Korean TV show accidentally CAUGHT a SERIAL husband killer

Barabing baraboom. June 30th, 2019 in. Seoul, South Korea. Seven friends are. packing up their cars. They've got. towels, coolers, and a change of. clothes. They're going to drive 2 hours. to this very quiet area called Gapyeong. River Valley. It's got these beautiful. waterfalls, these giant bodies of water. that you can jump into. It's popular. amongst locals for literally cliff. jumping. That's their plan today. They're going to do that all day long.

And from the get-go, from the moment. that they arrive there, there's already. tension in the group. I'm going to give. you a breakdown of the dynamic of the. seven friends because it's pertinent to. this case, but it's also very. fascinating. We've got three couples and. we've got one seventh wheel. There's a. lot of interpersonal relationships that. are happening. We've got Eun-hye. She's. like the glue of the group and she's. kind of organized this entire outing. She's there with her boyfriend, Joe. But. her ex-boyfriend, Leo, is also there. Leo brought his new girlfriend, Chloe,

and the awkward thing is Chloe has no. idea that her boyfriend, Leo, and. Eun-hye used to date. She just thinks. they're friends. So, to kind of ease this awkwardness, Eun-hye invited a few more people. Her. friend since middle school, Yuna, and. Yuna brought along her boyfriend, and. then the seventh wheel of the group, Sam. It seems like everyone kind of. knows each other. Sam is the odd one out. and Eun-hye just introduced him into the. group as a quote an oppa of hers. Now, context. Oppa translates to older.

brother in Korean, but it is not. reserved for siblings. Like you can call. a senior at your school oppa, you can. call your husband oppa. You just call. any man that's older than you oppa. So, just to recap, we've got Eun-hye and her. boyfriend, Joe, Eun-hye's ex-boyfriend, Leo, and his new girlfriend, Chloe, Eun-hye's childhood friend, Yuna, and. her boyfriend, and Yuna's oppa, Sam, the. seventh wheel. So, the group of seven, they arrive at this waterfall and they. spend the entire day just tiring. themselves out. We've got videos.

throughout the day of them pranking each. other in the water, playing games, eating watermelon. They're exhausted by. the time the sun is set. And all seven. of them, they start packing up their. bags. It's time to make that 2-hour trip. back home. Getting ready to leave. And. all of a sudden, one of them suggest, "Why don't we do one last cliff dive?". Just one. Eun-hye's boyfriend, Joe, her. ex-boyfriend, Leo, and Eun-hye's oppa, Sam, they go up to the cliff. They climb. up the giant cliff when it's pitch black. outside. And one by one, they jump into.

the water below. Eun-hye's watching from. the shore. All three of them splash into the water. and only two would surface. One of them. would be dead. And in today's case, we've got three main suspects. Eun-hye's. boyfriend, who secretly runs a sex. trafficking ring, Eun-hye's. ex-boyfriend, who is allegedly still. sleeping with Eun-hye on the side, secretly, and Eun-hye, the widow, whose. husband just mysteriously died at the. waterfall. All three have motive to kill.

Eun-hye's husband, Sam. So, Sam is not. just oppa. This is her husband and she. went on a trip with her husband, her. boyfriend, and her ex-boyfriend, and one. of them died.

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Sang-yeob will be referred to as Sam. Cho Hyun-soo will be referred to by a. surname, Joe. And Lee Jeong-su will be. referred to as Leo. But with. international cases, if there's any. additional information you would like us. to know or something was. miscommunicated, please let us know down. in the comments. And with that being. said, let's get started. Eun-hye calls. SBS, a huge news network in South Korea, and Eun-hye is asking them for help. She's like, "My husband just died and. now my life is falling apart." She. wanted to raise public awareness, public.

attention, to what's going on right now. She told SBS producers her husband was. her everything, her absolute rock in. life. He was the strong person that if. anyone could depend on someone, it would. be Sam. And now just like that, he's. gone, he's dead. Eun-hye tried to tell. the public about all the incredible. things. She's telling the producers, you. know, "Sam, he just loves his family. He's a hard. worker. He did everything for us. We. were his life.". Eun-hye spoke to the producers about how.

her parents are disabled. Sam would work. overtime. Sometimes he would work two. jobs just to help send money to her. parents. Sometimes they would send every. single penny that they had or they. didn't even have, you know, where they. wouldn't have any money for even ramen. from the convenience store. This is how the couple lived. She said. it was stressful, it was rough, but at. least we had each other. Or at least at. the time we did and that's all that. mattered. She described Sam as being. intelligent and just so, so. compassionate that his only focus in.

life was his family. He didn't even buy. himself new shoes. He would wear out his. sneakers until they were literally. falling apart at the seams. And now, he's gone, he's dead. And he always made. sure that he had life insurance. It was. just the one thing that he was always so. paranoid about. The minute that they got. married, Eun-hye said he would talk. about life insurance and how they both. needed it. And now with him gone, the. insurance company refused to pay Eun-hye. and her parents. They're about to be. left on the street to fend for. themselves while grieving Sam's death.

The insurance company cited suspicion of. insurance fraud and foul play, but. Eun-hye is saying, "It doesn't make. sense. Please." Like she's trying to. reason with the producers. "There were. witnesses to the accidental drowning of. my husband. Even the police have ruled. it an accidental death. So, what is the. problem here?" SBS was sympathizing with. Eun-hye. They were very interested in. doing an episode to expose the dark. underbelly of the insurance world. How. certain insurance companies, they take. advantage of young people who probably. can't afford an attorney, who probably. don't know the laws, who probably don't.

know how to protect themselves as. consumers. And this is a giant. corporation we're talking about. They. probably thought that Eun-hye can't. fight back because we'll just keep the. $600,000 of life insurance she's owed. and what is she going to do about it? She doesn't have the money to pay an. attorney. Eun-hye said the insurance. company kept asking her questions about. the death, just re-traumatizing her, and. then looking for random excuses on why. they couldn't pay her. The SBS producers. promised to help her expose the. insurance company. October 17th, 2020, SBS released Eun-hye's episode on their.

documentary series called I Want to Know. That. The episode was titled, The Last. Diving of the Day, Gapyeong Valley. Drowning Mystery. Instead of exposing. the corrupt insurance industry, they. exposed the events leading up to Sam's. death and Eun-hye's suspicious behavior. The day of the murder, the day that. seven friends went to the waterfall, they had forgotten the knife. And. they're sitting there like, "Okay, now what do we do? We need that knife.

How are we supposed to still go ahead. with the day without the knife? How do. we forget something as crucial as a. knife? Who forgot the knife?" They're. looking around stressed. Well, maybe we can find something else. Like. we'll just use our own heads. What? We can play rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors. Yeah, and the loser. will crack open the watermelon with the. head. The seven friends, they're sitting. down on a pink blanket next to the. waterfall playing rock, paper, scissors. and in the middle of them is a. watermelon. They forgot the knife to cut. open the watermelon. So, the whoever. loses the game of rock, paper, scissors,

they have to use their head to bang open. the watermelon. That's the punishment. Eun-hye lost. But of course, Eun-hye is. not going to be the one cracking the. watermelon open with her head. There is. a video of Joe, Eun-hye's secret. boyfriend, holding the watermelon down. on the mat while Sam, Eun-hye's husband, uses his head to try and crack open the. watermelon. He's doing the punishment in. place of his wife because that's the. kind of husband he is. He always put his. wife first. Now, to give you context, it.

requires about 240 to 360 lb of force to. crush or crack a watermelon. Or. visually, it takes on average 400 rubber. bands to be wrapped around a watermelon. for it to start cracking. This is a. full-size watermelon we're talking. about. Even with a knife, it takes me a. few tries to get fully through and I. have to use both arms. I have to apply a. lot of power and pressure with a knife. Imagine cracking it open with your head. Completely. Not even just creating a. small crack and then using your hands to. pull it apart. The punishment is you.

have to crack it fully in half. But. wouldn't it just. make a mess? Yep. It would just make a. mess and could lead to damage to the. head. They are making Sam crack the full. thing in half using only the force of. his forehead. In the video that I'm going to show you, I don't know if YouTube is going to keep. it up, it's going to be on Spotify if it. gets censored. In the video, Sam can be. seen stopping after each crack with his. head to the watermelon. He's using both. hands to kind of hold his head after he. slams his head down on the watermelon.

