Year 2007
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SHIN MIN NEWS DAILY
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Along the winding road of Old Thomson Road, known also otherwise by its other name…. the Devil’s Bend.. can be found many fencing that ran in sections.
What lies behind these fences? API recieved an email telling of tombs that lies somewhere inside the vicinity of Old Thomson road area. After a day’s search, API stumbled upon many rows of giant crypt-like structures. The mystery is solved as API found what the crypt actually were used for in the past. Read the discovery here. |
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Kampong Lor Buangkok, situated in the East, is featured in the Oct/Nov issue of SPRING. . As the Kampong is 1 of the locations in API spooky tours, API is mentioned on the sideline. . Enjoy the writeup and stories here. |
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Granting a Dying Man last Wish
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A man dying of cancer appeals to the Public to help look for a sister he has not seen for 33 years.
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The family has lost contact after the Bukit Ho Swee fire that destroyed their homes in the early 60s.
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What happens when you apply Myth-busting skills to solving real-life issues…. And API did just that.
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Read the incredible story of a Wish Came True here.
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How long can the past keep itself hidden from the passing of Time & Men?
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Jars, so commonly used during the 50s to the 80s of Singapore, have been used occasionally as convienent material to shore up hillside slopes and create raised land platforms.
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Read about API discovery of yet another dissappearing pottery wall along Bukit Timah hillside in our forums.
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Read about other mysterious Pottery Walls here.
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The mention of Yangtze Theatre conjures up in most men, the images of softcore movie screening, dirty seats and dirty old men.
What’s the story of old Yangtze? Many of its ‘peers’, like the Oriental, the Majestic, the Capitol, has passed through Time into History… Follow API and Time Out! Reporter Sabrina as we peer behind the velvet curtains of Old Yangtze. This story appears in the November 07 Issue 9 of This story appears in the November 07 Issue 9 of TimeOut Singapore, and was voted the Best Timeout Article for that month.
Read our Full Page in our forums here.
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SHIN MIN NEWS DAILY
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How are exhumation in Singapore usually done?
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Well, the National Environmental Agency will first post Notices of its intention to exhume.
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Then after a period of waiting, the grave would either have been acknowledged by its descendants and exhumed, or if unclaimed, it will be exhumed by the Government.
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API Raymond found a tomb belonging to the 2nd wife of a once infamous gangster somewhere near Upper Thomson Rd…
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The strange thing is… it appears to have been robbed of its coffin!
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Read about this amazing find in the Shin Min Report dated 2nd Nov in our Casefiles.
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SHIN MIN NEWS DAILY
 Voodoo grass when dipped in water & exposed to heat, will move continously
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Do you believe in Voodo Grass?
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We all know that plants can move, i.e, towards sunlight, in search of water etc..
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Some plants’ parts ie., the tendrils of creepers ‘move’ a bit when it comes into contact with water, meaning that capillary actions causes the plant to ‘move’.
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API found a kind of plant that moves instantenously when it comes into contact with water, appearing more like worms than plant!
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Read about this amazing find in the Shin Min Report dated 28th Oct in our Casefiles.
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Watch the’live’ action here.
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SHIN MIN NEWS DAILY
The mid-month of September was the ending of the Hungry Ghost Month, but it also heralded the arrival of another well-know strange phenomena in Singapore. The worship of Spirit Trees. A Monkey Tree, to be specific. API goes in search of trees with ‘familiar features’ in an attempt to provide an explanation other than ‘other worldly’.
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 Read the report our Casefiles here.
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 API was called to help solve a case of a Haunting in Tampines HDB Flat.
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This case has closed, with the ‘hauntings’ attributed to the mischief of the maid
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API’s information helped the Employer to clear herself from a later charge by the maid who ran away and reported to MOM on maid mis-use.
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Read here for Molemole‘s narration.
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MY PAPER
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API’s Urban legends Dispelling techniques is recognised in the Mypaper Vodcast released on 24 Aug 07.
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Being mentioned is the fact that API solved the Ponggol Pottery Mystery.
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Click here to view the Vodcast.
(Special note: The film producers got the wrong location!)
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MY PAPER
 Photo of anamoly taken in CCK Cemetery
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API is interviewed with 2 other paranormal groups about the Hungry Ghost Festival in the MYPAPER issue dated 14 Aug 07.
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Refer to our forums for the full article.
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SHIN MIN NEWS DAILY
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API Yin-Yang Eyes’ Experiment in Shin Min News Daily, published on 13 Aug 2007.
