The Nurses Watch Him Bleed Out On The Operating Table Because The Doctor Went Home

Badabing, badaboom. Hello, I'm back. Okay, well, I don't. think that you guys realized that I went. anywhere, but just to fill you in, for. the past 2 weeks, I don't know what. happened, but I got really sick out of. nowhere, and I thought maybe I just need. to lay down for a day or two. I'm going. to recover. It ended up lasting nearly 2. weeks. I tried my best to keep up with. the cases while I was in bed, but I just. haven't been able to get as much done, but no worries, I am back at 1,000%.

much better now. I am so ready to just. dive back into so many different cases. I have a few really important ones. coming to you guys very, very soon. We're currently working on a case with a. victim's family member, and there's. there's just a lot of videos that we're. very passionate that are going to be. posted very soon because we want them to. be the best for you guys and for the. case. And in the meantime, I didn't want. to leave you guys without any videos, so. I tried to get a little bit creative. I. did try to film while I was really ill,

and it was just not going to work. So, this episode is going to look a little. bit different. This is actually two. pre-filmed episodes that went live on a. separate channel of mine, maybe like a. year or so back, but I don't think that. many of you guys have seen it. But it's. two separate cases we're covering in. this video. One about ghost hospitals in. South Korea. Now, the wild thing about. that is it's not a paranormal case. It. is so much worse than it sounds. And. then we have the case of the Squid. Game's actor's son. His son was found. mysteriously dead in the United States.

overseas, and at the hospital, these. people keep knocking on the door. Turns. out they're called body dealers, and. they come crawling in begging the Squid. Game actor, "Can I have your son's. body?" So, with that being said, we will. be back on schedule on May 5th with new. episodes every Wednesdays and Sundays, audio and visual here on YouTube, and. wherever you get your podcasts. But, thank you guys for understanding, and I. promise I'm working so hard to make up. for the time that I was sick. And let's.

get into it. Today, we're talking about ghost. doctors. This isn't some sort of weird.

urban legend of a doctor who died and. now they just haunt the operating room. and they're standing in the corner. balling their eyes out, and you wake up. from anesthesia and you're like, "Hey, doc. Just wondering, why was there a. random surgeon just crying in the room?". And they're like, "What surgeon?" And. then you start pissing yourself. Like, this is not one of those stories. It's. not about a doctor that never existed, but is listed for surgeries at the. hospital, or like scalpels that. magically go missing. No, this is so.

much scarier. It's honestly terrifying. This happens in Korea, but it happens. everywhere. So, like, don't get it. twisted. This is not just a Korean. thing. Taehi Kwon, or I guess Kwon. Taehi, he was 24 years old. He's rushed. to the emergency room of the local. hospital. Now, the ER doctor, he was. expecting him. He had gotten a call from. Taehi's plastic surgeon at around maybe. like 11:30 p.m. that night. And this. plastic surgeon is telling him, "Listen, we're operating on this patient. He's 24. years old. He's got low blood pressure,

but he's still conscious. He's still. talking to us. I don't think that he's. in critical condition, but just to be. safe, we're going to send him to your. ER. We think maybe he needs a blood. transfusion, but we're not really sure, okay? So, just be on the standby." Now, the ER doctor obviously agrees, and he's. like waiting. It's a slow day. He's. like, "Where's Taehi, right?" Taehi. arrives, but when he steps foot, I guess. he didn't even step foot. When he was. rolled into the ER, everybody is. confused. Everybody starts frantically.

scrambling. They're just panicked, and they're doing. everything in their right minds to save. this young man's life. And you now you're confused. You're. like, "Wait, the guy was conscious. The. guy was doing fine. What happened?". Well, that's what the ER doctor is. asking. How could the plastic surgeon. have been so calm on that phone? None of. this makes sense. First of all, Taehi. had lost all consciousness. His heart. had stopped beating for at least 2. minutes, and he was missing 2/3. of his entire blood supply in his body.

2/3 of Can you guess how much that is? Can you guess like in cups, I guess, or. in gallons? How much do you think an. average 24-year-old, like a 150-lb male, has blood? Well, it's about 1 and 1/2. gallons of blood in the body, and he. lost 2/3 of that. It just didn't make. sense to anybody in that ER because, I. mean, first of all, this guy has not. been in a traumatic accident. He wasn't. in a car crash. Like, there were no. signs of obvious trauma on his body. where they're like, "Oh, well, that's.

why he's losing all this blood." He was. literally in the care of a doctor, a. plastic surgeon. So, how does somebody. lose that much blood during a plastic. surgery operation? And why was the. plastic surgeon so freaking calm when. they called the ER? The whole thing. is so unsettling, and more so because. Taehi was officially declared brain. dead. And the next morning, his family, they're called to the hospital, and the. plastic surgeons come, too, the ones. that operated on him. And this is so.

depressing because when Taehi's brother. was called to the ER, and again, I don't. know the protocol. If you guys work at. hospitals, please let me know. Let's say. a family member is really sick in the. hospital, do you tell them it's an. emergency or not because are you worried. that they're going to get into a car. accident? Are they going to speed? So, do you downplay Like, how What are the. rules of that? Well, the hospital, they. tell Taehi's brother, "Hey, your. brother's in the hospital, but his. condition it is not that serious.". They just straight-up say it's not that. serious. He's brain dead. Yeah, so I.

