Triggered - The True Crime Podcast · Chantal + Ashley
Cut Short: Satomi Mitarai
January 30, 2026·47 min·4 clips
A 12-year-old girl lures her friend to a room and slits her throat with a box cutter in a premeditated attack.
As heard by us
An ordinary school day gives way to a violent, grounded true-crime account.
Satomi Mitarai centers Cut Short on an ordinary school day that turns violent without warning. The strongest thread is the plainness of it: classes, familiar faces, and a private conversation that seems harmless right up until the box cutter appears.
Why you'd press play
A school-day murder framed with raw anger and a hard stop on rumor.
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