Season Two Drops on October 3, 2025
Who Killed Haing Ngor is an investigative podcast into the murder of the Academy Award winning star of the seminal film, "The Killing Fields."
Ngor was just starting his life as a doctor, engaged to be married, when the Khmer Rouge took over his country, Cambodia, in 1975. Barely surviving, he resettled in the US as a refugee. That’s when Hollywood casting agents came calling. Ngor shot to global fame for his role in the 1984 film "The Killing Fields" – considered so powerful, it’s credited with helping launch Cambodia’s peace talks – only to be gunned down outside his home a dozen years later.
The LAPD rounded up some usual suspects: three teenage gang members. Who Killed Haing Ngor is confident they are innocent. One, a client of the Innocence Center, remains imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.
The podcast takes us from the streets of LA to Cambodia’s “compassion fad” moment brought about by a massive UN peacekeeping mission – the 1990’s blueprint for nation-building. That attracted both the do-gooders and the criminal elements so prevalent in the country today.
So Who Killed Haing Ngor? Join journalist Mary Patricia - “M.P.” – Nunan for an exploration of everything the LAPD overlooked, and how the international community’s best intentions … don’t always work out as intended. Season two - launching October 3rd, 2025.
Photo courtesy of Roger Warner.