don't know if it's like a hospital rule. so nobody like hurts themselves or hurts. others like driving they're speeding or. something. I don't know. So, the brother. just assumed that maybe Taehi had gotten. into a bar fight or something. Listen, it's not good news, but it's not life or. death. He's getting into the taxi. thinking, "I'm going to fight my. brother." Not physically, but I'm going. to sit there and I'm going to scream at. him because why is my little brother. getting into bar fights and ending up in. the ER? Like, he's going to be like, "You're never going to do this again. Like, I'm going to be your chaperone.". That's what he's thinking on the way.

there. But when he gets to the hospital, he's never going to have a chance to. scold his brother or even talk to his. brother. Because when he gets there, Taehi is unconscious. The family, they're sitting there. "We want answers. We don't know how this happened. What. are you talking about? He lost 2/3 of. his blood. That doesn't even make. sense." Nobody seemed to have any. answers. The hospital were like, "We. don't know. We He was rushed over here. by his plastic surgeon. He had 70% of. his blood gone. We can't really help.

him." And the plastic surgeon is like, "Well, shoot. Thanks for calling us, but. it wasn't us. We did the procedure as. normal, and oh, we even have the CCTV. footage if you want it, Taehi's mom. You. can have it because it like he was fine. with us. We brought him here, and we. don't know what happened here or on the. way here, but something must have. happened." Now, Mrs. Lee, Taehi's mom, just had this feeling inside of her. chest, like inside of her gut. You know. those types of feelings where she didn't. know if the plastic surgeon was.

bluffing. Like, sometimes maybe the. surgeon is like, "We have the CCTV. You. can take it if you want." And maybe. they're kind of expecting you to say, "No, it's fine. Like, I trust you." Cuz. I don't know why he gave the CCTV. This. CCTV is so important later. So, she takes the CCTV. She just knew that something in that. footage was going to be important. She. snatches it right up, goes home, and. watches over it like 500 times. She. literally sat there writing down every. millisecond and logging down what.

happened, like time stamping everything. The footage was literally in the. operating room. So, she's replaying it. over and over trying to figure out what. the hell went wrong. And I mean, so many. things went wrong. She will never get. this picture out of her head, but at the. end of the plastic surgery for Taehi, he. was left on the operating table in the. operating room with a nurse. Actually, it wasn't even a nurse. It was like a. nursing assistant. So, he's like under. anesthesia. He hasn't woken up yet. All. the other surgeons, they have left, and.

a few nurses are in and out of the room, and nobody's checking his vitals. Why? I. don't know. I guess they don't care. because the nurse that's sitting in that. room, she's on her phone. She's checking. her makeup. She's texting people. Listen, I just want to say nurses are. amazing, and they will save your life, but not this one, apparently. She. literally just could not care at all. She heard this noise coming from Taehi, this like dripping noise, and she looks. down, and Taehi is literally bleeding. out onto the floor from his jaw.

She goes and grabs a mop and mops the. blood up. You're like, "Okay, that makes. sense, right?" But she does this 13. times. This is not a leak from the ceiling. because it's raining and your ceiling. isn't great. This is not like a river. like this is someone's blood that's. continuously coming out of their body, and you're not putting more blood back. into the body, but you're mopping it up.

13 freaking times. I don't even think. you have to be a nurse, a nursing. assistant. I don't think you have to. even have much common sense to know that. that's dangerous. Later, the. anesthesiologist comes into the room. like an hour later and is like, "Hey, did he wake up yet? Why isn't he woken. up?" And then they start freaking out at. that point. So, you're like, "How did. the surgery even go wrong to the point. where they're done operating on him, but. he loses 2/3 of his blood? What kind of freaking plastic surgeon. are we talking about? So, I think to. understand the whole story of the ghost.

surgeries, we have to talk about who. Kwon Dae-hee is, okay? Now, Dae-hee was. a really nice guy. Everybody that knew. him describes him to be warm and humble, and he was the type of son that would. slave away in the the kitchen on his. mom's birthday to cook some seaweed. soup, miyeokguk, which is a Korean. tradition. You have to eat this on your. birthday. Now, I don't know if it tasted. good, but he would spend all day cooking. that for his mom. He did well in school. He valiantly served 2 years in the. Korean army. Honestly, this guy was a.

high achiever, and he just really wanted. to do well in life. But here's the thing about Korea. A lot. of people think that South Koreans are. super vain and that we are just all. about looks, and we all want to be the. plastic surgery capital of the world so. we can look like your favorite K-pop. idol. That's not really the case, okay? I can. see why people might think that because. of the plastic surgery statistics in. South Korea, but listen, your average South Korean is. not trying to get plastic surgery so. that they can be a K-pop star. They're. trying to get plastic surgery so that.

they can get a work promotion at their. corporate job. And you're like, that's. dumb. What is That doesn't even make. sense, okay? Because South Korea, the. job market is so intense. It's not like. here, okay? You'll have like five. companies that everybody wants to work. for. Like that's That's it. You live your. whole life trying to get into these five. companies. And then from there you're. trying to get promoted in these five. companies. But let's say everybody has. the same grades as you. They have the. same extracurricular activities as you. What's going to make you stand out? You.

know the the pretty privilege? You know. the halo effect? When someone is pretty. and smart, it seems like they're even. prettier and even smarter than someone. who's just really smart or just really. pretty. So, I mean, the whole thing is. nuanced. I mean, it's kind of here in. the US, too, but a lot of people in. Korea will get plastic surgery right. after they they graduate high school. This is like their going to college. present. Typically, it's like double. eyelid surgery, maybe a rhinoplasty, things like that. So, Dae-hee, he has. the grades, but he always felt like his.