He's almost in this kneeling position on. the pink blanket. It doesn't feel like. friends. It feels like vicious bullying. You can tell from the body language. It's just unsettling. Everyone else, they're just laughing at his pain and he. doesn't want to be here. He doesn't want. to be doing this. He keeps holding his. red forehead because it hurts so much. His glasses are on the side just on the. pink blanket and his wife, Eun-hye, is. almost whining like, "Oppa, you have to. split it all the way down the middle.". So, the wife is encouraging this.

behavior? Egging it on. And her secret boyfriend. is holding the watermelon still, laughing with her. Sam looks at his wife. briefly before going down to slam his. head back down onto the watermelon and. you can hear him grunt in pain. And you. hear his wife say things like, "Oh.". Which is almost Korean for like, "Why. can't you even do this?". Wow. That was just part of their day at. the waterfall. I know here in the US,

some schools have swimming as part of. their PE program. So, it's a lot more. common for people to know how to swim or. at least they've been in water enough. times to know how to tread water and. float. But in Korea, pools are not. really a fixture of everyday life, especially those that live in Seoul or. in the big cities. It's just not unusual. that people don't know how to swim. And. Sam, he didn't know how to swim. What. was unusual about that day was how he. was getting bullied for it. Sam is about 10 to 12 years older than. the other six Koreans there. Now, Korean. culture, huge emphasis on respecting.

elders. And in Korea, elder respect. isn't even just like, "Oh, show respect. to your grandparents and to your. parents." Even a 1-year age gap can. warrant honorifics being used, which is. like a whole new language being used to. even address someone. Wait, Sam's 10 to. 12 years older? Yeah. How old is Sam? He's late 30s, like 40s. So, everyone's. like 20 30s? Yeah, like 29-ish to 30. Wow. To give you an example of how. serious this is, there are three ways to.

say happy birthday in Korean. If you are. saying happy birthday to your equal, it's saengil chukae, happy birthday. If. you're saying it to someone maybe 1 or 2. years older than you, then you say. saengil chukha deulimnida, which is a very respectful way. Now, let's say there's a grandfather or. someone older than your own parents, then you'll use saengsin chukha. deulimnida. Three ways to say happy. birthday. That's how crazy these. honorifics and respect by age is taken. in South Korea.

There might be more ways for all I know. Respect is a very serious thing, but. these six, they're treating Sam like the. laughingstock of the group, which is. bizarre. Regardless of respect culture. in Korea, it's just cruel behavior. The seniority context just adds another. layer of maliciousness. So, another incident was filmed that day. that shows Sam in the water next to the. waterfall in this inflatable tube. He's. floating near the shore and while a few. of the others in this clip, mainly Joe. and Leo, are going to jump into the to.

the water off the cliff, Eun-hye and the. girls are on the shore. And at one point, Joe and Leo, so this. is Eun-hye's boyfriend and ex-boyfriend. that Sam just thinks are her friends. He. has no idea, okay? They swim over to. Sam's tube and start dragging the tube. deeper near the waterfall. And sure, you. could say it's supposed to be a cute. little joke, but Sam is clearly. uncomfortable and terrified as the water. is known to be pretty deep. Deep enough. for people to jump off a 15-ft cliff. without injuring themselves. So, he's.

trying to get them to stop and he keeps. politely saying, "Oh, it's so cold. Like. the water is so cold, so cold." Okay, so. in Western culture, someone could argue. that's not a clear boundary that's being. set. If he doesn't want to go deeper. into the water, he should say, "I don't. want to go deeper into the water.". Right? But Koreans have a very strong or. more different social cue read the room. standard. And one of the biggest things. taught even when you're a kid is nunchi. So, by Sam saying, "Oh, the water is. cold." is a clear indication for almost. every single Korean with good nunchi, he.

does not like what you're doing. This is. a very polite way of saying, "I don't. like this. Please stop this. I'm telling. you something is cold and it's making me. uncomfortable." He's setting a boundary. I know it sounds weird if you're not. Korean, but trust me, it's not a reach. But they continue dragging him deeper, deeper into the water and Leo ends up. swimming away. Joe is still with Sam and. now Joe is rocking his tube. He's using. like both of his arms to rock Sam's tube. and Sam is seen on the video trying to. reach behind him to pry Joe's fingers.

off the tube. Wow. This next part is. chilling, but Sam's wife, Eun-hye, is. standing there filming and she says, "Mot dijim nae." Which is. "He can't flip him over." The way she. says it, the tone, it's almost as if she. is making a conclusion. to them or to herself? The other girls. that are there. Wow. But the way she's saying it is not like, "Oh my god, like he can't flip him. over." Mot dijim nae is like an. observation, a revelation, a conclusion.

she's made. Then one of the girls on the shore. chimes in, "Because he's too heavy." And. it's almost like a cue for Eun-hye to. now lighten up her tone because she goes. from mot dijim nae to. "Because he's heavy.". So, she her voice shifted? Instantly. It. was kind of chilling, honestly. Eun-hye even calls her ex, Leo, "Hey.

Leo, go help him flip Sam over." What? And she Wait, she knows that he doesn't. know how to swim, though. Everybody knows. Everybody knows. to get him into the water. Yeah. It's unclear if at one point Leo. does go over to help rock the tube, but. in the next clip we see Joe by himself. really put all of his strength into. rocking Sam's tube. Like he was kind of. joking around earlier. Now, now Sam is. being submerged in water. Not fully, he's not turned over, but his head is.

probably being submerged in water. He. hasn't flipped yet, though. I mean, any. point he could easily flip. He's being. violently shaken by Joe. Eun-hye is. still recording and laughing as if this. is the funniest thing in the world to. her. When Sam gets a chance to escape, he. tries using his hands to float away from. Joe, but Joe catches up to him and one. of the girls starts singing the Jaws. theme song like, "Ba da ba da.". And saying, "Shark, shark.". In a heartbreaking part, Sam is so. panicked and scared he covers both of. his ears with his hands.

And Joe continues to rock the tube. At. one point in the video, you can hear Sam. trying to reason with Joe and the rest. of the group and Sam says, "Please, let's just stop this now.". Joe says, "I'm not going to stop this. What are you even saying?". "Okay, got it. I'm sorry. I'll. apologize. Please stop this. It's. immature and I'm not having fun. I'm not. having fun anymore.". Eun-hye is fine with her boyfriend and. ex-boyfriend doing this to Sam. Now, at this point, I wouldn't even be. able to tell that Eun-hye was even Sam's. wife. I would think that Eun-hye is.

Sam's biggest enemy. Even Chloe. So, Chloe is the ex-boyfriend's new. girlfriend, remember? Yeah. Chloe said. she had no clue Eun-hye was even. married, let alone to Sam. I mean, they were stuck together the. entire day, eating every meal together, hanging out. Even the 2-hour car ride to. the waterfall, Joe was driving and. Eun-hye was in the passenger seat in the. front. Sam was in the back. It was Sam's. car they were driving. If anything, it seemed like Joe and. Eun-hye were the married couple. It was. to the point where after the death,

police got involved and asked Chloe. about Eun-hye's husband and her jaw. dropped. She said, "Never in a million. years could I have imagined that Eun-hye. was married to Sam.". There was no indication that they were. married. None. 3 hours after the tube rocking video was. taken, Sam was found dead in the water. This next part is basically Chloe's. testimony on what happened that night at. the waterfall. Chloe said that it was getting late and. very Eun-hye and her boyfriend, so the. other couple that aren't really pivotal. in today's case, they start complaining.

