A look ahead at Season Two of "Who Killed Haing Ngor" - currently being investigated. Stay tuned for a release date!By Mary Patricia - "M.P." - Nunan

Art, it’s been widely said, imitates life. But there are also moments when it changes it. The impact of “The Killing Fields” was so profound, that some credit it with helping launch Cambodia’s peace plan, ending decades of civil war. This is the second episode of a two-parter, in which I talk with journalist Jon Swain and photographer Roland Neveu.…

The first of two episodes covering my conversations with Jon Swain, of the Sunday Times, and photographer Roland Neveu. We take a look a closer look at Dith Pran, a so-called "fixer" for New York Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg, whose courage and heroism is what "The Killing Fields" is about. Both Swain and Neveu covered the fall of Phnom Penh…

This week I’m talking with Dorothy Chow, the producer of the “Death in Cambodia” podcast. In it, she interviews her father, Robert Chau about his experience as a teenager escaping the Khmer Rouge.That’s relatively rare. Many survivors are reluctant to talk about their unresolved trauma. That trauma - and the intergenerational trauma they’ve handed …

here’s an enduring conspiracy theory about the murder of Haing Ngor. Many believe that the Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot had him killed. That suggests that Pol Pot’s power stretched from the jungles of Cambodia to the streets of Los Angeles. The person probably most responsible for fueling that conspiracy? It was Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Comrad…

A conversation with Nic Dunlop, the man who found and “wrote the book” on Kaing Guek Euv, better known as Comrade Duch.He was the infamous head of S-21 - better known as Tuol Sleng - the Khmer Rouge prison and torture center.Duch is the one who claimed Pol Pot ordered the murder of Haing Ngor - a conspiracy theory we dismiss.…

I have to admit: from the moment I decided to launch this podcast about the murder of Haing Ngor, I knew I had to interview Sam Rainsy.When I was reporting from Cambodia in the 1990’s, Sam Rainsy was seen as a bright and shining star. He was a democracy activist, who had worked in finance in Paris – so he had his own money, and was seen as uncorrup…

Haing Ngor returns to Cambodia's "Wild West" in the 1990's to run his foundation. But he soon find himself mired in a dispute with a Canadian-run orphanage, that drains his finances and impacts his ability to work. At the same time? He's shopping a screenplay.By Mary Patricia - "M.P." - Nunan

The last installment of our look Tim Page and Marianne Harris's quest to resolve the fate of missing journalists Sean Flynn and Dana Stone. Tim Page had competition in his search, in the form of military veteran and investigator, Zalin Grant. It’s a tale of rabbit holes within rabbit holes — and here are more of them.Part Three of Three.…

A look at the extraordinary casualty rate of the press corps in Cambodia in the 1970’s, including the disappearance of Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, and Tim Page’s quest to resolve their fate. It’s a tale of rabbit holes within rabbit holes — such as the mutiny on the Columbia Eagle, a US Merchant Marine vessel delivering napalm to Vietnam. Part Two o…

"The Killing Fields" is one of the top "journo" movies ever made, because it shows how frightening and confusing it is to work in a war-zone. In fact, Cambodia in the 1970's had an extraordinary casualty rate among the press. What happened to the journalists who just disappeared, like Sean Flynn and Dana Stone? We take a look at “gonzo” photographe…

A look at how too often, former child refugees from Cambodia are forced to join gangs to survive in the US. If they commit a felony? Then, they may get deported back to Cambodia - a country they only know through the traumatic memories of the previous generation.By Mary Patricia - "M.P." - Nunan

My interview with friend and veteran aid-worker Andy Pendleton, about working on the Thai-Cambodian border amid the Vietnamese invasion and Cambodia's civil war in the 1980s, and how he came to know Haing Ngor.By J. Andrew Pendleton

An Introduction to Who Killed Haing Ngor?By Mary Patricia - "M.P." - Nunan

A Real-Time and Crowdsourced Investigation and Discussion into the Murder of the Cambodian Doctor, Activist, Actor and Survivor of the Khmer Rouge 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…