jawline was not that attractive. The. conventional beauty standard in Korea is. to have a V-shape slim jawline, like. really sharp, kind of pointy almost, right? And. listen, you don't even understand. And. then my mom would tell me, in the. shower, you have to get your knuckles, okay? Make sure your jaw is wet so it's not. And then you just got to scrub it 100. times like this, really hard. And I'm. like, I think I am bruising myself, mother. So, he felt like if he fixed his. jawline, he would have higher promotions.

at work. He was also bullied throughout. high school for his prominent chin. That's what everyone says, you got a big. chin. So, he would even edit his. pictures before he posted it online, he. would slim down his chin, which just. breaks my heart cuz like high school. bullies. And honestly, he just thought. overall this was like a smart choice for. his career. Jaw surgery is incredibly. painful. It's a pretty common procedure. The risk of dying is pretty slim, but. it's um I knew someone that knew someone. that had it. And she said she would not.

wish this pain on her worst enemy. How. do you think you get rid of some jaw? I. mean, you It's not like you have a ton. of like fat just hanging out right here. on your chin, you know? It's not like. it's a bunch of skin left over. It's. just your bone. So, they go in there, peel off your skin, and they literally. like grate your bone like you would a. block of cheese. They just saw off your. bone and then put your skin back on, and. then that's jaw surgery. So, for 2 years, he saves up as much.

money as he can till he has like an. extra $5,600, and he was so excited to. get his jaw done. He told his brother, he told his mom, and they're like, "No. Absolutely not. You look fine. We love. the way you look." But Dae-hee was not. going to change his mind. So, he. secretly books a consultation at a. well-known plastic surgery clinic that. literally specializes in jawline. surgeries. Like other plastic surgeons. are known for their double eyelids, their nose jobs. This guy was known for. his jawline surgeries. It was in the. richest area of Seoul, Gangnam, which is.

like Beverly Hills. Even the whole. office, like the front, the lobby, everything looked super nice and super. modern and just amazing. During the. consultation, Dae-hee feels more at. ease. This famous, well-known, well-respected doctor told him, "Super simple. So simple, you don't even. have to worry about it. You're going to. get discharged the same day. I'm going. to go in there, shave off some of your. jawbone to change the shape. I know it. sounds really intense. It should only. take me like 2 hours-ish. I mean, if I'm. not shaving too much off, like I get in.

there and I'm like, "Ooh, this is. perfect." Then maybe like an hour and a. half. That's about it.". That sounds alarmingly fast. So, Dae-hee knew that it was going to be. painful, but he was excited. He booked. the surgery with this doctor, and he. paid a premium to have this doctor work. on his face. And on September 8th of. 2016, he goes into the hospital alone. And again, the doctors are like, "Super. easy procedure. Don't even worry about. it. Like you're going to be able to.

ride the train home. You're going to. take the subway home. You can get a. taxi. You're going to be all bandaged. up, don't get me wrong, but. good job, like so easy." Obviously, that's not how it happened. So, Dae-hee. is put under general anesthesia, and the. timeline of his surgery goes something. like this. And it's weird. I know it's. going to sound like I'm just listing off. times, but it's so important to this. whole thing. 1:00 p.m. The plastic surgeon that he. signed with, the one that he consulted. with, goes in and starts the operation. He cuts into his jawline, and almost. exactly an hour later, he leaves the.

room. That's already kind of alarming. Why did you leave the room? Are you. going to wash up and get sterile again. when you come back? Where would you even. go? Why did you leave? But that's not even the alarming part. When he leaves, 1 minute later, a new. random doctor walks into the room. Now, the medical charts and records for. Dae-hee don't list this doctor anywhere. This is not the assistant doctor for the. surgeon. This is not a resident that's. training underneath this plastic.

surgeon. Nothing. It's almost like this. doctor doesn't exist. AKA the ghost doctor. Yes. So, they walk. in and just starts operating on Dae-hee. I mean, you would think that this is. some sort of impostor that broke into. the hospital and wants to like torture. patients or something. So, they work on Dae-hee's jaw for like. 30 minutes. Then the main doctor walks. back in and then leaves again around. 3:00 p.m. So, this is 2 hours after his. surgery started, which according to the.

main doctor, the procedure should have. taken just 2 hours. But both the main. doctor and this ghost doctor, they leave. the room, and he's like open. He's not. all sewn up yet. They leave the room, and the nursing assistant comes in, and. they stay in the room for like 30. minutes. There was not a single doctor in the. room during the time that he was. technically open, and he was under. anesthesia. I'm sorry. Nobody wants to. be in that That sounds like a nightmare. situation. Then the ghost doctor comes. back, finishes the surgery, and leaves.

around 4:00 p.m. Now, this is 3 hours. after the start of the surgery. Then the. main doctor enters the room to dress. Dae-hee's wound and just leaves. They. all leave. From there, he's essentially. wheeled into the recovery room at 7:30, and for the next 3 hours, the nurse just. sits there expecting him to wake up soon. and like mopping up his blood casually, 13 times, off the ground right. underneath his head. And she's not. alarmed at all by this.