that they're getting cold. So, they tell. the group, "Hey, we're just going to go. into our car in the parking lot and sit. in the car with the heater on and we'll. just wait for you guys." Now, according. to Chloe, this is when Eun-hye suggests, "We have to go now. Let's just do one. jump together, one last one." And this. is just weird. If you're jumping into. the water from around 15 ft, your full. body is going to get submerged. Your. hair, everything's going to get. submerged. I don't know anyone that. would want to get purposely wet again. after becoming fully dry like right. before getting into a vehicle for a. 2-hour drive. Mhm. It seems.

counterintuitive. It just seems gross. Like I don't think anyone wants to do. that. And it's cold. It's cold. Yeah. And the worst part is, Eun-hye. herself isn't even jumping in. So, why. does she care? It's not like she wants. to go up and all of them hold hands and. jump into the water and she just loves. it so much she wants to do it one last. time. Why does she care if everyone else. does it one last time? She's not even. doing it. Joe and Leo, boyfriend and. ex-boyfriend, they agree for the last. jump and Sam does not. He hasn't been. cliff jumping all day because he doesn't. know how to swim. He's just been in the.

tube, right? And Eun-hye whines, "All. the men are willing to run up together, but my oppa doesn't do it." Wow. Chloe. states that Eun-hye has been pressuring. Sam all day to cliff jump, the entire. day. And when he said no again for this. last jump, she said, "Fine, I'll go. instead. I'll do it." As if someone has. to do it. Like it was weird. She's. insinuating that she's sacrificing. herself for him. So, that he doesn't. have to do something. This is when Sam, just I imagine exhausted, says, "Fine.

Fine, I'll I'll go.". Some people question why he chose to do. this. I mean, I think that he knew that. if he didn't, none of this would stop. I. imagine he just wanted the day to be. over. I mean, look at how the day had. been going so far. He just wants to go. home is how I see it. He's seen how. relentless these people are, how this. group is. I mean, I wouldn't be. surprised if he had said no as a joke, the group would have hauled him up the. cliff and threw him in by themselves. I. wouldn't even put it past these people. At around 8:30 p.m. that day, Eun-Hae's.

boyfriend Joe, and her ex-boyfriend Leo, and her husband Sam, walk up the cliff. to jump one last time. They climb up 15. ft. Eun-Hae and Chloe are watching from. the shore. The other couple, they're. gone. They're in the car in the parking. lot. They don't see anything. Joe has this inflatable tube with him, the ones that look like donuts. They're. just for one person, like the skinnier. ones. And he throws the tube down into. the water first, and then he dives in. headfirst into the water. He splashes around, surfaces. He puts. the tube around his hips, and he's just.

kind of leisurely floating, waiting for. the other two to jump. Leo, the ex-boyfriend, jumps next. He. goes feet first, and then he comes up. from the water, and he's just kind of. floating around, too. Now it's Sam's turn. He hesitates for a. second, and then he jumps into the water. 15 ft below. The water at the deepest point here is. about 10 ft deep. Chloe recalls seeing Sam resurface. So. she sees Sam, he's not drowning, he's. back at the surface. And Chloe insists. that nobody pushed Sam. He jumped in by.

his own free will. She also insists that. she definitely saw his head come up from. the water. Chloe said that Sam seemed. completely fine. Like, yeah, he couldn't. swim, but he wasn't struggling. So he. was floating. Maybe it's instinctual, maybe some people just naturally know. how to float. I don't know. And they're all kind of slowly headed. towards the shore. He's kind of slowly. inching closer. And Chloe claims that. she saw something really odd. Joe made some sort of weird gesture with. his hand. Like he's like signaling. someone. And before Chloe could comprehend what's.

going on, like did he mean to do that? Who is he signaling? What What does he. mean by that? What is that even What is. that? Before she could even put two and two. together, Eun-Hae turns to her and says, "Hey, can you grab me a cigarette?". Chloe turns around, bends over to reach. into her purse to grab a cigarette. And. as she's faced away from the water, she. hears a. coming from behind. Like a sudden uh, and then the scream stops. Chloe turns around and saw Sam was. struggling to stay afloat. He was now. actively drowning, and she didn't. understand because he was just fine just.

a second ago. Joe is still in his. inflatable tube, and he starts swimming. towards Sam. He's only about 30 ft away. So to give you an idea, most residential. pools, so these are not pools in your. apartment complex or in like a building. or a gym, these are like small backyard. pools. They range from 20 to 40 ft in. length. So 30 ft, it's far, but it's it's not. that far, especially if you're a strong. swimmer like Joe, it's not far at all. Experts have stated it would take.

someone like Joe about 20 seconds to. swim 30 ft. But Chloe saw the whole scene in front. of her, and it was bizarre. Joe is. swimming so slow. And just watching from. the shore, Chloe said that she's getting. tepped up head, which means so. frustrated. She yells at him like, "Hey, take off your tube!" Because it's around. his waist, so he's basically just like. swimming, but the tube is keeping him in. place, and he's just literally moving. around in the same spot. So she's like, "Take off your damn. tube!". She watches as Joe takes off his tube,

and flings it away from his body, and. away from Sam. And he starts swimming. towards Sam. Now, I just think that part. is so interesting. That's That goes. against instinct to throw the tube away. from Sam. Yeah. But he throws his tube away, starts. swimming still suspiciously slow. And. Eun-Hae suggests to Chloe, "We should go. grab the life ring." The life ring is. kind of up the cliff on the hill. So. they run to grab it, but now Sam is. fully out of Chloe's sight. By the time.

that they grab the life ring and come. back to shore to toss it into the water, it probably would have taken 2 minutes. That's what experts think. Chloe said it was too late. The water was calm. Sam was nowhere to be seen. Instead, there was just Joe walking out, standing. waist deep in water, and he just kept. repeating, "I don't see him. I don't see. him.". He said he couldn't save Sam because. there was low visibility in the water. because it was dark. What about Leo? Leo's just like, "Yeah, I couldn't see him.".

And it was so odd. It felt like everyone. was in on it. Eun-Hae, Joe, even Chloe's. boyfriend Leo, who Chloe would soon find. out was still allegedly sleeping with. Eun-Hae still. It's like they all knew. something that Chloe didn't know. Chloe was the one to call 119 emergency. services. The authorities arrived, retrieved Sam. from the water, attempted CPR, but Sam was dead. They closed his case as an accidental. drowning.

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doing some work around the house. It's. just so messy. Uh we're in the middle of. something right now. If you come, you're. going to stress out my wife because. she's going to be stressed that we. didn't clean the whole place.". They didn't know the newlywed home they. helped pay for was occupied by Eun-Hae. and her boyfriends. Sam, the husband, didn't even live there. They found out. after his death that Sam and Eun-Hae did. not live together. Eun-Hae lived in this luxury apartment. that Sam paid for. Whatever boyfriend. she was seeing at the time lived with. her in that apartment. Sometimes she had multiple boyfriends or.

even girlfriends live with her, all on. Sam's dollar, rent-free. Meanwhile, Sam lived really close to his. workplace in a tiny little basement. unit. We don't even know for certain how Sam. and Eun-Hae met. I mean, it's claimed. that they met at a brothel, but Sam told. his family that they met at work. None. of Sam's coworkers even remember working. with her, or let alone seeing her. Sam had been working this office job for. a while. He was making around 60 to. 70,000 a year, which is great. considering the national average in.

South Korea is around 35,000 a year. So. he makes double the average salary. And. on top of that, Sam has always been a. big saver. So by the time that he meets. Eun-Hae, he'd already saved up like 300. over $300,000. Which in this recent economy, that's a. huge huge accomplishment. Very few. people are able to do that. And it's. clear that Eun-Hae was attracted to. that. And the fact that Sam was very. kind, did not care that she had a. daughter from a previous relationship. I. know here it's like nothing, but in.

