Ghost Stories, Hauntings and the Spooky Side of Seoul

On a very special Halloween episode of The Korea File hear a haunting and horrific conversation between guest Joe McPherson (The Wall Street Journal, The Korea Herald, National Geographic, Zen Kimchi) and host Andre Goulet as they explore his 'The Dark Side of Seoul' walking tour, podcast and comic book and share some seasonally terrifying tales of terror in the shadowy and wind-swept hallways of the abandoned Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital. Listen to the podcast at And find out more about the tour and Joe's sprawling Zen Kimchi empire at and This episode was produced in collaboration with the Royal Asiatic Society- Korea Branch. To find out more about the RASKB, and to see a schedule of upcoming lectures and events, follow them on Facebook or go to You can watch previous RASKB lectures at This conversation was recorded on October 20th, 2020.

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This episode is 51:30 long.

This episode was published on Oct 24, 2020.

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