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The Dark Side of Seoul Podcast — 312 episodes
Korea's Flashing Problem
The Composer Korea Tried to Execute
Fun Size: Why Teachers in Korea Can’t Take Sick Days
The Korean Cherry Blossom Controversy
Fun Size: The Gwanghwamun Sign Controversy
The Korea “Would You Rather” Episode You Didn’t Know You Needed
Why You Can't Bury Your Pet in Korea
SEAblings vs. K-netz: When K-pop Fandom Turned Into a Regional Reckoning
Reading the Dead: What Korean Graves Tell Us
Who Should Still Be Driving in Korea?
Where Have All the Soju Tents Gone? Part 2
Where Have All the Soju Tents Gone? Part 1
Christmas Nightmares 2: Holiday Crimes
Christmas Nightmares 1: Darkest Holiday Stories
K-Hacked: How Coupang Exposed Korea’s Cybersecurity Mess
Weird Tours
Short: The Expat Quest for Thanksgiving
The Secret Military Club That Hijacked Korea
Moving Graves
The West Comes Knocking | The Fall of Joseon, part 18 (1791-1801)
Haunted Barracks: Korea’s Military Ghost Stories
Shawn Wrote a Spooky Book
Why Korean City Slogans Sound So Weird (and Why We Love Them Anyway)
From Madness to Reform | The Fall of Joseon, part 17
Kidnapped!
Cursed Landmarks
Cruel Summer 2: Crueler Summerer
Cruel Summer
K-Pop Demon Hunters: Folklore & Satire
The Wailing Woman and the Red-Hatted Ghosts of Korea | Spooky Chills Summer
Ghost Stories That Grew Up With the City | Spooky Chills Summer
11 Haunted Haunts of Seoul | Spooky Chills Summer
Unsettling Urban Legends | Spooky Chills Summer
Echoes in the Dark: Our Creepiest Stories | Spooky Chills Summer
Ghost Stories on Jayuro Highway | Spooky Chills Summer
Spooky Summer Ghost Stories 2025
Prince Sado’s Madness and Murder | The Fall of Joseon, part 16 (1735-1762)
POSCO Unforged: Corruption, Accidents, & Cover-Ups
North Korea 75 Years Later with Jacco Zwetsloot (NK News Podcast)
Unwelcome Guests: The 1871 US Incident in Korea
Yeongjo’s Quest for Balance: Ending Factional Fury | Fall of Joseon 15
Korea and Canada Share Folklore?
Unexplained Deaths of Expats in Korea
When Love Meets Politics | Fall of Joseon, part 14
Tragic Ghosts
Ask Us. We Dare You!
Ghost Book Sneak Peek
Gwangjang Market: Secrets, Snacks, and the Shady Side of Seoul’s Most Famous Market
Boondoggles: Korean Grand Prix
Strange Things Found on Naver Maps
Joseon Korea vs. Qing China: A Kingdom Caught Between Loyalty and Survival | Fall of Joseon, part 13
Korean Tourism 50 Years Ago
Tapgol Park
Friendly Fire
Korean Funerals
School Murder
Korean Conspiracy Theories
King Injo: Factionalism, Rebellion, Factionalism | Fall of Joseon, part 12
Korean Ghosts of the 15th Century: Poltergeists, Spirits, and Vengeance
Murder! Or Self Defense?
Squid Game 2: Korean Culture Elements You Missed, Part 2
Squid Game 2: Korean Culture Elements You Missed, Part 1
Did She Really Murder Her Father?
Ask Us Anything: From Hiking to Han Kang, We’re Answering It All
The Courageous Rooster: Lessons from Korean Folklore and Culture
Mountains: Gods, Ghosts, & Killers (Re-release)
Yoon's Martial Law: History Repeats Itself in South Korea?
Korean Hospitals: Tales of Good Healthcare, Bad Treatment
Korea's Forced Eviction Industry
K-Wordiness
Sinkholes!
