True Crime

By The Korea Herald

Welcome to "True Crime," a podcast that explores real-life crimes that have shocked and shaped South Korea. Based on original reporting by The Korea Herald and produced by our newsroom, this series ta... more

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How many episodes does True Crime have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.

True Crime episodes:

November 20, 2025 Marrying to kill
In the early summer of 2019, a husband joined his wife and several of her friends on a trip to a valley in Gapyeong, South Korea. What should have been a carefree getaway turned deadly when the husband drowned.
In this episode, we explore the Gapyeong valley murder case that shocked South Korea in 2020. A story of blind love, a toxic relationship and psychological manipulation by Lee Eun-hae, a woman whose young and delicate appearance concealed her shocking true colors.

Related article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10620507

Credits
Reporting & Writing: Yoon Min-sik
Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting
Hosts & Guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik
Recording: Song Seung-hyun
Audio Editing: Noh Seong-min
Artwork: Yu Soo-in
...more
26min
October 23, 2025 On the cross
An abandoned quarry.
A man, nailed to a cross.
Around Easter 2011, a grotesque death shocked South Korea.
Could this be the act of an eccentric cult?
As investigators dug deeper into the haunting case, the story unfolded in unexpected ways — the man seems to have meticulously planned his own crucifixion.

Related article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10598860

Credits
Reporting, writing: Yoon Min-sik
Editing: Lee Sun-young, Kevin Selzer
Hosts and guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik
Producer: Song Seung-hyun
Audio editing: Noh Seong-min
Artwork: Yu Soo-in, Yu Doo-ho
...more
25min
October 01, 2025 The forgotten killer
Why do some killers become household names, while others fade into obscurity — despite committing crimes just as horrifying?

In this episode, we uncover the chilling story of Kim Dae-doo, South Korea’s first known serial killer. Unlike the infamous figures immortalized in films and crime blogs, Kim’s name barely registers today, even though he brutally murdered 17 people, including a 3-month-old baby, in a span of just under two months.

Related article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10586936

Credits
Reporting & Writing: No Kyung-min
Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting
Hosts & Guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik
Producer: Song Seung-hyun
Audio Editing: Noh Seong-min
Artwork: Yu Doo-ho, Yu Soo-in
...more
29min
September 04, 2025 The shortcut
On a chilly Wednesday evening in November 2003, 14-year-old Eom Hyun-ah set out on a familiar shortcut home through the quiet outskirts of a village in South Korea. It was a dark, rarely traveled path, but one she had walked many times before. This time, she never returned. What began as a routine walk quickly turned into a haunting mystery that would grip the nation and leave a family desperate for answers.

In this episode, we delve into the 2003 kidnapping and murder of Eom Hyun-ah in a village in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.
Related article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10567916

Credits
Reporting & Writing: No Kyung-min
Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting, Paul Kerry
Hosts & Guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik
Producer: Song Seung-hyun
Audio Editing: Noh Seong-min
Artwork: Yu Soo-in
...more
22min
August 14, 2025 Frog Boys mystery
In the early 1990s, five young boys set out on a forest excursion and never came home. Their sudden disappearance sent shockwaves across South Korea. Their faces became impossible to avoid, plastered everywhere from milk cartons to detergent boxes.
It was a story that no Korean who lived through that era could escape.

In this episode of True Crime, we take you back to March 1991, when five boys mysteriously disappeared at the same time in a small, rural village in South Korea.
Related article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10553458

Credits
Reporting, writing: Song Seung-hyun
Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting
Hosts and guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik
Audio editing: Song Seung-hyun
Artwork: Yu Soo-in
...more
22min
July 18, 2025 Killer behind the lens
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to glimpse someone’s final moments, before life slips away? It’s a disturbing thought, but death makes headlines.
In 1982, a South Korean photographer was consumed by the desire to witness and capture death. He believed death could be art — a provocative, forbidden form that would make his name known worldwide.
Related article: https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10534712

Credits
Reporting, writing: Song Seung-hyun
Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting
Hosts and guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik
Audio editing: Song Seung-hyun
Artwork: Yu Soo-in
...more
24min

FAQs about True Crime:

How many episodes does True Crime have?

The podcast currently has 6 episodes available.