All the doctors just like left. They. actually went home for the day. What? The ghost doctor and the main. surgeon were like, "Oh, I work a 9:00 to. 5:00, guys. I got to go." So, they left. They left, but the anesthesiologist was. going to come back. I don't know if he. went out to eat dinner or something, right? But the anesthesiologist, he. comes back and he's like, "Oh, why isn't. he waking up yet? He's been out since. like 1:00 p.m. It's like, what, 9:00. p.m. now? That's weird. Um. anything I should know about?" And the. nurse is like, "Well, yeah, I did mop up.

his blood like 13 times.". So, now the anesthesiologist. starts freaking out. He rushes him into. the OR and is trying to find a vein to. put the blood into because he obviously. needs blood because he lost 2/3 of his. body's blood, right? But he can't find a. freaking vein. And I was sitting there. reading this like, "You are an idiot. You don't deserve to be an. anesthesiologist." And I was panicked. I. call my sister, and she said that maybe. this is common sense, I didn't know.

this. But she said that when you lose. blood, so your veins, all they do is. pump blood into your heart to simplify. it, right? Your heart pumps blood into. the Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Your heart. pumps blood into the veins, and then the. blood goes back into the heart. You'll. get it, right? It's like a whole system. Well, it's not efficient if, let's say, the tube is this big and you have so. little blood. It's going to use so much. more pressure to move that blood along. So, what happens is your vein shrinks to. try to make it a lot more efficient for. your body to pump the blood. Now, what.

that means is it's going to be really. hard to find a vein, which, I mean, if. you guys have ever gotten your blood. taken and you have pretty. pretty rough veins already, like the. pain of people trying to find find a. vein when you've never lost blood. already, so he can't find the freaking. vein. Now, he calls the main surgeon, and um. he starts freaking out, and they're. like, "We got to call the ER, but we got. to make it seem like it's not our. fault.". So, they call and they're like, "We just. need to bring this guy in. He's still. conscious, don't worry." The shady part.

is, without the CCTV, if Dae-hee's mom. didn't get that, she would have no idea. who this random doctor is, and they. would never have been held accountable. Not even the main surgeon would have. been held accountable. A ghost doctor is. especially It happens in plastic. surgery. It's common in Korea, but. everywhere. It's when you use the fame. of a plastic surgeon, the ones that are. Instagram famous, the ones that. everybody is like, "Ooh, I heard that. celebrity got their work done there.". The one that everyone's like, the. influencers are coming in and like doing.

the stories with them. Well, that doctor. is going to do your consultation. They're known for how good they are at. what da da da da da, and you're like, "Okay, I'm willing to pay this premium. Doctor Tomato is the best of the best.". But when you're knocked out from. anesthesia, Doctor Random will come in. and operate on you. You're like, "Why? I. mean, that doesn't make sense." Well, a. lot of people will hire attorneys and. are willing to pay more to get the name. partner on their case versus a random. associate because you feel like you want.

their expertise, you want their skills, their talent, right? But think about how. many surgeries that famous plastic. surgeon can do in a day. Did you know. in plastic surgery, in the business of. plastic surgery, and a lot of other. private doctors, consultations. are actually. the money maker. It's not actually the surgery. Sometimes. consultations are more important than. the surgery cuz when you first go in and. you get a free consult with like a. plastic surgeon, that's when they're trying to sell you. They're trying to close the deal.

to close the deal. So, this is actually. the most important moment inside of that. building because once they close the. deal, your money is their money. So, the surgery, I mean, it's already. too late. Obviously, they don't want a. bad reputation, but they have your. money. Now, consultations are super. important and everybody wants a. consultation with these famous doctors. Now, you got 24 hours in a day. Eight of. those hours they need to sleep. I'm sure. they only work 5 days a week. Sure, they. can charge more for being a famous. doctor, but how much more? It's just not.

lucrative enough. So, a lot of shady. doctors have come up with a way around. it. They'll take on a patient, promise. to operate on them using their skill. set, and when the patient is knocked out. on the operating table, they'll start. the procedure, slip away, and a ghost. doctor will come in and do most of the. work. And while the ghost doctor is. operating on patient A, the main famous. surgeon goes to patient B, starts the. whole process over again, and then to C. and to D, and they can do a bajillion.

surgeries a day. And then, when all said. and done, the ghost doctor will off. like a ghost that never even existed. They'll never be listed on the records. because remember, the patients are. paying a premium and only want the main. doctor operating on them. Now, the crazy. thing is, the ghost doctors aren't just. residents of plastic surgery. Because that kind of makes sense. Residents are like doctors in training, especially at like teaching hospitals. They work under attending doctors, and.

they will practice on patients while the. attending doctor is watching them the. whole time. But this is not the same. case. Sometimes these ghost doctors are. just freshly qualified plastic surgeons. Sometimes, they're dentists that are. looking to get into plastic surgery, or. they need some quick side hustle money. Sometimes they're nurses, or in some. extreme cases in South Korea, they're. medical equipment sales people. Medical. equipment sales people. Like, you're. trying to sell me a scalpel, and now you.

want to operate on my patient. Can you. imagine? This is super illegal, by the. way, but who will know? I mean, if. everyone at work is benefiting, if every. employee benefits from keeping this. secret, and they're all making money, the patient is knocked out, how will. they know? So, in South Korea, the plastic surgery. business is booming. It's about a $10.7. billion industry, and it's almost. incentivized for these clinics to be run. like factories. Like, let's talk about. Park. So, Park was a patient at one of.

these clinics. He was a 26-year-old. student, and in 2012, he too wanted. jawline surgery. But the ghost doctor. that performed his surgery. barely knew like what they were doing. Park was left mutilated, suffering from. partial paralysis in his face, and he. was just devastated. He said he went to. Doctor Seng because he was very famous. I mean, he did think that it was a. little bit strange that Doctor Seng was. like, "Oh, well, I have an opening next. week.". Because this is like one of the most.

famous jawline surgeons at the time. So, he's like, "What do you mean you have an. opening next week? I thought the. waitlist would be months, maybe a year.". He's like, "Oh, oh, don't worry." He's. like reassuring Park. "Oh, don't worry. It's like someone canceled on me. So, it's a cancellation, and you know what? You you It's an urgent situation. I'll. I'll fit you in.". I don't know. Maybe it's that or. something, but Park felt like the whole. thing was weird. He just Maybe he's. being crazy. Maybe he's being paranoid. He didn't know. So, he hid a tiny little. recorder in his pocket. He like got one. of those audio recorders, put it in his.

pocket, and when he gained. consciousness, and he realized that his. face had been botched, he replayed the. audio recording, and he was so freaking. traumatized. Because first of all, the. main doctor leaves and is like, "Okay, bye now, ghost doctor. You have fun.". And he's like, "What Who is this doctor. that I didn't sign up for?" So, the main. doctor is gone. And on top of that, the. assistants that were assisting the ghost. doctor, they were literally physically. poking at Park's body and making fun of. him for not having enough muscles. What?

