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#252: She Locked Her BF In A Suitcase During Sick Game of “Hide & Seek” - Murder of Jorge Torres Apr 16, 2023

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Have you ever played Hide & Seek? The game? Sarah and her boyfriend Jorge Torres decided to play one night. The best hiding spot they could find was inside a suitcase. Jorge crawled inside, and Sarah zipped it up.

She waited a moment, then she watched as he pushed up against the suitcase trying to get out. He was struggling to get enough oxygen. He started begging her to let him out. She recorded his screams and laughed in his face.

“This is what it feels like when you cheat on me” - she said.

Sarah left him in the suitcase, calmly went upstairs, and fell asleep for the night. He would be dead by morning.

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#251: Chinese Man Murdered His Mom’s Killers 22 Years Later - Hero or Villain? (Case of Zhang KouKou) Apr 09, 2023

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He killed 3 people on Chinese New Year. He admitted to it, he turned himself in, and he said in court that he didn’t regret a single moment of it.

He had waited 20 long years to finally do it and now he felt free.

He confessed to a triple homicide so why was a whole country rooting for him?

Because he had gotten revenge on his mom’s killers. He had waited 20 years to take what he felt was his—an eye for an eye.

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#250: The Adopted Orphan Who Killed Her Siblings For Attention - The Real Life Case of the Movie “The Orphan” Apr 05, 2023

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17-year-old Janice was hiding under the bed. There were 3 masked men that had broken into the family home. They were going from room to room attacking anyone they stumbled across.

Janice managed to slide under her bed, but she had no idea if they would find her - if she were next. She couldn’t make a single noise.

She tried to text her family to send help. She posted on Facebook, hoping someone would read it and call the police.

By the time her father came home - 2 of the 3 siblings were found dead. But in today’s case - nothing is what it seems.

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#249: The “K-Pop Serial Killer” - “Handsome” Killer Stirs Online Discourse & Shocks South Korea Apr 02, 2023

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Lee’s girlfriend had just moved in with him. It was perfect; Christmas of 2022 was just around the corner, and he was the perfect gift to her life.

Lee, was attentive, caring, compassionate, and the perfect boyfriend.

He even had 3 adorable cats that she grew attached to.

While Lee was out running errands, she started unpacking, and realized she needed to feed one of those cats. She searched everywhere for the bag of cat food, nowhere in the kitchen or pantry. She found herself staring at the open hallway storage closet.

She was just looking for cat food.

But she had stumbled across a dead body.

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#248: Korean Female Air Force Sergeant Takes Her Own Life On Her Wedding Day - Case of Lee Yeram Mar 29, 2023

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Yeram’s wedding day was almost perfect. It was one of the happiest days of her life in a very long time.

She spent the day grabbing fast food with her new husband, unpacking their newlywed house, and calling each other “wife” and “husband.”

Later that night, on their wedding night, Lee Yeram would take her own life. Why? Why would she do this after one of the happiest moments of her life? Just 81 days prior, she was sexually assaulted by her Air Force senior sergeant. This case would become one of South Korea’s most talked about cases with layers of corruption.

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#247: The Cheongju 2006 Curling Iron Case - The Real Life Stories Behind K-Drama “The Glory” Mar 26, 2023

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Her only mistake was picking up the phone. That’s it. She didn’t know it was the bully’s boyfriend calling her. This “mistake” almost cost her her life.

She was dragged into a karaoke bar - beaten to an inch of her life. Then later, dragged into an alleyway near an abandoned factory where she was beaten by 5 bullies. They assaulted her for hours until she was drenched in blood, and the whole thing was caught on CCTV.

She barely made it out alive but her nightmare was just beginning. These photos started to circulate in her high school and the victim was taunted for the fact that she was tortured.

That’s just the story of one victim. Another victim was burned all over her body with a hair straightener. Another one was lit on fire for his birthday as a “celebratory candle.”

These are the real-life school violence stories that inspired the K-Drama “The Glory.”

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#246: The Disgusting Truth of a Wholesome Korean Pharmacist Who Spread Herpes To Fans Mar 22, 2023

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If you go to South Korea, there are a lot of fortune tellers. They have cafes, automated fortune dispensers, and palm readings; they have everything you need to figure out what’s in store for you in the future.

They have all the answers. When SJ sat down in front of his fortune teller, she smiled. His future was clear as day. So easy to read.

She told him - “You, my dear, will become famous. You will make videos and be known by everyone.”

What she didn’t tell him was that he would be known for being a super spread of Herpes and will be arrested for his crimes.

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#245: YouTuber Faked A LiveStream To Allegedly Create An Alibi For Murder (Ongoing Case of Stephen McCullagh) Mar 19, 2023

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Can you be at two places at once? Not in the metaverse, or in VR, but physically? Recently, a case has gone viral because it seemed a YouTuber was able to be at two very different places at the same time.

December 18, 2022, Stephen was home live-streaming for his YouTube audience. His stream was titled “The Violent Night - Christmas Stream.” He was engaged in intense gameplay of Grand Theft Auto.

But at the same time, it was alleged that he was somewhere else completely. Miles away. Allegedly was caught on CCTV on his way to murder his pregnant girlfriend.

But how could that be if he was sitting in front of his camera live-streaming? Is this a case of mistaken identity? A dopple ganger? Or something else entirely?

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https://www.thorn.org

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https://rainn.org/?_ga=2.257109385.348324636.1679154857-245043802.1679154857

https://urgentactionfund.org

https://victimsofcrime.org

https://www.trynova.org

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#244: 4 Women Brutally Beat In Public For Saying No To A Man (Case of Tangshan Restaurant Attack) Mar 12, 2023

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There is something special about late night with friends. The 4 women sat in the corner of the packed BBQ restaurant and placed their order.

Their lives felt perfect. When one friend walked out to take a phone call she heard her friends laughing and joking around. When she came back all she heard were their screams.

Her friends were being brutally beaten by 9 strange men for the pure fact that they refused to sleep with them. No bystander tried to help.

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#243: Itaewon Halloween Tragedy - 159 Dead & How The Police Tried To Cover It Up Mar 08, 2023

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On October 30th, a man walked out of his tiny little shop in Itaewon. He placed a pink blanket in the grim alleyway. He got on his knees in front of a tray of food he had prepared.

Police immediately swarmed him, demanding he leave right away. Nobody was supposed to be in the alley, not after what had happened there.

The man yelled at the police - “don’t you dare touch the food. Don’t touch it. Please you have to let me do this. The kids need to eat one last meal.”

159 young souls had tragically died in that little alleyway. The man had desperately tried to save them.

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