Korean culture, it tends to be a bit. more of a quote, I guess you could say, relationship obstacle than in the US. They got married, and Sam initially. thought, "Okay, we're going to have a. regular, normal life, right?" But right. out the gate, things are difficult. Eun-Hae insists that they have two. places. Sam was tied to Suwon Suwon city for. work, but she's like, "I'm not moving. body." She wanted to live in Incheon, which is where the airport is. She. demanded he get her a nice luxury. apartment in Incheon, and that would be. considered their marital primary.

residence. And he would rent a dingy. basement unit in Suwon, and he would. just stay there during the weekdays. That was the plan. And during the. weekends, he would come home to the. luxury apartment in Incheon. A few major. problems with this. Sam is the one. working and paying for everything. He. would be spending most of his time in a. below-ground basement unit. Korean basement units are known to be. just be really, really, really rough to. live in. Technically, you're you weren't. even supposed to live in those. They. were created for the purpose of being.

bunkers in case North Korea waged war. But now they're being rented out because. of the housing crisis. And there has. recently been a lot of discourse on. these units. They were flooded during. the last monsoon season. A lot of. families were either killed or lost. everything of families were either. killed or lost everything was no way out. of the water. Like water was treading. in. It's a really bad living situation. It's basically what the whole. Oscar-winning movie Parasite is about. It's below ground. Usually the units. will get little windows at the top of.

their walls, very close to their. ceilings because they're basement level, that let in just like the tiniest bit of. light. Well, right outside the window, it's ground floor. That's the pavement. So, there's bugs, rats, cockroaches, dust, pollution, dirt, trash that just. gets swept into their apartment. And. anyone can bend down and just look. straight into their unit. In the winter, it's freezing and it's worse in the. summer. So, in the summer, it gets. unbearably humid and there's rapidly. growing mold, but you can't open the. window because then rats will climb in.

And the tiny cramped bathrooms in these. units, most of the times they don't even. have sinks. You can barely stand up in. the restrooms without bumping your head. on the ceiling. I mean, if you watch the. movie Parasite, apparently there's a. basement smell that you can't even get. rid of. That's how people know that you live in. a sub-basement unit is because of a. smell. And regardless, it's just not a. great place to live. It's more. affordable than regular apartments, but. it's rough. The South Korean government. is actually trying to phase out the. leasing of these units because of how. bad it is. Sam is living in one of these.

basement units while Unhae lives in this. expensive high-rise building. Sam had to. take out a $100,000 loan just to be able. to afford the deposit on that building. He borrowed tens of thousands of dollars. from his family to be able to support. Unhae's life there. And Sam's family. didn't know this, but his friends did. And they all tried to tell him like, "Hey, this is weird. Like this is not normal. Normal relationships don't work like. this. What if she's cheating on you? You don't. know what's going on in that house. You.

don't even have the key to that. apartment." But he would just dismiss. all of their concerns and he said, "It's. nonsense. We're in love and right now. we're apart because she has a daughter. and I work in this city and there's. there's no way for us to be together. right now." The thing is, the original. plan was Unhae was supposed to visit. every weekend or Sam was to go. She never let Sam come to their luxury. unit that he was paying for. But she. also never went to Sam's basement unit. It was probably too gross for her. compared to her luxurious apartment. She. probably turned her nose up like she's.

too good for a place like that. But 2. days after Sam's death, Unhae was caught. on CCTV cameras entering Sam's basement. unit with Joe. They went in and they. came out with boxes of valuables, Sam's. computer, laptop, tablet, anything that. he needed for work that had some sort of. financial value, resale value, they took. it. Neighbors said that was like one of. the only times she was probably around. But what do we expect from someone like. Unhae and Joe? I mean, she's she's the. type of monster that really wouldn't. mind watching her husband starve and.

suffer right before her eyes as long as. she had a new Chanel bag. Every time Sam. got paid, the money, all of it, would go. in and out of his account. His bank was. just a connection point. It went from. his company's account to his bank. account, lasted for 2 seconds, and then. directly into Unhae's. She had full. control over all of his finances. Even. if he wanted to buy his own food and. groceries, he would have to ask her for. money. No, really, beg her for money. But even that's not enough. Unhae blew. through Sam's entire life savings,

$300,000, spent all of his salary, still. wanted more. Like she always had an. excuse of why she needed more money. He. would take out loans for her. She would. use her disabled parents as an excuse of. where all this money is going. And in. just 5 years, Sam went from being one of. the most financially secure people in. his friend group to being in heavy. amounts of debt. The year before his passing in 2018, he. had to file for bankruptcy and his total. debt was listed at $120,000. Unhae did not care. She demanded more. money. Sam took out more loans, like the.

loan for that apartment. She refused to. share even a penny of Sam's own money. with Sam. Sam's friends would later say, "Yeah, Sam died in June 2019, but he was dying. for the past 2 years, starving to. death.". He didn't even have money to buy $2. ramen at the convenience store or a. piece of bread. The cheapest meal at the. convenience store, you could probably. get it for $2. Yeah, with a drink, a. triangle kimbap. Sam didn't even have. that. He couldn't even afford the power.

and water in his basement unit. He would. ask friends to borrow $3 for food and. his friends were getting concerned. They. love Sam and they knew that Sam isn't. the type to ask for money unless it was. urgent. So, they're like, "What's going. on? Like of course we can give you $3. We can give you a lot more, but dude, what the heck is going on? Like what are. you doing with your life?" And they. weren't trying to be rude about it. They. were just like, "Sam works nonstop all. day. He's got a great job. He's always. been great with money. And now, he. doesn't even spend lavishly on himself. His shoes are always broken down. His.

glasses, they're crooked. He's not even. fixing his glasses. So, what do you mean. you don't have $3 for food?" Sam would. just respond, "You know, at the office, I get my lunch taken care of, but. there's no solution for the days that. I'm not at the office. I've already lost. 14 lb the past 2 weeks and I don't want. people in the office to look at me any. weirder." A few times friends would send. $100 and Sam would spend $3 and send 97. back. His friends said for the past 2 years. before his death, Sam was constantly. losing weight and he just seemed so out.

of energy. And Unhae knew this. Like Sam was. struggling to feed himself and she knew. that he was basically starving. He would. text her breaking down asking for some. some money. He would text her things. like, "I'm really sorry. They said that. they're going to cut off my electricity. I won't make this type of request next. week, really, but please, can I just. have a little bit of money? I used the. last money you gave me really frugally. Also, you must be so busy. You don't. have to call me. Please just help me.

with my electricity bill. Unhae, like I. said, you must be really busy. You. really don't have to call. It's really. okay. I guess if you need an explanation to. make an excuse, my pay day is the 21st. and I was going to pay the electricity. bill that day, but they said that. they're going to cut it on the 14th. I'm. really sorry again for making this type. of request.". Unfortunately, these text messages would. only mean something to people with some. sort of conscious or empathy and Unhae. had neither. Okay, sometimes Sam would. take the lighter approach. He would text.

her pictures of his shoes that were all. ripped up or his glasses that were. broken and he would text, "When the. money comes in, please buy your husband. new glasses and running shoes. My shoes. ripped, so. I'm a little embarrassed at work." Unhae. could not care less. She even asked Sam. for a credit card under his sister's. name so she could spend that. She racked. up another $5,000 on Sam's sister's. account. In another really, really sad text, Sam. texted Unhae a picture of a lunch at the. convenience store. This was like a very.

lavish lunch for him. It was no longer. cup ramen. It was like a bento box with. some vegetables. And he texted, "I have no money. I have. too much debt and debt from the company. I don't know how much this is. I think. it's like $7 or $8. Please, can you just. send me $10? I promise I would have. asked someone else, but I have nowhere. else to go to ask for money now.". He goes on to say, "I was going to do. whatever it took to live off that $30. that I had, but it auto-drafted away. into the car payment.".

Side note, he doesn't even drive his. car. She does. So, it's not like he's. out here just being bad with his money. management, clearly. The situation got so bad that Sam didn't. even see a way out of it. He started having thoughts about. exiting. He purchased tools online that. he thought he would need to do so, but. he realized it'd be a very selfish. choice to make. He felt like if he was. going to die, he would leave something. to Unhae before he did. I mean, yeah, he's got life insurance, but maybe he. can do a little bit more.

