Who Killed Haing Ngor?
The FBI ruled the 1996 murder of Haing Ngor a robbery gone awry. This podcast will examine some of the lingering questions surrounding the case.We invite listeners to contact us with tips about the case, or to arrange to share any personal memories of Dr. Ngor.Who knows? We may just discover something new.
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In the 1990s, Cambodia became the world’s newest “compassion fad” — a post-conflict boomtown flooded with aid groups, investors, and opportunists. Haing Ngor was one of many who returned, hoping to rebuild his country.
Instead, he found himself caught in a feud – with another humanitarian.
In this episode, Patricia Nunan opens her exploration of Ngor’s financial turbulence in the years before his murder.
Patricia Nunan sits down with journalist Roger Warner — Ngor’s close friend and co-author of A Cambodian Odyssey. Together, they explore how karma, revenge, and untreated PTSD shaped Ngor’s life after he survived the Khmer Rouge and became an internationally recognized actor and activist.
In some ways, it’s almost as if the universe was hinting that Ngor was on thin ice.
⚠️ Contains descriptions of Khmer Rouge torture and viole...
In 1996, Oscar-winning actor and Khmer rouge survivor Haing S. Ngor was gunned down outside his home in Los Angeles. His murder gave rise to a conspiracy theory - that the Khmer Rouge sent assassins to silence their most famous critic. This episode dismantles that myth - and examines how it stopped the right questions from being asked. ⚠️ Contains descriptions of Khmer Rouge torture and violence.
Episode Two - Season Two
The Crime Scene
Patricia Nunan visits Ngor’s home, in LA’s Chinatown - where Oscar-winning actor and Khmer Rouge survivor Haing Ngor was murdered in 1996.
With Innocence Center lawyer Mike Semanchik and friend Doug Niven, she retraces the crime and questions the state’s narrative.
Haing S. Ngor survived the Khmer Rouge, only to be shot dead outside his Los Angeles home. His raw performance in the 1984 film, “The Killing Fields,” won him an Academy Award and brought international attention to Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge period.
At the time of his murder, Ngor lived between worlds: Hollywood and post-war Cambodia. He was admired, but also resented.
Who Killed Haing Ngor explores his extraordinary life, ...
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