276: True Crime Theater 2: The Hwaseong Murders, Part 1

This is episode 1 of a 2 part series. A series of murders haunts South Korea in the late 1980's into the early 90's which would be come their first known serial killer. This meant that there was a lot of pressure to catch the perpetrator in an area that had never seen anything like this before and wasn't experienced in these types of investigations. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcast Music by:Kai Engel"Daemones" Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners" This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. Sources: Suspect in Hwaseong serial murder case confesses to killings: police | Yonhap News Agency Hwaseong Killings Still Baffle Police | The DONG-A ILBO (News Focus) Hwaseong serial murderer may have confessed as chances of parole dimmed | Yonhap News Agency Killer’s confession is key to Cheongju murders The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore news, Asia and world news & multimedia South Korea’s most-notorious serial killing cold case now exposes huge injustices | CNN Police identify suspect in South Korea’s infamous cold case ‘Hwaseong murders’ | South China Morning Post Hwaseong murder case may have accused wrong person - The Korea Times Hwaseong Fears Return of Serial Killer Suspect in decades-old Hwaseong serial murders in South Korea booked, case to be sent to prosecutors | The Straits Times Police find suspect in 30-year-old Hwaseong serial murder case - The Korea Herald Hwaseong murders: Man confesses to decades-old serial killings in South Korea, police say | CNN An innocent man was jailed for murder. It took 30 years to find the real serial killer - CNA

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276: True Crime Theater 2: The Hwaseong Murders, Part 1 is an episode from Corpus Delicti by CDM Productions.

This episode is 42:53 long.

This episode was published on Aug 18, 2025.

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