Everyone’s into true crime right now. All the best my friend.

[@Ruth-wq7lr]

Saw this on reddit and I had to immediately come here and subscribe! Very well researched and original, covering cases I have never come across before.

[@DisasterthonTrueHorror]

A strange one for sure Top video again mate!

[@schrödingerssoapbox]

Good stuff man, we can see ur hard work in making videos, it really shows. New subscriber!

[@msreb2700]

I'm getting through these videos super fast! High quality videos and very engaging.

[@sootchh4055]

A tragic story very well told. It's an infamous case in Japan. No need to apologize for your pronunciation of Japanese words. (I'm a fluent speaker of the language)

[@kpac567]

Just found you on reddit... I have to say this is great work!

[@GhostPuddle]

Also found this on reddit. The quality of your videos is excellent! You've gained a new sub.

[@clarewoodrow2158]

What an interesting story! Well done on another brilliant, professional and engaging video, keep doing what you are doing!

[@ghostfood777]

Rebel Without Cause doesn’t have any motorcycles in it. James Dean iconic rebel image included his real life love of motorcycles and race cars but you might be thinking of the wild ones with marlon Brando. That’s all about motorcycle gangs and what not. Love your channel

[@comfortablynumb8907]

Bravo 👏 ….Spektator…. 👏 Bravo!

[@hirsch5922]

What a strange case... I find it hard to believe that foul play was involved but it really is odd that the police did not act on an active tip for six years. Especially since searching every river and creak would be too much space to cover, wouldn't getting a specific location make it far easier to just look there? If there hadn't been anything to be found there, surely it would have been a good way to discredit unreliable witnesses.

[@koh9277]

Lol I’ve binged like half ur vids, excited to get in early before ur channel takes off!

[@mormsbie2227]

Dude I've watched all your content! GREAT work!!!

[@legostudios120]

Arrived via a reddit post, already quite impressed by the quality

[@MrsBirdiegoeshell]

a really fascinating story and you have a very good story teller voice. Keep the good work up and I hope there will another story soon.

[@paulkasden9758]

Hey man, this video is so freakin interesting. Love your work!

[@sof6919]

I’ve been so excited for this to come out! Another really interesting and well produced vid! I don’t understand why the three witnesses left it so long to say something?!

[@stevenwohlrab4764]

excellent quality keep it coming like this, i am sure many will start subscribing

[@crystalphillips696]

So sad. Love your channel.

[@mijiyoon5575]

Never heard of this case ... interesting ... Thank You *Spektator* 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Tobacc0]

There was a rash of cases around that time and later in Japan of girls causing accidents in their cars (sometimes killing pedestrians) from wearing extremely thick heels on their shoes hitting the wrong pedals on their car. It definitely looks like they panicked and accidentally hit the accelerator. The three witnesses were probably larking and spooked the girls. Japanese people are generally very law abiding but like anyone will eschew any chance of getting in trouble, especially with the Japanese police who are notorious for extracting "confessions" where they will.

[@mikenayers5981]

Was the car found in reverse when it was pulled from the water? That would corroborate their story.

[@concernedcitizen.1096]

Got to love when you find a channel that you know is gonna blow up due to quality of content alone. Looking forward to seeing you grow and thanks for the excellent video.

[@Jordan_Starr]

So easy to speculate with things like this but my gut instinct is possibly the witnesses were family/friends of the police and that the police knew more than they were letting on from the start. Perhaps they waited to long because they knew they needed that length of time to be absolutely certain decomposition couldn't give anything away. What a sad story though :( beautifully told however and brilliantly edited as always.

[@arteljus983]

Yes. This feels like police cover up.

[@mj.l]

@@arteljus983 Could also be cultural, fear of police - or the ever-common police incompetence/laziness/stupidity

[@boardskins]

😊😊😊😊😅😅9

[@realtalk6195]

Your theory is baseless and irresponsible.