This is something that gets me so. freaked out about surgery because I. actually heard if you are in like an. emergency situation, and this is not to. fearmonger people, but I heard um. you a lot of waivers that you sign, technically, they have the right to like. check your whole body. even if they don't suspect something's. wrong with your body. So, sexual assault. while patients are under anesthesia is. actually more common than you think is. what I read. I mean, if I'm dying, I'm dying, so you. got to help me, right? And I know that.

there's majority good nurses and doctors. out there, but. but I'm just saying. Anyway, Park said, "Being operated on was the worst. decision of my life. I have lost. sensation in part of my chin, my nose is. stunted, and it's literally the opposite. of everything that I was promised." So, he reported Doctor Seng, and the trial. is underway now. But there was another. instance, December 2013, a high school. girl named A, she was brain dead. after plastic surgery. She was getting a. double eyelid surgery and a nose job, a.

rhinoplasty, and people were so shocked. because it's like, "How do you. accidentally become brain dead from. that?" This is like the two most common. procedures, maybe all around the world, but specifically in South Korea. These. are not that dangerous. It's much less. dangerous than like a BBL. It sounded. terrifying. People are like, "Wait, do I. have to be worried?" After. investigation, it was found out that the. main doctor that she thought was going. to do all her procedures did her double. eyelid surgery, left her alone with a. nurse for 40 minutes in the OR, then the. ghost doctor comes in, and he's starting.

to cut open her nose, and he's like, "Wait a minute. Why is her blood oxygen. monitor off?". That's weird. The nurse is like, "I. don't know.". So, he turns it back on, and her blood. oxygen level is rapidly dropping. The anesthesiologist wasn't even in the. room. So, they rushed to perform CPR, and in that moment, she probably could. have been saved if she was rushed to a. real ER in a real hospital, but the head. doctor was scared that his practice. would lose business. So, he told the. ghost doctor, "Just finish her nose.

job.". Like, he wanted him to perform a nose. job on a dying girl. that they knew was actively dying. because if she dies, then they could. blame it on she just wasn't compatible. Like, this is so rare. It must have been. a her problem. Or they wanted to do the. whole we finished up surgery, and she. was totally fine throughout the entire. surgery, but then after the operation, she went into critical condition. Which. again, it would still calm the nerves of. everyone because it's almost like. saying, "Oh, she was like a very rare.

special case. Like, she couldn't handle. the situation.". Which I don't know how it works, but I'm. sure there's like 9 million ways that. the ER could figure out that you're. lying out of your. But by that time, it was too late. A was. brain dead upon arrival in the ER. The. police went to investigate the plastic. surgery clinic, and they were so shocked at what they. found. Inside of the clinic, she wasn't. even in a regular OR. Inside each. operating room, you're only supposed to. have one table. I mean, we've watched so.

many medical shows. I'm sure you've. watched Grey's Anatomy. You know what it. looks like, right? But this clinic had. two to three operating tables in one. room with a curtain dividing the tables. Super illegal, by the way. But the. doctors did this so that they could just. move around and perform more surgeries. Like, the ghost doctor is like, "Oh, then I need you here and here and here.". And then go faster, and then the main. doctor is like going from patient A to. B, C to D. I don't even know how that's sanitary. I. don't even know if you're breaking. sterile you know, regulations. Exactly. Like, the sterile zone or whatever they.

call it. It's like some sort of factory. line. I mean, this clinic was straight. up a surgery factory. Even when the. police went and saw the head doctor's. schedule, he was scheduled on five. different surgeries at the same time. And each surgery was slated to last. around five hours. I mean, it's. literally impossible unless this guy has. a time machine. So, as these stories. start making headlines, a ghost doctor. comes out anonymously to expose the. industry, and he said what's fascinating. is that if you perform the surgery and.

you help consult the patient, like you. are talking to the patient, closing that. deal, you get 5% of the total surgery. profit. If you just consult with the. patient and you close that deal, you get. 3% of the surgery profit. If you do no. consultation and you just perform the. ghost surgery, you get 2%. You get less. by doing the surgery versus just doing a. consult. That's insane. Because closing the deal. is more important than I guess their. quality of work.

