Tag: Kitty

A few days ago we left Kuching, Malaysia, and said “goodbye” to the Cat. What?? In the Malay language “Kuching” means “cat”. Why name a city Kuching? There are many many explanations for why it is named Kuching but no definite answer. If you do a Google search,...

Fan Man-yee was a 23-year-old nightclub hostess whose life ended tragically in one of Hong Kong’s most horrifying and notorious murder cases, known as the “Hello Kitty Murder.” The case received its eerie name because her murderers confined her, abused her, and eventually dismember...

The media coverage of this case, with all its twists and turns, claimed to expose the underlying barbarity of modern life. But then there was Sophia who rarely, if ever, got mentioned. The brutal murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964, a story that spread like wildfire, shook our nation and led to s...

In the early hours of 13th March 1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese finished her shift as a Bar Manager at Ev’s 11th Hour in Queens, New York, and began her journey home. Kitty worked long hours at two jobs in the hopes of one day earning enough money to open an Italian restaurant. She left t...