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Read about API’s attempt at explaining why a person with a 3rd eye ability can see ‘ghosts’ at our forums.
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View our investigative photos here.
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The ‘Hungry Ghost festival’ or the Feast for the Wandering Souls (also known as Zhong Yuan Jie 中元节) is for the Chinese, just as Halloween is for Americans.
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It is believed by the Chinese that during this month, the gates of hell are opened to free the hungry ghosts from Hell who would then wander to seek food on Earth.
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Now read what API Founder Charles Goh says about this Hungry Ghost Festival, in an interview by a Reporter for the Alliance Française de Singapour monthly newsletter, Lien.
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API on FRONTLINE, a Current Affairs Program.
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A half hour Documentary of how API helped solved the mystery of the Pottery Wall Mystery by locating the former land owner.
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First aired on 15 June 2007 on Channel 8. View our filming photos here.
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This show has been nominated for the Asian TV Awards 2007 under the BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME.
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At the end of Ponggol Road, mysterious walls embedded with water jars have puzzled those who found them. Read here.
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Theories and urban legends abounded….. now put down through API’s historic research.
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API discovered it was the site of the 1st registered Singapore Zoo, owned by a Chan Kim Suan. Read our Story here, as written in Shin Min Daily News, on 14 June 2007.
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It came out in the E-news of Sinchew-i.com as well.
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Read about other mysterious Pottery Walls here.
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 API posing with the Chan Kim Suan’s Children |
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On 3rd June 2007, he was interviewed by Mediacorp as part of a program promoting unique tours in Singapore.
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The Interview appeared in Channel U & Channel 8 during primetime news.
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Read about it in our forums here.
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View our photos here.
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Watch us on Channel U – ON THE BEAT 2
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Tuesday 29 May 2007 at 8.30pm. Repeat Telecast at 12.30am.
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Featuring Huili and the Kampong Buangkok, the Last Kampong of Singapore.
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Discuss in our forums here.
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Photos from our filimg here.
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Watch us on Channel U – ON THE BEAT 2.
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Tuesday 22 May 2007 at 8.30pm. Repeat Telecast at 12.30am
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Featuring Raymond Goh and the famous ‘Personalities of Bukit Brown Cemetery.
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Discuss in our forums here.
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Photos from our filimg here.
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Watch the Trailer here. |
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Watch us on Channel U – ON THE BEAT 2.
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Tuesday 17 April 2007 at 8.30pm. Repeat Telecast at 12.30am.
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Featuring Charles Goh & the Johor Tunnel.
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Photos from our filiming here.
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Watch the Trailer here. .
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Radio 100.3 Bukit Brown Cemetry Heritage Night Tour on 7th Apr 2007 featured on the Shin Min Daily News, 8th Apr 2007.
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Read the translated English News in our forum here.
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This Tour was also featured in UW Magazine issue no. 72.
Listen to the short Chinese podcast here.
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See our Gallery here.
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See Radio 100.3 photos here.
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API on air at Radio 100.3 on Tuesday, 3rd April 2007 at 7.30pm.
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Listen to Charles, Molemole, Huili and CoolFun having fun talking about why they join API in Spice Hut 麻辣馆 with DJ – Wenhong 文鸿 and Limei 丽梅.
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Listen to the Podcast here.
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See us on air here. |
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 ONE black-and-white photo and nothing else. A mystery trail with a price tag of millions of dollars..
(The original story here.)
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The mystery-busting brothers, Raymond Goh (API Webmaster & Senior Researcher) and Charles Goh (API Founder) have taken upon themselves to solve the puzzle which has intrigued many Singaporeans of late.
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Read our Story in the New Paper online, and the full investigative report here.
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Our Investigations had also been featured in numerous e-news including Asiaone.com.
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SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS
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API Senior Researcher and Webmaster, solving the mystery of Telok Blangah Tomb
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As it appear in the Shin Min Daily News on 16th March 2007.
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Refer here for the news of a Man who dreamt of a woman, the assumed connection to a nearby abandoned tombstone, and how the matter was resolved by API Raymond through historical research.
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Raymond Goh, API Senior Researcher and Webmaster, is 1 of the Professional Speaker to present on Chinese Temple Culture and History in a Forum hosted by SPH. (most Left photo)
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Date: 1st Feb 2007 / Time: 7pm
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Venue: SPH News Centre, Toa Payoh North .
View photos here.
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