Monkey Business
Korean Ghost Tales
The Dark Side of iGoBart
Welcome to Bart’s Dong
Ask Us Anything... Again
What Happened in Korea During Shogun | Fall of Joseon, part 10
Arrested Redevelopment
Deepfake Porn: Korea’s New Crisis
True Crime Summer 2024
True Crime Summer: Hidden Sex Cams
True Crime Summer: Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul - Aftermath
True Crime Summer: Caught a Predator
True Crime Summer: The Cyanide Killer
True Crime Summer: The Death That Changed Seoul’s Foreign Community
True Crime Summer: Cho Doo-soon & Sex Crime Law Failures
True Crime Summer: Prison Break 1988
True Crime Summer: The Jijon Crime Family
True Crime Summer: Prince Sado, The Royal Serial Killer
Women Ghosts of Jeju Island
A Flock of Sheep
Stabbings
The Lost Urban Exploration Video
None Shall Pass! Segregation in South Korea
Haunted Tourist Sites in Korea
Imjin War, part 3 | Fall of Joseon, part 9
Fugly Koreans, Fugly Americans
Horses
Korean Ghosts Love Pizza: Modernizing Rites for the Dead
The Sewol: 10 Years Later
When K-Animals Attack! (And Escape)
Imjin War, part 2 | Fall of Joseon, part 8
Dying Alone
Imjin War, part 1 | Fall of Joseon, part 7
Why Did It Hafta Be Snakes
Scams: Tourists & Expats
Rise of the Scholar Elite (1560s-1580s) | Fall of Joseon, part 6
Ask Us (Almost) Anything
Dragons
Immigration Horrors!
Seollal: Korea's Lunar New Year (re-run)
K-Horror: Best of 2023
Han River Mysteries
Old Gods, Scorched Bones, & the Frozen Dead: The Folklore of the 12th Lunar Month
Noisy Neighbors
Seoul Tower
Human Sacrifice
Long Nights, New Calendars, & Wicked Children: The Folklore of the Eleventh Lunar Month
Nakwon Arcade: Original Center of Korea’s Music Industry
Dying With Dignity
Words, Words, Words
Happy Gods, Angry Ghosts, & Spirit Jars: The Folklore of the Tenth Lunar Month
Desecrated Graves
Yo, Don’t Step on the Yo! | “Ugly Koreans, Ugly Americans” part 4
Korean Ghost Stories & Urban Legends
Lost Souls & Blood Red Leaves: The Folklore of the Ninth Lunar Month
Limp Handshakes | “Ugly Koreans, Ugly Americans” part 3
Purging the Literati (1545-1565) | Fall of Joseon, part 5
Farewell to the Dead
Moonlit Dances & Big-headed Star Men: The Folklore of the Eighth Lunar Month
Break on Through to the Northern Side
Battle of the In-laws: The Rise and Fall of Kim Anro (Fall of Joseon, part 4)
Suffering Ghosts & Star-crossed Lovers: The Folklore of the Seventh Lunar Month
Saemangeum: A disaster 52 years in the making
Uglier Koreans, Uglier Americans
Knives Out: Korea’s Third Generation of Gangsters
Use Your Words
Melting Goats and Drunken Poets: The Folklore of the Sixth Lunar Month
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of the Myeongdong Gangsters
Sex, Pries, and Videotape
Rains, Heat, and Poison: The Folklore of the Fifth Lunar Month
Access Denied
"Ugly Koreans, Ugly Americans"
More Weird News
Funeral Rites
More Expats of the Wild East
Nami Island and Tourist Trap River
Lanterns, Buddha, & Balsam: The Folklore of the Fourth Lunar Month
K-Ghost Hunters
South Korea's 1980 Concentration Camp
K-Poverty
The Political Mobs of Syngman Rhee (1945-1960)
The Savage Age of Gangsters (1930s-1945)
When Gods and Ghosts Rest: Lunar Leap Year
The Afterlife & the Cemetery Tour
Dragons, Gods, & Cold Food: The Folklore of the Third Lunar Month
Hayashi: Korea's First Gangster
Majang Meat Market
Child Abuse at All-time High
Spirits, Bugs, and Frog Eggs: The Folklore of the Second Lunar Month
Interview with the Horror Artist
Patreon Special: Expats of the Wild East
Patreon Special: Weird Tales from Korean Lore
Surprising Things About Korean Food
Seollal
Spectre of Wintre (encore)
Dude, Where's My Bike!?
Best K-Horror of 2022
Christmas in Korea (encore)
Dying Traditions
Censorship
Tourists from Hell
The Literati Purge of 1519 (Joseon's Fall, part 3)
How Has Korea Changed in 20 Years?
The Dark Side of K-Pop Fandom
Itaewon Tragedy
Halloween in Korea
Korean SpOOky Tales
Koryo Saram
Hidden Myeong-dong
Caught a Predator
Tour Research and Rants
Land Mines
Scandal at the House of Sharing
Great Books
Dark Tourism
Clubbing in Seoul
Things People Get Wrong about Korea
K-Guns
Dreams
Imo Revolt
Noryangjin Fish Market
Lucky Charms
Prison Break 1988
The Bastard Prince
The Most Haunted Palace
Shawn Digs Graves
The Bells
Divination
Gwangju Massacre
Park Chung-hee vs. Vladimir Putin
Park Chung-hee, part 2: The Fall
Park Chung-hee, part 1: The Rise
Cheonggyecheon: The World's Longest Fountain
Sewol Ferry Disaster: Aftermath & Mysteries
Police Torture
Forensics in Korean Criminal History
The Rise and Demise of Pimatgol
How is Insa-dong?
