Episode 341: Korea’s Nth Room: 260k Men Paying to Violate, R*pe, and Torture Middle School Girls On Telegram

Episodes 301 - 400 (1)
Written By Ray Chen
 

The SBS news producers sat around a laptop in the conference room. They replayed the video of a girl with a bag over her head and a red string tied around her.

She says:

“I am The Doctor’s slave. I will light myself on fire in a few days in front of the SBS headquarters if they air the episode on The Doctor’s Room.”

The producers call the police who secured the headquarters but they needed to find out who the girl is. They need to find out who she is - so they can stop her. Or else someone will die at SBS.

Because The Doctor was playing games with them and he was willing to do whatever it takes to win.

This is the case of BAKSA – the DOCTOR - who ran the most prolific, international CP torture rings of recent times ALL of which was available on the clean, World Wide Web—not the dark web—the public internet.

In fact, it was on one of the most commonly downloaded apps by netizens… TELEGRAM.

Welcome to the doctor’s room.

Full Source Notes: rottenmangopodcast.com


 

Video about Cho Ju Bin being investigated for conspiracy to murder

 

Video of Ahn Seung Jin, Godgod’s accomplice, in his press line up

 

Video of Moon Hyung Wook, GodGod, during his press line up

 

Interview between Kim Hyung Jung and victim

 

Video of Cho Ju Bin, Baksa, during his phone lineup 



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