And that's not a lot of money they're. getting paid. Like, 5%? That's. Like, imagine the surgery cost like a. few thousand, right? Let's say 5,000 for. a surgery. 5% of 5,000 is like $250. Yeah, well, a lot of it is like doctors. who want training. Some of them aren't. even doctors. They just like want to be. trained and I guess they're just happy. to have free training plus they get a. little hustle money on the side, which. is so alarming. Like For plastic. surgery, that's so scary.

you're fixing my face for life. No, thank you. So essentially, they were. saying that a lot of these clinics are. set up by investors who put money into a. clinic and they pick the most. charismatic doctor that they can find. Not even the most talented, just the one. that is the most TV presentable. The one. that looks like an authoritative doctor, the one that talks really well, the one. that is smooth talking, not the awkward. one that's really good at what they do, but it's not a people person. No, they. pick the charismatic doctor, they get.

celebrity endorsements, that's their. investment. They have this doctor go on. all these TV shows talking about plastic. surgery. Maybe they start a YouTube. channel. Maybe they work with some some. influencers. They build that trust and. then when people come out as new. patients, of course, they want to see. this famous doctor and the famous doctor. will basically sit there and do. consultation after consultation after. consultation, have them sign the papers, pay the money, book the services and. pretend like they're the one doing the. surgery, but they're not because they've.

got a basement full of ghost doctors. The ghost doctor said it's like. literally a basement where you just have. pagers and you just random you don't. even know ahead of time, am I going to. do a nose job today or am I doing a. jawline surgery? You just get paged, you. enter the operating room and they're. like, "Hey, fix up this jaw. We're just. going to shave it into a V." Wow. And then once they're done with that, they go back into the little basement. room and wait for another call, which is. crazy. Also, side note, I don't know why. I'm getting this flashback, but like. when I first started YouTube, a Korean.

plastic surgery company reached out to. me and was like, "We will fly you to. Korea if you vlog your experience. getting plastic surgery with us.". yeah, yeah. And I was like, "I will opt out.". Which anyway, again, this makes it seem. like I'm against plastic surgery. I'm. not. I'm just against ghost doctors and. like shady plastic surgery businesses. because they don't protect the patient. They literally hurt the patient. Now, anyway, there's no schedule. These ghost. doctors will literally randomly operate.

on whoever the needs them. So. they'll just come in in the middle of a. nose job and just figure it out. Just figure it out. Then the head doctor. and the investors will make tens of. millions a year if successful, which. they would never be able to do if the. famous doctor actually did all of the. surgeries themselves. I think that's insane. A doctor came out to say to run a. successful plastic surgery hospital, it's not even about how skilled you are. It's about how good you are at. consulting and marketing. So why does South Korea do this if it's. illegal? Someone who orders or performs.

an unlicensed medical act is subject to. a maximum of 5 years in prison or a fine. of $44,000, which is a drop in the bucket for these. head surgeons that are profiting tens of. millions of dollars a year. For example, a doctor who asked a nurse to perform. double eyelid surgery and nose surgery. at least 90 times got a 3-month. suspension and no fine. Suspension? Yeah, he just like couldn't perform. surgeries. Not that he was.

to begin with. For like 3 months. So he took a. vacation. Yeah. And another doctor who asked a medical. device company employee, like a. salesperson of medical devices, to. perform at least 58 surgeries got a. 3-month suspension. Nothing even. happened to their license. What is going on? So obviously, I mean, the laws are not as relaxed here, but I. mean, it's so hard to even prove that. they did anything. That's why they get. such a small little fine. Now, anyway, back to Tae's story. He was operated on.

by ghost doctor who was unqualified, literally didn't even have a plastic. surgery license and he had studied to be. a general doctor in medical school. He. was left unattended for hours at a time. with no kind of doctor around. He was. left with nursing assistants who had no. care that he was bleeding out in front. of them because all the doctors decided. to go home. Even the freaking ghost. doctor went home. So Tae's family, they're furious when they're watching. the CCTV. His mom said, "I don't think. that any of these doctors, there were. three, the main doctor, the ghost doctor.

and the anesthesiologist, not a single. one of them checked how much he bled. Not one freaking time.". And then the plastic surgeons had the. audacity to try and fake medical records. and they tried to lie that they provided. a blood transfusion, which I guess they. forgot that they gave Mrs. Lee the CCTV. or maybe they didn't think that she was. going to study every millisecond of it, but she proved that they were lying. And despite Tae dying, the plastic.

surgery clinic remained open and bragged. about how not a single patient was hurt. in their 14 years of operation. Which was a complete lie, but the clinic. argued that Tae actually died in the. hospital and the ER was at fault and not. them. So yeah, Tae's mom wasn't going to. let them do that. She actually found. Tae's bucket list at home and he was 24. years old when he passed. So he had his. whole life ahead of him and he had. written on there as number 15 of his. bucket list that he wanted to do before. he died was to make a difference in the. world. So Mrs. Lee, she felt like that.

was her duty as his mother. She felt so. angry. like for not only just what happened to. him, but what happened to so many. people. Like she was finding these. online forums of people anonymously. saying they're so embarrassed because. even though plastic surgery is so. common, you don't really talk about it. in Korea. It's not really openly talked. about. That's why idols act like they. never got surgery even though like you. know that they probably did. Kind of. like here where the Kardashians are.

like, "We never had a BBL. What are you. talking about?". So no one wanted to come forward even if. they suspected ghost surgery had botched. their face. So she's like, "Wow, there are people. suffering in silence because they don't. have a CCTV." So she was insanely lucky. to be have given the CCTV footage. She. would never have had a court case. without it. So she fought the plastic surgeons and. May of 2019, she won $381,000, which honestly doesn't sound like a lot. because we always listen to settlements.

in the US that are in the millions, but. this is quite a lot for a South Korean. case of death. Which is is so depressing, too. And the three doctors are now facing. criminal charges of manslaughter and in. May of 2022 of this year, the head of. the plastic surgery clinic, the one that. was supposed to perform the surgery, he. was given a fine of $5600. and sentenced to 3 years in prison. That's the amount of money that he paid. Less, yeah. Basically refunded the money.

that he charged after killing someone? Yeah, and got 3 years in prison for. killing someone. And okay, listen, I get it. Sometimes. doctors are put in really tricky. situations where the patient is already. dying and they're operating. This was. not one of those situations. This was. not when the doctor did everything in. their power and the patient still died. This is like straight up he had no care. for life. But that wasn't all. Mrs. Lee was not. happy about this. She spent literally. every waking moment of her life outside. the parliament in South Korea because.