So, Sam went online and stated that he. was selling a ghost helicopter. He started getting messages from people. all over the world inquiring about his. weight and his age. Ghost helicopter in. South Korea is a black market term. Ghost in Korean sounds a little bit like. kidneys. And then helicopter is an. acronym of sorts in English. H E for. heart, L I for liver, C O for corneas, P. for pancreas, T E for tendon, and R for. retina.

He wanted to sell his whole body, all of his organs. And he thought, "At least I could bring. in some extra money for Unhae before I. exit.". Meanwhile, there's a recorded. conversation of Unhae asking him, rather. demanding him to give her more money. Sam sounds confused. He says, "Today? You need the money today? Oh, I told you not today.". "Why?". "Because I I told you I had to give it. to redacted." I guess he had to pay.

someone back. "No, I told you, Sam, I needed to be. given the money first. It was to be 500. today. You said that you would give it. to me. Oh, but you always just let my. words go out one ear and out the other, don't you?". Unhae would use most of the money to. splurge on designer goods and go on. these abroad travels with her friends. In a letter Sam wrote when he was. thinking of exiting,

he wrote it to Unhae and it reads, "Unhae thinks I'm upset with her. She's so dumb. I'm not upset. I'm just exhausted. I don't have the energy anymore and I. just feel really sorry for Unhae. But I. know that she won't even feel the empty. spot that I leave behind. Unhae probably. won't even come to my funeral. She's always so busy.". Unhae did show up at Sam's funeral with. her boyfriend and her ex-boyfriend. It's stated that she was sitting outside.

the funeral hall with her little. boyfriends playing mobile games on their. phones. They weren't respectful at all. and if you just saw them, you wouldn't. even know that they're attending a. funeral right now. It seemed like a. light-hearted gathering. The only time Eun-hye seemed emotional. or even passionate about her husband's. death was when it was about the life. insurance payout, which she got for Sam. within 5 months of being married. She. bought four different policies for Sam's. life, and she was the sole beneficiary. for every single one of them. His life. insurance totaled to be around $650,000.

The worst part is, the insurance agent. that she bought these life insurance. policies from. was another ex-boyfriend of hers. Wow. Who knows if they were still seeing. each other or sleeping with each other. at this point? I mean, I would not put. it past Eun-hye. So, she's got Joe, her boyfriend on the. side, Leo, her ex-boyfriend that she's. still probably still sleeping with, and. then the insurance agent that sold her. her husband's life insurance policy, probably made commission from it, that. she's probably sleeping with.

And a really sad detail is, Sam knew the. life insurance was a big part of his. relationship with Eun-hye. He even joked. to his friends, "Oh, don't don't worry. about me. I've got I've got life. insurance, so when I die, a lot of money. comes out." And in the insurance world, timing is everything. Sam died just 4 hours before his. insurance expired. There's a Japanese. delicacy that can kill 30 adults. It's. puffer fish. So, you know those like. squishy-looking fish? Some of them have.

like the spikes, some of them have small. spikes, others have like the large huge. spikes that are protruding out of them, and when you get too close, they puff. up, so it's harder for them to become. prey. That's just one of the ways that. they protect themselves. Another way is. their blood. Their blood is highly. poisonous. But humans are out here eating puffer. fish. It's a delicacy called fugu, and. it requires a highly specialized chef. with just years and years of culinary. experience, because one wrong cut of. meat from the puffer fish or too much. blood, certain death. The puffer fish.

toxin is actually 1,200 times more. poisonous than cyanide. One puffer fish has enough toxins to. kill 30 full adult humans. There's no. known antidote. Once it's in your. system, there's nothing that can be. done. Sharks are the only species that. are immune to the puffer fish toxin. Humans are not immune. February 25th, 2019, just a few months before Sam's. death, Eun-hye took Sam to eat puffer. fish. For the last few months, Eun-hye. had stopped paying for Sam's life. insurance because it was too expensive.

to pay every single month, right? But. just a week before eating puffer fish, she started paying for his life. insurance again. And this would be a pattern. The unbelievable part is, Eun-hye didn't. even pay the monthly fee for Sam's life. insurance. It came from Sam's own money. But even then, Eun-hye feels like, "This. is a waste of money." She hated seeing. money that she could be spending on. anything else, like herself, going to. Sam's life insurance policy. The one where she's the sole beneficiary. of. So, she would constantly stop.

paying. He would not be insured, and. then suddenly Eun-hye would be like, "You know what? I'm going to pay the. life insurance again." She would start. paying for his life insurance, and. conveniently, Sam would have a. near-death experience almost immediately. afterwards. Side note, Eun-hye would even stoop so. low and have the shameless audacity to. even ask for money from Sam's siblings. to pay the life insurance. So, like clockwork, February of 2019, she takes him to eat puffer fish. I. don't know how she was able to get the. puffer fish toxins only onto his plate,

but she was able to. Sam ate the plate, but he only just got a little bit sick, stomach ache, really. Eun-hye was so frustrated, she texted. her boyfriend Joe, "I put so much blood. and poison onto his plate. Why didn't he. die?" For a month or two after that, Eun-hye stopped paying for Sam's. insurance again, but suddenly started. making those payments again. And soon. after, Sam almost drowned to death. So, this is not even the day that he. died. This is a different incident. This. was exposed through a Korean YouTuber. One of Joe's ex-girlfriends was.

anonymously interviewed. So, I know it's confusing. Eun-hye's. boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. So, Joe is. also seeing like a bunch of women at the. same time. He's half Eun-hye's boyfriend. half her pimp. We're going to get into. it. Yeah. So, one of Joe's ex-girlfriends. was anonymously interviewed by a. YouTuber, and she shared a story of how. they all went on this cabin trip. together in May of this year, just like. a month before Sam died. She said so. much of that trip was so familiar to. what she was hearing on the news about.

his murder. She remembered the whole. group bullying Sam while Eun-hye. recorded. They knew that he couldn't. swim, so they tried to get make him use. this floating floating device that you. would need a lot of people. So, you know. those big floatables that has handles on. the side, and it needs a certain number. of even weight distribution to stay. floating? Yes. They would all go out. into the water like that, and then they. would scream and ditch. So, he's like. frantically trying to like stay afloat, but this floating device doesn't really. work when it's just one person on one. side. It just kept flipping over, and.

Eun-hye's laughing saying things like, "Oh, babe, are you having fun? Like, why. is he so cute? He's so cute, isn't he?". Joe's ex-girlfriend said everyone could. tell that he's not having fun, and no, she did not really think that that was. cute. Joe's ex remembered anytime Sam. would even look in Eun-hye's direction. or even try to talk to her or even make. small little moments of contact with. her, she looked irritated. She looked so. annoyed. That night at the cabin, this is like a cabin on the lake, so. they have this dock right outside. The.

girlfriend ex-girlfriend tries to go to. sleep, and she hears this big scream and. a splash outside on the docks. She runs. out, and she sees both Sam and Joe in. the water. Joe is calm, but Sam is. screaming at Eun-hye, "You pushed me. You pushed me in the water." So, thankfully, the water was not that deep. He could stand, because I think there. hadn't been a lot of rain recently. And Eun-hye just calmly states, "What. are you talking about? You were so. drunk, you fell in the water.". Sam screamed, "No, you pushed me.". The ex-girlfriend said it was odd. It's.

really odd. It's like Eun-hye was almost. rewriting his memory. She kept saying things like, "What are. you talking about? You think I pushed. you in? Okay, fine. I pushed you in. I'm. the bad guy, huh? I pushed you in on. purpose. That's what I did, right?" She. would do this enough times, finally, Sam. submitted and said, "Okay, okay, you're. right. You're right. You didn't push. me." It was so weird, but it seemed like. there was a pattern of water-related. accidents happening to Sam, and it was. always right after Eun-hye reinstated. his life insurance policy. Almost like.

she had a plan where she started paying. the life insurance policy again, and. then tried to enact her plan. So, just. to give you a few examples. Insurance. reinstated February 17th, 2019. Near-death puffer fish incident February. 25th, 2019. Insurance canceled. Insurance reinstated. April 30th, 2019. Near-death drowning. incident May 10th, 2019. Insurance. canceled. Insurance reinstated right. before he died.