Hidden Sex Cams
True Crime: Koreans Murdered Overseas
Lotte World Tower
Our 100th Episode
First Full Moon: Jeongwol Daeboreum
Why So Angry?
Year of the Tiger
Massacre at the Hospital
Rats!
Missing Persons 2: Overseas
Haphazard Bell, Haphazard New Year
Spectre of Winter
All I Want for Korean Christmas Is...
You Gonna Eat That?
The Curse of King Muryeong’s Tomb
Well, That’s Weird
Kids Who Kill, part 2
Kids Who Kill, part 1
The Wau Apartment Collapse
The Two Towers
More Korean Spooky Tales
16 Things You Didn't Know About North Korea’s Kim Il-Sung
Bullying part 2: In Society
Bullying part 1: In Schools
Korean Cults: Shincheonji
Korean Urban Legends 2
Korean Urban Legends
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 4: Aftermath
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 3: Caught!
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 2: The Sinchon Murders
Serial Killer Yoo Young-Chul, part 1: Monstrous Origins
Made in Korea: Adoption & Identity with Jeremy Holt
Dark Side of the Olympics: The 1988 Bummer Games
Stories of the Gods
Creepy Stories for Summer Chills
Urban Exploring with Ryan Berkebile
Gender Issues in Modern Korea
Is Child Abuse Normalized?
Itaewon History 2: Rise, Fall, & Murders
Why Is Itaewon?
Five Reasons You Believe in Ghosts (And You Know You Do)
Don’t Do Drugs in Korea, Mmmkayy?
Korean Horror TV | Guest: Pierce Conran (K-Drama Critic)
The Dark Sides of Popular Tourist Sites
Off with Their Heads! Execution in Korea
Disasters that Shaped Modern Korea (21st Century)
"The Disaster Republic": Disasters that Shaped Modern Korea (1990s)
Disasters that Shaped Modern Korea (1980s)
Disasters that Shaped Modern Korea (1950s-70s)
The Dark Side of Sool
It’s Our Birthday & We’ll Die if We Want To
Psycho Prince Yeonsan (Joseon’s Fall, part 2)
True Crime: Who was the Cyanide Killer?
Divine Monks & Shapeshifters: Korean Folktale Types
Korean Independence Day: The Real Reasons It Matters
The Execution of Deposed Queen Yun (Joseon's Fall, part 1)
Interview with the Shaman
The Rise and Fall of Hongdae’s Underground Music Scene
Do Koreans Believe in Ghosts?
O, Death
#SorryJeongIn: Parents Murder Their Child
8 Weird and Surprising Seoul Landmarks
2020 Year in Review
The Brutal Ends of the Six Martyrs | King Sejo part 2
Young King, Power-hungry Uncle | King Sejo part 1
Dismembers Only
On Fire!
The Han River Bridge Bombing
Did Ye Get Healed? Korean Folk Remedies
Massacre on the Han River
Mountains: Gods, Ghosts, & Killers
Monsters!
When Exorcism Leads to Death | Exorcism & Possession 2
Exorcism & Possession, part 1
Cannibals. They Drive You Crazy.
True Crime: Cho Doo-soon & Sex Crime Law Failures
Grave Matters
Lives of Women in the Joseon Dynasty (feat. What’s Han Your Mind)
11 Haunted Places in Seoul
Sado, the Royal Serial Killer?
Is Joe’s Apartment Haunted?
The 2011 Seoul Landslide and Other Natural Disasters
The Dark Side of Seoul Comic: Published!
The Death That Changed Seoul’s Foreign Community
Ghost Stories on Jayuro Highway
Disneyland Seoul and Other Amusement Park Urban Legends
The Self-Crucified Man and Other Mysterious Deaths
Korean Cults: Unification Church (The Moonies)
The Booze Ghost & Other Korean Spirits You Should Know
Korean Horror Films You Should Watch
The June Struggle: How to Overthrow a Dictator
The June Struggle: Torture, Death, Democracy
Dark Side of K-Pop: Superstitions and Scandal
Korean Buddhism part 2, Revenge of the Confucians and Return of the Buddhists
Korean Buddhism part 1, From Mystical Beheading to Violent Coup
Warding Off Evil
Missing Person Cases
UFOs in Korea
True Crime: The Jijon Family
Angel's Demons
Tragic Deaths I
Epidemics
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