she wanted change. Each day she would be. out there just mandating CCTV be in all. operating rooms. She wanted it to be. called the Kwon Tae Hee bill. Doctors. vehemently opposed this bill. They said, "Whoa, if you do this bill, we won't be. as comfortable saving lives.". Why? People were like, "Yeah, why?" The. public was suddenly like, "Wait, that. just makes me feel more gross. What are. you talking about?" They also said, "No, no, no, the patients don't want this. because we would lose the trust in the.

patients." Like the patients would be. like, "Why do you need a CCTV?". And everyone online was like, "Hi, fellow patient here. We're fine. We want. a camera in the operating room." Yeah. So what? The bill finally passed and it. was called the Kwon Tae Hee law. requiring CCTV in ORs and South Korea is. actually the first country to do this on. a national level. Wow. Yeah, she did it. Yeah, she did it. She did it. It There are ex- uh exceptions. So you.

can't have operating cameras in. emergency operations, operations. involving high risk to save a patient's. life, which makes sense because in those. situations, there's no right or wrong. thing to do. It's such a gray area. We're just You're just trying everything. to save this patient's life cuz they're. dying actively. So to be criticized, I I. can see why from a doctor's perspective, that's really dangerous and even from. the patient's perspective. So those are. the exceptions and in training purposes, which I don't know why that's an.

exception because wouldn't you want to. record it anyway because you're. training, so then you can show it to. other students, too? Weird. Now, a lot of people believe that. this law will make sure that no sexual. assaults are happening or at least. decrease it because that's a huge thing, too. Yeah, so that's freaking great. And. also, the older I get, the more I. realize the world kind of sucks. I don't know what to say. Like the fact. that this isn't already a thing. and the fact that like hospitals can be. so shady just kind of sucks. I was.

talking to my sister the other day about. the ins and outs of a hospital. cuz she was a resident at one point, a. resident pharmacist there. It's so. shady. Think of Think of a hospital as. like a Walmart because at the end of the. day, it's about business. It's not even. about your life, but I'm sure you. already knew that if you live in the. States. There are a lot of stories. I can't. believe we're talking about this again, but there are a lot of stories coming. out about the past and or scandals about. the Squid Game actors and sometimes I.

feel like the real stories about some of. these actors is worse than the show. itself, which like how can it be worse. than a show about contestants fighting. to stay alive Hunger Games style while. they fight over a lottery-sized jackpot. in a building-sized pig. Okay, if you. haven't seen the show, it's just as. ridiculous as it sounds. I'm not even. exaggerating. So, this is Lee Jung-jae, and he recently jump-started his career. again with his supporting role in the. Squid Games. So, he was number 17 in the. show, and I feel like his character gets.

most of the screen time near the end. He's not one of the main characters. So, he's a glass factory worker, and he was. helping the main cast cross the bridge. Remember where the bridge falls? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, I believe he dies. In the game or in. In the game, in the game. Okay. Well, in. 2016, before Squid Game came out, Mr. Lee and his family were on a Korean. reality show called Unanswered. Questions. It's kind of like 60 Minutes, like an interview, but a little bit more.

casual, but it's not a fun reality show. It's usually where people come and they. talk about serious controversies or. unsolved mysteries that have happened in. their lives. And in this episode, the. Lee family opened up about the weird, strange, and unjustified murder of their. oldest son in 2010.

In 2010, Jin Woo, I'm going to call him. Jin, was the oldest son of the family,

and he was 19 years old in 2010. Now, he. had spent his whole life in Korea. I. think that he had vacationed and went. abroad a couple times, but, you know, primarily that was. his country of residence. His dream was. to go to the United States to study. Both his parents, they want him to. succeed. They want him to chase his. ambitions, but at the same time, it's. their firstborn child. They want to go. to the other side of the world. I mean, you're going to be a little bit nervous. You're going to be a little bit. stressed. Jin's mom, especially, was. taking it really hard. She felt like, at.

least in her eyes, he was still just a. kid. Like, he wasn't ready for this. crazy life change. And add to that, it's. a 16-hour time difference. It's not even. like he's living in a different hour. He's living in a different day from her. But, he wanted to go study in LA, and. the family did have family there. So, he. wasn't going to be completely alone. He. was going to be living with his uncle. So, after Jin left, every single. morning, Mrs. Lee would wake up, and the.

minute that she opened her. one morning, she prayed that she would. see her son soon. She just wanted to. know that he was happy and safe. And. completely out of left field, she said. this is I mean, like, she doesn't really. believe in stuff like this prior to. this, but she saw Jin's face. Not just. in her vision, like, really saw his. face. Not just a picture on her phone, she saw him walk through her bedroom. door. And it was so bizarre that she genuinely. thought that she was hallucinating. She's sitting there like, "Oh my god. Do.

I need to take meds? Do I need to go to. therapy? Because what is going on? Why. is my son walking in through my bedroom. door?" Maybe he came to surprise her. No, but it was just like a really eerie. feeling where he wasn't like, "Hey, Mom, surprise.". It was just very eerie, and she felt. like her mind was playing tricks on her. So, she blinked, and he was still there. It was just the strangest thing, and it. sent a shiver down her spine. And what's. worse is that it didn't feel like a good. sign. He He didn't seem happy.

