The Dark Side of Seoul Podcast

Send us Fan Mail A special video episode! Shawn and Joe drive in Paju, the source of many lonely road ghost stories. We share the tales of the Woman with Sunglasses, The Bloody Meat, The Bloody Box, and more. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4VtP68NCBs Join our Patreon to get early video versions and more stuff. Learn more here: https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Book a tour...

Send us Fan Mail Did Disney have plans to build a park in Korea? Was Seoul Grand Park originally a nuclear warhead research facility? What are some recent amusement park disasters that they would rather you not know? We dig deep and answer these pressing questions. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! Join our Patreon to get more stuff https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Book a tour of The Dark Side of Seoul Gho...

Send us Fan Mail How did a man nail himself to a cross and stab himself in the side? We cover this and other unsolved mysterious deaths in one of our darker episodes.  Join our Patreon to get more stuff https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Book a tour of The Dark Side of Seoul Ghost Walk at https://darksideofseoul.com Music by Soraksan Top tier Patrons Angel Earl Joel Bonomini Jamie Staley Shaaron...

Send us Fan Mail The church created by Sun Myung Moon is basically the Forrest Gump of cults, finding itself in so many historic world events, you likely have been touched by it. Join our Patreon to get more stuff https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Book a tour of The Dark Side of Seoul Ghost Walk at https://darksideofseoul.com Music by Soraksan Top tier Patrons Angel Earl Joel Bonomini Jamie Stal...

Send us Fan Mail We all know of the young women dressed in white. But what other Korean ghosts are there? Shawn and Joe talk about the major types. Become a patron at https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul   Further Reading Who's Who: Korean Ghosts, Goblins, and Gumiho | Seoul Searching http://www.myseoulsearching.com/2013/10/korean-ghosts-goblins-gumiho.html Korea Haunt: The Most Famous Korean Ghost...

Send us Fan Mail Guest Pierce Conran ( koreanfilm.or.kr , Screen Anarchy , Modern Cinema ) Get ready! Korean horror movie buffs discuss the must-watch Korean horror films of all time. And they tackle the question, is “Parasite” a horror film? Korean Horror Watch List Memento Mori (여고괴담 두번째 이야기, 1999) A Tale of Two Sisters (장화, 홍련, 2003) Possessed (불신지옥, 2009) The Wailing Got to h...

Send us Fan Mail It's sad how change awaits tragedy. South Korea had a serious police brutality problem. It took the police secretly killing a student to motivate activist groups. It then took the police publicly killing a student to motivate the whole country.  This is that story.  If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon to receive even more. https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Thank...

Send us Fan Mail Today on The Dark Side of Seoul Podcast, we talk about the death of Park Jeong-chol, what led up to it, and how it sparked the events that led to South Korea’s democracy. If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon to receive even more. https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Thank you top patrons! Angel Earl Joel Bonomini Jamie Staley Shaaron Cullen Support the show Join our...

Send us Fan Mail Dark Side of K-Pop Industry superstitions Scandals/problems in the K-pop industry Burning Sun/Seungri Pseudo-scandals in the K-pop industry The subway ghost in Lee Seung Hwan - “Aewon” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFyT2K4L-8s Joe and Shawn’s favorite Korean singers Suggested Artists Check out our YouTube playlist here: Dark Side of Seoul Music Playlist Kim Gwang-Seok 김광석 히...

Send us Fan Mail Guest: Prof. David Mason  http://www.san-shin.org/David.html Take a tour with David through The Royal Asiatic Society, SIWA, or Tours By Locals The mysterious founding of what became Seoul and how Wangsimni got its name Master Muhak’s prediction about the length of the Joseon Dynasty Buddhism’s fall What the suppression of Buddhism meant for Joseon and the future of Korea A folkta...

Send us Fan Mail Guest: Prof. David Mason  http://www.san-shin.org/David.html Take a tour with David through The Royal Asiatic Society, SIWA, or Tours By Locals Buddhism’s arrival on the Korean peninsula to establish its role in the culture over centuries The legend of Chadon The internal rotting of the Buddhist Goryeo Dynasty Yi Sang-gye’s coup and the rise of Neo-Confucianism Support the show Jo...

Send us Fan Mail Korean methods to ward off ghosts and evil spirits. We detail the multitudes of ways to keep Korean ghosts and demons at bay. Support the show Join our Patreon to get more stuff https://patreon.com/darksideofseoul Book a tour of The Dark Side of Seoul Ghost Walk at https://darksideofseoul.com Pitch your idea here. https://www.darksideofseoul.com/expats-of-the-wild-east/ Credits Pr...

Send us Fan Mail National Center for Missing Children https://www.missingchild.or.kr/ The Frog Boys Lee Hye-jin, 10, and her friend Woo Ye-seul, 8 Dec 25, 2007, Anyang Near Anyang Arts Center (CCTV 4:10 p.m.) 77 days later Found Lee’s dismembered body on a mountain near Suwon Police investigation Rental car records in Anyang on the day of disappearance Found blood traces in the trunk of a car Susp...

Send us Fan Mail Sid Toledo Lee joins us to talk about the history of UFO sightings in South Korea. He also speculates why you don't hear of many alien abductions in Korea. Dokkaebi Patrons Angel Earl Jamie Staley Joel Bonomini Shaaron Cullen Become a Patron through Patreon and help us make more shows. --- CLICK HERE --- Tiers Gwishin $5/month Early access to new podcast episodes Video versions of...

Send us Fan Mail For our first true crime episode, we cover the Jijon Family. They were a gang of ex-convicts who went on a serial murder rampage in the mid-1990s and showed no remorse. Some even practiced cannibalism on their victims. Dokkaebi Patrons Angel Earl Jamie Staley Joel Bonomini Shaaron Cullen Become a Patron through Patreon and help us make more shows. --- CLICK HERE --- Tiers Gwishin...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most frequent participants of the Dark Side tour, Angel Earl, joins us to tell stories about creepy incidents from her times on the tour. Dokkaebi Patrons Angel Earl Jamie Staley Joel Bonomini Shaaron Cullen Become a Patron through Patreon and help us make more shows. --- CLICK HERE --- Tiers Gwishin $5/month Early access to new podcast episodes Video versions of podcas...

Send us Fan Mail The first in our series on tragic deaths in Korean history. I have a feeling we'll do a lot of these episodes. Shawn tells the story of a palace servant of the highest consort of the crown prince under King Sejong. It's a story of love, intrigue, black magic, and of course a tragic death. Joe regales the tragic gruesome end of one of the Six Martyred Ministers, all of whom found t...

Send us Fan Mail In the midst of COVID-19, we talk about Korea's history with epidemics.  Covid-19 - How Korea is dealing with it MERS - Did Korea’s MERS experience help it handle Covid-19 more efficiently?  The Spanish Flu in Korea - How it affected Korea at the time, including response, deaths, etc. The Hongyeok epidemic - How it affected Joseon - Reformation of policies during Jeongjo’s rule -...

Send us Fan Mail Greetings! Shawn and Joe give the story of the founding of The Dark Side of Seoul Ghost Walk. We tell the story of the tour's growing pains and why we find Seoul to be one of the most haunted cities in the world. Expect a lot of true crime, dark history, ghost stories, folktales, and featured guests in episodes to come. Please subscribe. Check out our Patreon for more content. htt...