Episode 30:
Father on the Rope Who Live Streamed the Murder of His Family for His Lover

In 2006, firefighters responded to reports of a gas leak at an apartment in Taiwan. Inside, they found a 35-year-old mother and her two young daughters dead in their beds.

The apartment had been sealed with towels and tape, and investigators quickly concluded it was a murder-suicide committed by the mother.

The Mother Everyone Blamed

The explanation seemed simple. The woman was struggling financially, raising two children alone while going through a divorce.

Newspapers portrayed her as a desperate mother who killed her daughters before taking her own life. But her parents refused to believe it.

They insisted their daughter loved her children too much and began fighting to prove she was innocent.

The Case That Didn't Make Sense

The autopsy changed everything. The victims had not died from gas poisoning.

All three showed signs of suffocation. Even more disturbing, investigators discovered ether in the bodies of both daughters — and the mother herself.

If the mother committed suicide, who had drugged her? And where had the ether gone?

Someone had removed it from the scene.

Suspicious

For years, one person was barely investigated at all: the husband.

He had studied chemistry, had a history of domestic violence allegations, filed for insurance money shortly after the deaths, and eventually left Taiwan for China.

When prosecutors reopened the case, they discovered something else. The apartment wasn't truly sealed.

A skilled climber could reach the balcony from the rooftop using ropes. And the husband happened to work installing air conditioners on high-rise buildings.

Final Thoughts

What began as a supposed murder-suicide turned into one of Taiwan's most controversial family murder cases.

Years later, investigators concluded that the husband had entered through the rooftop, murdered his wife and daughters, and staged the scene to look like a gas-related suicide.

The most chilling part wasn't the crime itself. It was how close the case came to being buried forever.

If the victim's parents hadn't refused to accept the official story, would anyone have ever discovered the truth?