Episode 272: Korean True Crime Fan Commits Murder To Know “What It Feels Like”
May 27, 2023. 3AM. South Korea.
A taxi driver pulled over to put up a young girl and her suitcase. He watched her struggle to load it into his trunk, but when he offered to help she refused.
They got in the car and silently drove towards the park near the river.
How odd, he thought.
The park at this hour? With a heavy suitcase?
And she looks as young as a middle schooler - what could she be doing?
Because of what he does next - she is arrested for murder. This is the recent viral case of a South Korean woman who posed as a middle schooler to get away with murder. She said she did it - because she was curious. She wanted to know what it felt like…
Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912003/#:~:text=A%20form%20of%20s
evere%20social,school%20for%20months%20or%20years.
https://www.michigandaily.com/michigan-in-color/the-ricecel-phenomenon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori
https://www.allkpop.com/article/2023/06/dismembered-a-stranger-out-of-curiosity-of-
murder-disturbing-calmness-of-the-busan-tutor-murderer-astounds-criminal-experts
From OG Research Write-up
https://news.koreadaily.com/2023/06/04/society/accident/20230604130102597.html
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20230607091700051
https://news.koreadaily.com/2023/06/04/society/accident/20230604130102597.html
https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/10750590
https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/202306013855i
https://n.news.naver.com/article/119/0002718215?sid=102
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4myeE11tx0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Paf6glmtjys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZuc3J3zD6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTrt21r9-Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT4xmMrljZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671ueKpqax4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKCeh3GfvB0
https://www.instiz.net/pt/7389122
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ0I_I_D3X8
https://www.donga.com/news/Society/article/all/20230608/119669082/2
Extra updates:
https://koreacompanyanalyze.tistory.com/m/24
https://www.sedaily.com/NewsView/29QW3MOZFT
https://programs.sbs.co.kr/culture/unansweredquestions/vod/55075/22000502863
https://kbaki.tistory.com/565
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