Korean Urban Legends
Send us Fan MailWhat’s up with fan death? A friend of a friend told us about these stories. Shawn has been interviewing people about folk beliefs, ghostlore, experiences, and urban legends for a long ...
8 Sep 20211h 15min
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 4: Aftermath
Send us Fan MailWhat was true about Yoo Young-Chul and what was urban myth? How badly did the authorities mess this up? Have things changed? We analyze what the psych and criminology experts have writ...
1 Sep 20211h 10min
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 3: Caught!
Send us Fan MailThe police didn’t catch Yoo Young-Chul. Seoul’s criminal underground took control while the authorities bumbled. Catching him wasn’t the end of it.Join our Patreon to get more stuffhtt...
25 Aug 20211h
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 2: The Sinchon Murders
Send us Fan MailAfter almost getting caught on CCTV, Yoo Young-Chul took a break and changed his focus and methods. Rather than going out to victims’ houses, he invited them into his home. This time, ...
18 Aug 20211h 22min
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 1: Monstrous Origins
Send us Fan MailKorea’s most notorious serial killer. In the first of four parts, we cover his tumultuous early life in an urbanizing Seoul and his first string of killings--targeting wealthy seniors ...
12 Aug 20211h 6min
Made in Korea: Adoption & Identity with Jeremy Holt
Send us Fan MailGuest: Jeremy Holt (Made in Korea)Hot comic book writer Jeremy Holt joins us to talk about the dark side of their experience as a Korean-born adoptee and how they’ve channeled that int...
4 Aug 20211h 3min
Dark Side of the Olympics: The 1988 Bummer Games
Send us Fan MailBoxing scandals, torched doves, doping hero. The 1988 Seoul Games were the time to shine. But they were built on dark deeds.Join our Patreon to get more stuffhttps://patreon.com/darksi...
28 Jul 20211h 16min
Stories of the Gods
Send us Fan Mail“Gods die. And when they truly die they are unmourned and unremembered.” - Neil Gaiman, American GodsWho are the Korean gods? They inhabit the mountains. They inhabit the trees. There ...
21 Jul 20211h 8min
