The Twitter Killer — Takahiro Shiraishi

He invited suicidal people to his home and killed them. The horror story where social media acted as a death trap.

Nithila
The Mystery Box
Published in
6 min readFeb 2, 2022

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Takahiro Shiraishi and his twitter account

On the morning of Halloween, the police discovered gruesome ‘House of Horrors’ belonging to the Japanese serial killer, Takahiro Shiraishi. Nine dismembered bodies were stacked up in boxes with more than 240 bones concealed in coolers and toolboxes, sprinkled with cat litter in order to hide the evidence.

How did the person who was once silent become a serial killer?

Who is Takahiro Shiraishi ?

Takahiro Shiraishi was born in Zama, Japan on October 9, 1990. He grew up in Zama along with his parents and younger sister. According to acquaintances who talked to the Japanese media, he was a quiet boy who went to the local elementary and high school. He had average grades but he was a diligent student who never missed a day of school.

He was a skinny teenager who wore thin-rimmed spectacles and joined his junior high’s baseball team as a freshman, and then the track team as a senior.

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Nithila
The Mystery Box

True crime, mental health and psychology. Have a great interest in helping victims and find missing children. Masters in Criminology