[@realtalk6195]

If the witnesses did it and the cops were in bed with them too, then do tell why they even bothered to come forward?? Nothing about what you're suggesting makes sense. It was just an accident. The cops ignoring new witnesses tip from a years-old case isn't that odd. If the case is so old that the missing are presumed dead then redirecting resources and manpower from ongoing crimes and missing persons cases is costly and irresponsible. The tip is going to be put on the shelf, and the cops will come to it once after dealing with other cases. It's simply bad luck it took so long.

[@YorkshireMacduff]

Ace content, subbed!

[@toko_ribbon]

I don’t think the 3 witnesses came forward more than a decade later because their “conscience” kicked in. Japan has very short statues of limitations so even if a suspect involved in manslaughter or murder was found after X amount of years- if it’s past the date, they cannot be prosecuted at all. They can’t be touched. And yes, even murder has a statue of limitation, I believe it’s 25 years?

[@jessecaalvarez-kuykendall7071]

I understand the human inclination to protect yourself, so I don't blame the witnesses as much (especially considering Japan's conviction rate is 99%) but they and the police failed the families of these two girls. The police could have so easily followed up on the tip once they did come forward, as they provided the *exact* point of entry into the water. It would not have been a waste of resources to investigate, even if they hadn't found anything. It would at least have narrowed the possible pool of tips. It's so upsetting that they made these families wait for closure.

[@rwb_gary6355]

Classic Japanese police. Great video man 🙏🏼

[@saml7610]

Great channel, just found your stuff on /r/documentaries on reddit, you got yourself another subscriber! I definitely sympathize with the witnesses who didn't come forwards - I have a friend who's in prison right now because he came forwards as a witness to a murder, he was literally on his way to meet me when he saw it, and he ended up charged for it even though he was literally on the phone with me when he was supposedly killing a woman. I spent a lot of time in court for that one, and he still got convicted, so it's entirely reasonable to just want to keep your mouth shut.

[@red3y3z]

WTF?! Why do you only have 2.5k subs? PEOPLE ARE MISSING OUT ON QUALITY CONTENT!

[@bigdog5758]

Really good enjoyed hearing about this. I think it was a sad accident and if so how sad.

[@StarrySGH]

As soon as you said the car also disappeared without a trace I thought it's gotta be underwater somewhere!

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

This behavior is actually totally in keeping with police in Japan. They're utterly incompetent. We made them that way on purpose when we occupied them. EDIT: Doesn't Japan still have a statue of limitations on murder? Might have done away with that by now. Yeah, the Japanese police are worse than even the Aussie police, because the Japanese police are there to keep things orderly, not investigate crimes. They can do some things well, but every case I've seen of an investigation run by their various agencies has left me with a very poor opinion of them.

[@kspen6110]

Something I don't understand is if these 3 "witnesses" were just casually walking up to the car to talk to the girls and then the car falls in reverse into the water, why not jump in to try and save them? Why not go somewhere and call for help? Perhaps those 3 had done something earlier to scare the girls and they parked in the lot to "hide". Then they found them and continued bothering them. I wonder if the car damage was inspected to see if the story made sense going in backward or if the gear shift was still in reverse. I'm with the one girl's father as far as the poorly done investigation. I think the police consider it a done deal accident and won't investigate anything else.

[@finalascent]

I was also thinking that even with their bodies decomposed to skeletons, wouldn't a knife, blunt instrument or gunshot leave distinct physical traces?

[@sandrafaith]

Does Japan have a statute of limitations on murder? I thought I read something similar recently. Maybe that's why the witnesses waited. Edit: I'm not saying I think they did anything wrong, but it's not like the police don't sometimes find "evidence" to fit a theory against an innocent person.

[@unavoidablycanadian397]

What a twist. Great video on a tradition I've never hear of before.

[@mce_AU]

Thanks, great story.

[@commanderkief]

keep up the good work

[@masudashizue777]

This is at least better than the Setagaya family murder case. There is a good chance that Megumi and Narumi died by accident, although too much time has passed for us to know for certain.