And before Sam's death, Eun-hye received. multiple letters from the insurance. company cuz she was paying like earlier. in June, and he died on the last day of. June, and it was saying, "Hey, if you. don't get us the next payment, July 1st, 2019, we're going to cancel the plan.". Mhm. Sam was found dead 9:00 p.m. the. last day of June, 4 hours before the insurance was null. and void. But Eun-hye had some fans in. Korea, though. Yeah. So, you know those reality.

makeover shows, Extreme Makeover? In. Korea, I think there's some here in the. US where they do extreme home makeovers. So, the producers, they go out and they. find families with touching backstories. They come into their house, give them a. full home makeover, and the viewers tune. in, everybody feels good, the whole. thing is wholesome. Eun-hye's family was chosen for an. episode for one of these shows called. Love House. She was 13 at the time. And. Eun-hye's parents, they were. impoverished. Both of her parents were. disabled. The entire family lived in a. one-bedroom house, survived on a.

government check that was only like $350. a month. Both of her parents were. wheelchair-bound, and Eun-hye, ever. since she was young, she did all the. housework. She cared for her parents. She's like forced to grow up and mature. really quickly, and she's 13 when this. show comes into her life. She had a lot of fans from this episode. So, like, yeah, the focus is on the. remodel of the house, right? The design. choices. But they also really focus on. the homeowners' backstories. So, they. would show clips of Eun-hye just taking. care of her parents, cleaning up around. the place, and she seemed so dedicated.

for a little 13-year-old girl. Like, parents at home were like poking their. kids, "Hey, look at you. Get off your. little Nintendo. Look at that kid. What. are you doing for me? W- Do you even. love your parents? Look at this girl.". They would get all upset. The producers, they even asked Eun-hye, "If you had one. wish in the whole world, like, what. would it be?" I mean, it could be. anything. The producers aren't saying, "I'm going to give it to you." It's a. hypothetical question. She could have. wished for a million dollars, a pet pig, anything. She's 13.

What she said. "I wish I could have my own room.". "Because I feel bad. I share a room with. my parents, and I'm a really noisy. sleeper, and I move around, and I kick. in my sleep, and I talk, and I have all. these bad habits, and I know it makes. them uncomfortable when they're. sleeping. So, I don't think that they can get a. good night's sleep because of me.". It was such a mature, kind, selfless. answer. She didn't even want her own. room because she's 13 and wants her own. room. She wants her own room because she. feels like she's disturbing her parents'.

sleep at night. She would even say on the show, "Later, when I'm older, I want to give what I. received to others during hard times.". That same girl on Love House would grow. up to be the main suspect of a true. crime show in South Korea. And everyone is confused. How did she. even get there? A few years after being on the home. makeover show, Eun-hye would meet Joe. This is the boyfriend that was on the. trip with her. They've been friends. since like high school. They were on and. off dating, and the thing that bonded. them together was sex. Eun-hye started hanging out with boys in.

her school and the school in the town. over, and every time she would spend. time with boys, the rumor was she would. be paid a fee. So, eventually it would evolve into. full-blown sex work by the time that she. was in high school, and Joe was. essentially her handler/pimp. And after getting into this crowd, Una's. life just takes a 180. She runs away. from home, she abandons her parents, she. drops out of school. Her highest level. of education is middle school, and in 1. year, Una was in and out of the police.

station like 10 times for petty. offenses. At 18, Una finally shows back at home. and drops a baby off, a little baby. girl, and is like, "I can't do it. Bye.". Leaves. Una's parents, they take full custody. over this child, and we have no further. information on like who the dad is or. really anything about that. A lot of people said that Una just. just lost sight of everything that. really mattered. She abandoned her. parents, refused to take care of her own. kid, didn't care about anyone but. herself, started getting a lot of.

plastic surgery on her face. Now, I. don't think it's our place to judge when. someone has plastic surgery, right? But. I think that the reason that netizens. were really dogging on her for this. later is. you know, one, she's a shady evil. person, but also, she gave her disabled. parents the huge responsibility of. raising her child because she stated she. didn't have the money to be a mom, but. she spent a ton of her money on plastic. surgery. So, I can see how that feels. gross to netizens. Like, just making. sure it's known that it's not the act of. plastic surgery that they don't like.

It's just, you know, you get it. And I. think in hindsight, it's really to see. her as this like vapid, manipulative, shallow, gross person that she is. But at the time, for Sam, I think that he just saw the. girl from Love House. I think that he knew it was rough for. her, but he saw this sweet girl who had. to grow up too fast, and maybe now she's. a little reckless with the money because. she wants to be a kid again. She never. had a childhood, so maybe she wants to.

experience it now. Maybe that's why she. tends to want to have more fun and wants. more excitement than Sam does. She's. trying to live through her kid life. again. But she still feels like pressure and. stress from her parents and being a. single mom, so it's just I could see how. people feel sympathetic towards her. He. probably saw her as this very strong, sensitive woman that he could help. Sam would see the good in people because. Sam was a good person. But like, what do you think is one of. the last things you would do if your.

loved one passed from drowning? I don't know if this is a conscious. choice, but I feel like most people would. probably avoid bodies of water. Or at. least I imagine it would take a lot for. someone to go enjoy leisurely activities. on bodies of water without thinking. about their loved one who just passed. Una went to a water park 2 months after. her husband's death. She even went wakeboarding in a lake. There's a video of her that she posted. She would later claim in prison that.

that video was taken way before Sam's. death, but like, we don't know for sure. We do know for sure that she did go to a. water park, which feels wrong. The 100 days after Sam's passing, Una. was focused on having fun. She went to. the water park, she went wakeboarding, she went on an overseas trip with her. friends and her daughter, she hung out. with her new boyfriend Joe. But fine, like, we say this all the time. We. really can't dictate how people grieve. and process trauma, but like, there's. just so much in this case that does not. add up. Even the events of that day. So,

the forensics, the expert testimonies, they don't make sense. For example, professionals state there's a chance, a. possibility, that even though Sam was. okay when he first dropped into the. water, he could have had a sudden muscle. ache from the cold water. So, he gets a. muscle cramp, he starts drowning. But. they also argue that it's very. suspicious that Joe couldn't reach him. in time to save him. I mean, even if he. did reach him, I get there's a chance. that Joe can't save him. When people are. drowning, there's a chance that that's. very difficult to help them because they.

keep panicking, and they might even try. to take you down with them, right? But. that wasn't even a consideration in this. case because Joe was swimming extremely. slow and never even made it to Sam. Another odd thing is Joe had a tube. around his waist. When he took it off. to, quote, swim faster, he threw it away. from him and away from Sam. Una's. actions, according to Chloe, I mean, it's all so strange. And it's alleged. that before Chloe called emergency. services, she said Joe turned to the. group and said, "Make sure we don't look. suspicious." The group would tell. authorities that Sam did not struggle in.

the water. So, they heard him hit the. water, he said, "Ah!" and then went. under. Never resurfaced. That's why they. couldn't find him because it was too. dark to see in the water, and he wasn't. splashing around, so they had no idea. where he was. They're looking around. Joe's like, "I don't even know where to. swim, right? Because I don't know where. he is.". But that completely goes against the. forensic findings of this case. According to professionals who performed. Sam's autopsy, they said that there was. evidence that his lungs retained quick. amounts of air and water. How do they. know? Because there was foam found in.

his lungs. Foam only occurs when air and. water repeatedly enter and exit the. trachea. It's a strong indication that Sam was. struggling in the water. He was likely. coming up trying to get air, then going. back down, coming up, trying to get air, going back down. So, their statement. that Sam never struggled in the water, it did not match the forensics. It just didn't. Additionally, the police. had a theory that his foot got caught on. a rock, and that's why he drowned.

because he was kept underwater. But like. I said, the forensics don't match up to. that because that would have resulted in. very little or no foam in his the. truth.". Her Blue House petition got 100,000. signatures in 1 day. Along with SBS's. episode and production team's. investigation, the police and. prosecutors were forced to reopen the. case. Now, if police had properly investigated.

