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 takes you beyond the headlines, into the minds of perpetrators, the stories of victims and the unanswered questions that linger.While the content is not graphic, listener discretion is advised.For more stories related to the crimes covered here, visit The Korea Herald website: www. koreaherald.com.
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Contact path
Public web form
Booking probability
28%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome 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 takes you beyond the headlines, into the minds of perpetrators, the stories of victims and the unanswered questions that linger.
True Crime is hosted by The Korea Herald. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Rise of a drug kingpin behind bars" (1 October 2026, 19 minutes), "Korean TV's worst #MeToo case never reached trial" (28 May 2026, 18 minutes), and "The downfall of a dictator’s spy chief" (23 April 2026, 18 minutes).
True Crime publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 21 minutes across 16 episodes.
Booking probability for True Crime is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. True Crime requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. True Crime's contact route on record: public web form.
The Korea Herald hosts True Crime, a true crime podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Park Wang-yeol left South Korea a failed businessperson and a man accused of fraud. When he was repatriated to South Korea in March 2026, several police officers escorted him through the airport as journalists crowded...
<p>The #MeToo movement pulled back the curtain on toxic work cultures in the entertainment industry — exposing how powerful men exploited women behind the scenes. In the United States, the fall of Harvey Weinstein...
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<p>"His Excellency doesn't allow his second-in-command to live."</p><p>In the 2020 movie "The Man Standing Next," the character Park Yong-gak, based on former Korean Central Intelligence Agency chief Kim Hyung-wook...
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<p>Human fascination with mysticism and the afterlife has endured for millennia -- from protective spells in ancient Mesopotamia to prohibitions against magic in the Hebrew Bible, from necromancy in folklore across...
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<p>Lee Young-hak was once the darling of South Korea.</p><p>The public gave him the nickname "Molar Daddy" after the rare disease, known as gigantiform cementoma, that caused disfigurement of his and his daughter's...
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<p>Countless murders have occurred in this world.</p><p>Some driven by rage, others by revenge or by money.</p><p>But what if someone kills without hatred, without greed, claiming instead that they did it out of love...
<p>In May 2000, in South Korea, a young man from what appeared to be an ordinary, middle-class family murdered both of his parents. He was 23, enrolled at one of the country’s top universities, and had never shown signs...
Episode #8
<p>For nearly 20 years, one detail defined two notorious murder cases in Seoul’s Sinjeong-dong — a sticker of a cute bunny character called Mashimaro.</p><p><br></p><p>It shaped public memory, media narratives and...
Episode #7
<p>In South Korea, one of the most closely watched societies in the world, almost every murder is solved.<br>Almost.<br>Fifteen years ago, in a secure high-rise outside Seoul, a murderer walked away unseen.<br>This...
Episode #6
<p>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...
Episode #5
<p>An abandoned quarry.</p><p>A man, nailed to a cross.</p><p>Around Easter 2011, a grotesque death shocked South Korea.</p><p>Could this be the act of an eccentric cult?</p><p>As investigators dug deeper into the...
Episode #4
<p>Why do some killers become household names, while others fade into obscurity — despite committing crimes just as horrifying?</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode, we uncover the chilling story of Kim Dae-doo, South...
Episode #3
<p>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...
Episode #2
<p>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...
Episode #1
<p>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.</p><p>In 1982, a South Korean photographer was consumed...
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