[@raymxslappedyall1891]

I think if they had more to do with it they'd never come out and say they we're ever there

[@LordSesshaku]

There's nothing strange on police behaviour. - The case was dead by the time the witnesses came out. Probably the people that lead the case in 1996 were retired by then. That means new guys have to check out the info and decide wether to make a move or not. - The case was by then an urban legend. Any famous case usually gets their shares of crazy people lying to police in order to "be a part of it". False, unreliable tips are not that uncommon. - Searching stuff in water is expensive. They already did that back in 1996 and found nothing. Why would their superiors authorize such a search for a witnesses tip that came 18 years later? Let's also not forget that the nature of the witnesses claims was weird/cague/absurd, it's not a common way to die. I suspect the police interviewed them a lot, trying to find inconsistencies in their stories, trying to check if they were lying. They probably made a background check of everyone of them until finally deciding to actually take the tip seriously.

[@NareshSinghOctagon]

One could reasonably argue this point...unless the police force in question is from India,Australia,or Japan,because they all have a massive track record for being absolutely corrupt and/or incompetant.

[@backwardsbandit8094]

I think the cops were just lazy and didnt care. I dont understand why this is a common problem in Japan, especially back in the day, but far too often cops would join the forces to just grab a paycheck and do as little as possible. Say what you want about American cops, but if a couple of teenagers were driving around at night around bodies of water and suddenly went missing, you better believe theyd be searching the water.

[@PaperSmiles]

Honestly? It sounds like the girls made a mistake, and the police just didn't fancy spending resources on a decade and a half old missing persons case. It sucks, but it's not unheard of.

[@originalkitten]

Another amazing video. What I don’t get is if the car was covered in a blue sheet how did the sheet get there?

[@Sanakudou]

That’s probably the most suspicious part about it, even the fact it was blue could be intentional in trying to obscure the car in the water from view. I can definitely see a person making a mistake and reversing into the water, I remember my mom once accidentally wrecking the car by accelerating instead of reversing when trying to get out of a parking spot, the front of the car slammed into a pole (the ones designed to protect pedestrians from that exact mistake!) But the witnesses not calling police and/or an ambulance in hopes they could be pulled out and resuscitated is what’s truly odd regarding the official story. Even if they caused it via pranking/spooking them, surely you’d be more afraid of the trouble you’d get in for not having tried to help. I guess without mobile phones they’d have had to try and reach a phone and whether a pay phone or house was nearby is hard to know. Still, it’s a really weird response for three different people to decide to stay silent ALL that time and come forward together in unison like that. It’s a shame we’ll never know if foul play was involved in this case and not even the families get access to the witnesses to maybe get some sort of closure.

[@christosvoskresye]

It used to be the case that the Japanese would sleep outside on sleeping porches during the summer months. Naturally, this made them feel expossed and vulnerable. That is apparently the real reason that the summer is the spooky season in Japan.

[@dehartfamily3091]

If the witnesses were children at the time, it may be why police have not released their identities, ad why they didnt get taken seriously in 2014 - because their age at the time would have been very young. Very frustrating when police are not forthcoming.

[@kristyhoward6897]

Let's get this channel to 5K!!!!!!

[@sharkwave1661]

so underrated

[@namelessnocebo]

I'm a simple man, I see no ads, I click like

[@simpl3xity]

This is one of several stories of japanese police incompetence and straight up apathy I've heard of...

[@tvbroken26]

RIP M&N

[@Yaddlezap]

sounds like the setup for a Junji Ito manga

[@Pratzz1312]

This was so spooky

[@kristimcgowandarkoscellard3126]

If their car vanished with them never to be seen again either, then I would bet my life those poor girls are in a body of water along with their car somewhere on the route they took. 9 times out of 10 when people vanish along with their car it is because both themselves and the car are in a body of water having had an accident on the road which turned out to be their last journey. There are multiple channels on this platform that specialize in finding just such missing people. These channels have a very high success rate!! Because of this I believe that is what happened to them. P.S. Well obviously I left the comment before I finished watching the video and as it turned out I was absolutely correct in what happened to those poor girls! Anytime someone vanishes along with their vehicle the first thing that should be investigated is bodies of water! 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@Iconoplastt]

Hate when witnesses don't come forward with stuff like that.

