Korean True Crime

In 2007, a quiet coffee shop became the scene of a horrific murder early one morning. The police had no evidence and a witness so traumatized she couldn't remember anything. The only lead came from a ...

2 Sep 202538min

In 1997, two American teenagers, Arthur Patterson and Edward Lee, followed a stranger into a Burger King bathroom. Minutes later they emerged covered in blood. When the police arrested them, they each...

13 Aug 202542min

In 2008, a fatal stabbing at a Seoul bus terminal should have been an open-and-shut case, as the victim identified her killer with her dying breath. Instead, investigators were led on a wild chase thr...

5 Aug 202531min

When actress Jang Ja-yeon was found dead in 2009, police called it a simple suicide, but a secret document she left behind told a different story of systemic abuse. This document was not a suicide not...

29 Jul 202538min

On social media, she presented a life of luxury travel and designer bags. In reality, she was a woman drowning in debt, consumed by likes and follows. When that anger finally consumed her, it resulted...

22 Jul 202532min

They spent 21 years in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. Jang Dong-ik and Choi In-cheol insisted on their innocence, but believing them meant admitting the police got it wrong. With the real kil...

15 Jul 202538min

Nine victims in ten months. Jeong Doo-young's only motivation? Greed. He hunted the wealthy on quiet rainy Thursdays, leaving blood-soaked homes across Korea's southern coast.Find our merch here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

1 Jul 202531min

Graves filled with the remains of entire families began turning up across the remote northern mountains. In one village, rumors spread of a cave on Macha Mountain said to be rich with gold but locals ...

24 Jun 202533min