the first time around, they would have. learned that Una had very bad luck with. guys and relationships. It was basically. a pattern at this point. So, before Sam, Una was almost married at least four. times in the past 10 years. Out of the. four, it's said that three of them are. now dead. Her first relationship ended. in a car crash, and this isn't alleged. story, by the way. It's alleged that Una. and her husband were in a car driving. around in town, and they were T-boned, a. hit-and-run. It's rumored that Una's husband died.

because they were T-boned from that. side. She received insurance money from. this, and again, this is a rumor on how. the first marriage ended. The. speculation being Una set up a. hit-and-run to kill her first husband to. get insurance money, and she survived. the car crash. This is an allegation. Then her second. marriage or relationship, this one has a. lot more confirmed details. Una started. dating a man named Mr. Lee. He was. working at a host bar, and if you watch. our Yandere case, I do a deep dive into. the host bar culture, go check it out. But he worked at a host bar, and Una was.

a customer. They hit it off, they move. in together, and they're young, you. know, this is early 20s. So, Mr. Lee, he's like, "I got to go do my mandatory. 2-year military enlistment, so our. relationship feels a little shaky." Una. is like, "Don't worry about it. Like, I'm going to wait for you. Don't worry. I think we should do one last trip, though, to remember each other by." She. requested he pay for a last trip to. Thailand together. Both of them boarded a plane, and only. Una came back. July 16th, 2014, almost.

exactly 5 years before Sam's death, Mr. Lee died in Thailand. The couple went snorkeling to see coral. reefs and in the process Eunice claimed. that her boyfriend fainted and. eventually died. When she came back to Korea, all of. Lee's friends are like, "What are you. talking about? Why How could he just. faint and then die? Like we want. answers.". She said, "Oh, he drank too much and. then got swept away by the waves.". Lee's older brother said none of it made. sense. "I think she's hiding something. I. thought it even in that moment there was. a possibility that she killed him.".

But the confusing part is Lee's father. was the beneficiary of Lee's life. insurance policies. The Lee family. cannot confirm if Eunice had other. policies in his name that they just. don't know about, but the one that they. did know about, his one life insurance, it was paid out to the Lee parents. The. police briefly investigated the. suspicious death of Lee and closed the. case deeming it an accidental death. Now. with what happened to Sam, I mean the. suspicion is that she drowned him, but. there's no way to prove it. Lee was. cremated in Thailand. Then in Eunice's last relationship.

before Sam, she did something really. bizarre. She was engaged to a man, let's. call him Patrick, and according to those. who knew Patrick, they said that Patrick. was just like head over heels in love. with Eunice. He really, really loved. her, wanted to marry her, but everyone. in his life is like, "Pump the brakes. This girl is weird." Patrick's parents, his friends, they all said, "I don't. know. Just something is weird about that. girl.". First of all, Eunice going around. meeting all of us, meeting your family, meeting your friends, but you've never.

met a single one of her friends or. family. Does she not have friends? Does. she not have family? But she talks about. them, so why can't you meet them? Patrick thought, "Uh, they're just being. so cautious, you know, so skeptical. Love is love.". The couple go ahead and they start. planning their wedding. The weekend of. the wedding shows up and it's like a. full weekend of festivities. They had. rehearsal dinners, parties before the. actual wedding, and this would be the. first time that Patrick would actually. meet Eunice's friends and family. And. Patrick's friends immediately off the. bat are like, "This is so suspicious. It's the wedding weekend. All of them.

are showing up in clothes that are not. appropriate for the wedding weekend. It. looked like they didn't even know that. they were coming to a wedding. Or they. either straight up didn't care, which I. don't know which one's worse.". And Eunice's parents, they barely know a. thing about her. They don't even seem like her parents. Patrick's parents were so suspicious. that they immediately hired a PI, and. they discovered that all the people that. Eunice had invited to this wedding, paid. actors. Wow. It's another uh Anna Anna Delvey, yeah.

Yeah. Patrick confronted Eunice about it, and. she left him at the altar, abandoned. him. It really, really messed with Patrick. His friend said, "After this, Patrick. developed severe depression, social. phobia. I mean, he's still struggling. mentally.". What's crazy is even after leaving. Patrick at the altar, Eunice comes back, knocks on Patrick's door with her. daughter and is like, "This is your. baby.". The timeline didn't match up. It was clear that was not Patrick's. baby. So then Eunice just left again,

and I don't think that she ever tried to. contact him ever since. And because fall of 2016, Eunice married. Sam Yoon. So she had four very serious. relationships in the past 10 years, and. she probably did have a ton of other. relationships with a ton of other. partners, but she's a serial cheater. These were like her four main ones. So. out of the past four, three allegedly. died. And Eunice was determined to be the one. that got away. When the police start looking for. Eunice, she is on the run with Joe.

Beginning of 2022, Eunice and Joe are. placed on Interpol's most wanted list. Everyone is on the lookout for this. child star turned potentially serial. killer. People are concerned since Joe. has a lot of shady businesses, they've. got contacts in the criminal world in. other countries that could help them. flee Korea and keep them hidden. I mean, it would be really hard to find them if. that were the case. But 3 months in, police get a hit. Eunice and Joe never. left Korea. They were in South Korea in. a smaller town, and they weren't even. trying to hide. They were caught in a.

city hanging out with friends. Not even just them, too, with friends. Like how bold and how cocky do you have. to be? Yeah, that's bizarre, and Korea's. full of cameras. Yes, they were caught on CCTV cameras as. well. Authorities descended on the region, but. they tried to watch the couple for a few. days. I don't know if either they were. trying to gather more intel on them, or. likely they were probably trying to find. a way to apprehend them without putting. other lives at risk, but they were. finally apprehended 4 months into being. on the run. They only made it this far.

because Joe had a ton of cash from his. alleged shady businesses. Now, side note, authorities stated the. little apartment that they rented was. trashed by the time that the police got. there. It was filled with designer. goods, there was no furniture. They. found five phones, a laptop, and a USB. hidden in the ceiling of the master. bedroom of the rented apartment. Eunice was arrested, then Joe, then the. ex-boyfriend Leo. But prosecutors, they're they're mainly focused on Eunice. and Joe. Leo is being charged for like. being an accomplice and like conspiracy. to commit, but not really for murder.

During the trial, Eunice and her. parents, they tried to do damage control. to her image. And now. I want to make it clear, I don't blame. the parents at all. I think maybe they. either truly thought she was innocent, or maybe I imagine they might have felt. guilt, like they had a role in this if. they hadn't made her grow up too. quickly. I just feel like they probably. put a lot of blame on themselves. Her father tried to tell the judge that. Eunice was innocent, and she has a. reputation in their neighborhood for.

being a great daughter who always cares. for their parents. But it was also. proven that Eunice had not spoken to her. parents in over a year, and the. residents of the parents' neighborhood. said, "I have never, not once, seen that. girl, ever.". And there's just a lot of things that. Eunice lies about that comes out during. the trial. Like when does she not lie? I. don't know. When she was reaching out to. SBS producers to try and get her. insurance money, which is insane, that. she went out of her way to reach out to. television show producers and wanted a. whole episode of a docu-series on her,

of her story, just to get her paid. I. mean, I'm sure part of it was also an. opportunity to get sympathy and. potentially even some fame from it, who. knows. But she told producers that her. parents were being sent money by Sam, and that everyone in the family was. going to starve without this insurance. payout. When SBS contacted Eunice's mom, she had no idea what money they're. talking about. Eunice never sent them. money. So before she reached out to SBS, the case was closed. Yes, but the. insurance company, they they were like, "You're sus." Yeah, yeah, it's fraud.

insurance, so they just don't want to. pay. But now she's like trying to get. some money out of this, and that's what. opened it up, right? Yes. She. It's her. First of all, filing a lawsuit against. the insurance company. But even then, I don't think that this. case would have blown up the way that it. did. But she reached out to SBS. producers to do a whole episode on how. shady this insurance company is, and how. the public should riot with her to get. her paid is the incentive that she had. See, that's the the That's the audacity.