[@jamesknapp64]

Is there a 18 year statute of limitations for crimes like Manslaughter in Japan? I lean towards freak accident and the 3 people were scared they would get blame.

[@isabellaangeline2175]

Weird, there’s the red line all the way through indicating I watched this entire video (and even hit the thumbs up) at some point, but I have zero recollection of any of this video. I’m watching it now, tho, as it seems really interesting. Heh, hopefully I’ll remember it this time. Oh, and no, I don’t share my account or info with anyone...

[@RosesandLace]

Yeah, nobody involved in this cased acted more suspiciously than the police.

[@jamesknapp64]

9:01 I was thinking crashed into a river and havent been found was what I first thinking

[@AriadyPutra]

prank gone wrong is the most plausible theory. as for why the police dismissed the report for 6 years, I don't know

[@ivanlsoto]

What is the piano piece at the end?

[@slicedbread5692]

When I heard "liver test" I thought it was gonna be like the century drinking game where you take a shot of beer every minute for 100 consecutive minutes... Btw don't do that.

[@atsukorichards1675]

"Kimo (liver)" was believed to be the source of guts/courage/strength of mind once.

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[@benhorton141]

They didn't call for help or relay a location? And then the cops ignored the tip? Wtf

[@bryango5979]

bosozoku means running wild or going berserk while driving tribe, not speed tribe.

[@amandahugankiss4110]

2:29 always with the twins.

[@archiemercer5499]

brilliant video. one thing tho, prefecture is pronounced like prefect-'yure', not prefect-'ur'. Maybe thats another way of pronouncing it? However ive only ever heard people pronounce it as prefect ' yure'

[@RatsFunHouse101]

pre-fec-chur is the common pronounciation

[@catsandcarsringtailgang6188]

Plz note: U say car was "pulled out, wrapped in blue sheets" to me sounds if car was covered 1st, then drowned & left for years in "blue sheets"

[@AnnaKin]

It was probably an accident. They were jumpy and adrenaline-filled from a night of kimodameshi. A group of people approach their car, it's late at night, the car's already in reverse (people usually back into parking spots in Japan), and in a haste to get away, drives into the lake. Even if the 3 witnesses called for help they probably wouldn't have had a chance. The driver was 19, so only 1 year's experience of driving... yeah. Accident. edit: Also, as to why they were there when they probably should've been at the building, maybe the whole trip was an excuse for a makeout session. that could be another reason why they were frightened by a group of people approaching them

[@blackaciddevil]

So they just reversed into the water, and that was it? Why? Wtf

[@kvarner6886]

I mean absolutely no disrespect by this, but it seems like a suicide pact to me, personally. In the west, we tend to think of suicide as a very private, isolated thing, but as far as I understand it's not that uncommon in Japan to want company when you leave this life. There are even websites to find strangers to do this act with, or there used to be at least. I also understand that it is more common for the person(s) taking their life to not do so where they can easily be found, especially by family. I imagine this has to do with the immense respect for their elders, and especially the shame they believe they may bring their family. They may believe it would be socially better for their family if they just disappeared. I think this explains why the girls sent the page that they'd arrived, but why didn't stay or send a page that they'd changed their minds and were turning around. I think they wanted the search to look in the wrong place. As far as I can tell, there was no real reason for them to be parked backward, facing away from the ocean, at night, (so not for the view) on a pier. To me, this is just a super sad story of some girls who probably needed some help and just didn't or couldn't get it in time. I kind of hope I'm wrong and it was a freak accident, as at least then it was just a twist of fate that couldn't be foreseen. Either way it's a tragedy.

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Reddit me here

[@myeyeswentdeaf6213]

I’m sry, but they sound like cartoon characters name, or anime rather.

[@JapanLovers]

Please don’t use repugnant horror music. This is crime mystery not slasher genre. Otherwise well told and interesting story. Nice one 👌✌️

[@undercoveragent1000]

Keep your sensitivity to yourself no one wants to see your weakness.

[@JapanLovers]

@@undercoveragent1000 Shitty troll attempt 🤣

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@@JapanLovers Yours or theirs?

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Le reddit army amirite xd

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