that the the most evil people Yes. Like. they just really, really think, like, "Oh my gosh, I need to get my money.". And and wow. Like you would think that most people, if they I don't think most people would. commit murder, but let's say they did, I. would think that most of them would be. like, "I got to just be quiet and go. live in a corner somewhere." Yeah. Which. she's like, "No, I need the world to. know about my injustice of not being. paid. This is unfair.". Yeah. And then the SBS producers, they.

just felt like something was so off. about her. They started investigating, and they were picking up these little. rumors by people who knew the couple. And they started doing a full-blown. investigation on their own into this. case. So, yeah. I mean, even the whole money. thing, SBS producers were told by Eunice. that Sam was the breadwinner for her. parents, and that's why the insurance. money was a big deal. Sam was under the. impression that he was paying for. Eunice's parents. Eunice was lying about. it, her parents never received any. funds. It went straight into Eunice's.

just lavish lifestyle. Like this woman. is honestly pure evil. Even when the SBS. episode aired that exposed her for who. she was, she applied for a provisional. injunction to ban the episode from. continually airing. Needless to say, Eunice's trial did not go over well. It. did not help that she was a shameless. person, like her history of past. relationships, her history of turning. Sam's insurance on and off, the videos. of them torturing Sam the day of his. death. I mean, all of that, like I don't.

know how a defense attorney would even. defend something like that. Even filing the lawsuit against the. insurance company, it's just an extra. level of gross. You know, Joe, Joe also sued more than. 100 people for defamation before he was. arrested. If anyone commented on this case, they. were getting slapped with a lawsuit by. Joe. And since this was before he was. arrested, a lot of the people were. terrified of being sued for defamation, so they tried to settle. Now, I want to. say that most of the people that he. sued, and don't quote me on this, from.

what I can gather, most of them were. small people online. So they were not. YouTubers, influencers, mainstream. media, podcasters, press journalists, news networks. These are just like. random commentators that are posting. like on Reddit. They're like, "Oh, like. look at this case. Look at what's going. on. I think he's guilty." Random people. They would try to settle. They would. say, "Okay, like can I just take the. post down and give you $1,000 because. I'm nobody, like five people saw my. post, and like one of them was you, so. why does it matter?". And Joe refused. His lawyer would hit. back with, "We're not settling for.

anything less than 1.5.". 1.5 what? Million? no, one. Like. 1,500. Oh, oh, oh, I see. So yeah, the audacity. they wanted more. They're negotiating. For like these people that genuinely, like they did not have reach, and I'm. not saying that in an insulting way, but. like. What are you suing them for? and. Yeah, they're just like regular people. on the internet, not even journalists. covering this case. Yeah, just. Just normal people. Another opportunity for them to harass.

more people. 100 people. During the. trial, the word gaslighting was a huge. thing. I feel like gaslighting has been. overused in the US to the point where. it's kind of lost its meaning, which is. not good. But in Korea, I think the word. and definition were just recently. starting to be taken seriously. It would. be thrown out during the trial because. later judge would say that it's hard to. prove gaslighting. But the prosecutors, they tried. There are voice recordings. of Eun-hye manipulating Sam by saying. things like "When I drink, I turn into.

someone else and I treat those who I. feel like are the closest to me really. badly. I didn't do anything to you. because I don't like you or because I. was trying to ignore you. I'm just like. that." It was very hard for people to. listen to. Eun-hye was found guilty and sentenced. to life in prison. Joe, the boyfriend, was found guilty and sentenced to 30. years in prison. And in one last moment. of shamelessness, Eun-hye said this. about her verdict. "The investigative. agency has already reached a conclusion, so I lost the opportunity to prove my.

innocence." Basically being like, "I'm. innocent, but they already made up their. minds about me, so what can I do?". Joe stated, "On the day of the accident, I did my best in rescue activities.". Leo, the ex-boyfriend, is also awaiting. trial, but it doesn't seem like. prosecutors are really pursuing him. aggressively. But I will say he's a very. shady character. He's got 28 records on. his criminal rap sheet. He was also. arrested for like domestic violence. Really heinous things. It's said that he. worked with Joe in all the shady illegal. businesses. So, there's that.

And speaking of prison, I was hoping. that maybe she would feel some human. level of remorse. But netizens were. shocked to discover that she made a pen. pal in prison. His name is Cho Ju-bin. And we're going to be talking about him. very, very soon. He was arrested for. helping run the child sex trafficking. ring and thrown which is one of the most. Yeah. vile. Yeah. evil, yeah. It's yeah. I I think. even on an international scale, that is. probably one of the most shocking, vile.

things I've seen. He was sentenced to 45. years in prison and when he heard. Eun-hye was in prison, he started. writing to her, almost talking to her. like he's some sort of sick mentor. It's. said their letters to each other. consisted of them basically babying each. other and being like, "Oh, poor baby, the world is so mean to us. We're going. to get out soon." I don't think the. contents of the actual letters have been. released, but these are what people have. been saying were the contents. They're. just consoling each other, really. Yeah. And remember how the police declared.

Sam's death an accidental drowning at. first? Mhm. The prosecutor of that. jurisdiction that handled the case from. the get-go had a post an apology to her. Facebook page. It's very lengthy, but. it's very PR standard. She apologized. and stated that they were going to have. an internal investigation into the case. on why this happened. I would say that most people were. shocked at just how evil these people. could be and. I mean some of them even wondered if. there's anyone that Eun-hye didn't date. It just seemed like she seems to have. some sort of romantic connection with.

everyone. Other comments mentioned the fact that. there were still other people that. weren't arrested that were there. Why. did they do nothing? Yeah. Someone commented, "Really, I. think if I were in that position, I. would have done something to stop this.". Yeah. How can people watch others suffer. so much? Is that even possible? This is. like you would think this is happening. in the high school, right? In in school, bullying. Yes. But you would not expect this to. happen as an adult. No, especially okay. You know I don't know what I would have.

done in high school. I think high. school, I was a timid kid that just. really wanted to fit in. I think even in. high school, I would have said. something, right? But now in my late 20s. like you would. you would genuinely have to hold me back. from saying something. Like that's kind of crazy. Yeah. They. said nothing and they're watching it. happen not once, but throughout the. entire day. Not one person? Another comment said, "I have nothing to. say. My heart hurts so much watching. these videos. Still, he believed this.

was love and he would have endured. anything and everything for that. He could have been loved by someone. worthy. But I'm so angry that he met a. woman who is not even a human being and. went through all that pain. I hope these. people live in pain till the day they. die.". And to those who resorted to victim. blaming Sam because there were some. heinous people who said some heinous. things about how he should have known it. wasn't love. How could he not see that. she was evil? Some people even made. remarks about their looks. Yeah, some of the comments were really.

dark, but I think one comment that. addresses it really well says "If you. look at the way Sam was messaging his. friends, he would ask for $3 just to buy. ramen for a meal and if they sent more, he would send the rest back. Sam was. kind by nature. I think because he was. so kind, he could never really believe. truly evil people existed. I think he. never imagined evil people could do such. things, especially his wife. It's so sad. It just breaks my heart how. scary and cruel it must have been for. him. But I hope he finds peace in. heaven.".

But there were also some really bizarre. comments. Some people still supported. Eun-hye. They wrote, "If you're pretty, everything is forgiven. The crime is not important. The face is. important. If you're pretty, everything. is forgiven." There's a saying in Korean. like ippeum tayong so dae, which is like. again, if you're pretty, everything is. forgiven. Another comment was, "Honestly, if. Eun-hye did anything wrong, it was at. least a pretty sin.". And probably one of the worst, "You can. come to me, Eun-hye.".

But she can't because she's in prison. for the rest of her life. So. Wow, whoever said that really I. think they deserve each other. Yeah. Wow. Like after knowing everything. and you're like, "You can come to me.". Okay, have her. Go to jail with her. Like you guys are great. What are your thoughts on this case? Please let me know and please be safe. I. will see you guys on Wednesday for the. main episode.