Suddenly, whatever or whoever was in. front of her, he opened his mouth, and. blood started dripping out. And before he faded away, he said, "I. love you, Mom.". And immediately, Mrs. Lee, I mean, can. you even blame her? She freaked out. She. called her family in California, and she. just had this really sinking feeling, this bad feeling that something Every. bone in her body, every fiber of her. being was telling her that something was. very, very wrong. It was around 1:00.

p.m. in California, and Jin's mom said. that Jin should be in school by now. But, when she called a relative, they. said, "Oh my god. I can't believe you. just called. I was about to call you. Jin was on the way to school, but we. literally just got word that for some. reason, he's on the way to the hospital. We don't know what's going on. We don't. know what happened, but apparently, there was a fight between Jin and a. white football player, and Jin's been. injured, and he's being sent to the. hospital.". So, that is some mother intuition. And I heard Okay, I know some people might not believe in.

this, but I heard mother's intuition is. so strong. I wonder how it works. Yeah, I'm kind of curious to hear more about. these stories. Yeah. About the mother intuition. Like, wonder Because in so many cases, explain that, right? Did you know a baby thinks that they're. a part of the mom for 6 months? What. does that mean? Like, a baby after being born genuinely. thinks that the mom and the baby are one. unit. Mhm. They don't distinguish the mom as like a. separate unit. So, maybe there's like. some sort of connection that's left. behind, but it's it's so weird.

Yeah. How do you even feel something? Like, biologically speaking, yeah, what. is the scientific research of this? I. need to know because it happens in so. many stories, and I believe it. Like, I. believe it fully. Yeah, me, too. Yeah, it's weird. So, anyway, she makes that phone call, and. now she's like, "Are you serious? Like, what is happening?" After the initial. update, the news only got worse. It was. almost back-to-back, like, just gut. punches in the stomach. By the time that. he reached the OR, he was brain dead. And it was just.

devastating. Just 15 minutes ago, Mrs. Lee had woken up praying for a good day, and she had seen her son walk through. her bedroom door, and now now she's been. told that her entire life had been. ripped apart, and her son is brain dead. in California, which is. half a world away. Like, on the other. side of the world. So, immediately, they. start making arrangements to fly to. California, but it would take a full 48. hours for them to get out there. They. needed to book the flight. The flight. itself would take 11 hours, and I can't. even imagine what those 48 hours felt. like. I can't even imagine. Just imagine.

sitting on a plane where you can't pace. around and leave and cry for 11 hours, knowing that your son is brain dead in. the hospital. You can't even call them. for 11 hours cuz you're on a plane. Like, I can't imagine that level of. helplessness and stress. So, when the family get to California, they were met with a slew of reporters. outside the hospital, and Mr. Lee. immediately felt alarmed. The reporters. were asking the couple, "What made you. decide to donate your son's body?". What? And they were so confused. Like,

"What do you mean we're donating his. freaking body? Like, why would you think. that? Why would you say that? We. literally just got here from California. or from Korea. Who even told you that?". But, they're not trying to argue. They're just trying to get to their son. So, they're like, "What? What are you. saying?" They rush inside the hospital, and inside the hospital, the same thing, okay? The doctors informed the family. that Jin was brain dead. The odds of him. ever waking up from his coma or. functioning like a human were basically. nonexistent. But, that's not all. The respiratory.

system that was keeping Jin alive was. very expensive. The family would have to. cover it if they needed to keep him. hooked up to the machines. So, it was. the hardest decision any parent ever had. to make. And with a very heavy heart, the family cut off Jin's life support. And I don't know what you want in those. moments. Like, I don't know if there's. anything in the world that will bring. you some semblance of peace or. like, closure. I'm sure there's nothing, but what they definitely wanted was some.

quiet. Mhm. But, immediately, people started walking. into the room asking if they would. donate Jin's body. I mean, why not, right? They're. thinking, "Okay, well, if we donate his organs, he could at. least save lives, and why wouldn't we? I. mean, it feels kind of good. It's like. he's giving life in a sense, and his. body will be out there, you know? His. organs will be saving people. It's It's. a good idea." It gave the family. comfort. So, yes, they told the people. with the clipboards that they would. donate Jin's organs. But, right before.

they signed the contract, a nurse. pulled Mrs. Lee aside. Like, she was. like, "Psst. Come here.". She glanced around nervously, and she said, "Wait, we have to go. somewhere without cameras." So, Mrs. Lee. is like, "What?". They get somewhere, and she quietly. asks, "Do you know what you just signed. away?". Did she sign or not yet? No, not yet. Almost. "What What are you talking about? We're. donating We're donating his organs.". "They're not here for organ donation.

You're donating his whole body. That's what you're signing off to. You're donating his body to science. Literally, everything. You will no. longer have his body. It's not just his. internal organs, everything. His brain, his skin, his joints, his bones. His. whole body is going to be gone. You will have no one to bury at the. funeral. You're donating his whole body. for science. But, that's not the point. Your son was likely murdered. So, if you. donate his whole body, you can't have an. autopsy to figure out what happened.". Wow.

Nobody told Jin's mom this. Thank god. for someone with like. Wow. it. You need to donate bodies to science. because that's how the people in the. medical field advance, and that's how we. get better health care, and we get more. experience and knowledge. But, at the. same time, he was murdered. Like, you. would never You would never do that. Donating someone's body to science is. one thing, but the fact that you do it. in such a weird way where that you know. for a fact that they think you're just. donating organs, and they're going to. get their son back to bury and lay rest.

in peace, but you're tricking them. essentially. Like, it's really. up. And there's a whole thing about it, okay? But, anyway, Jin's mom was so. taken aback, she had no idea like that's. what they were signing up for. Nobody. made it clear for her. Sure, you could. say it was a language barrier, but. nobody made sure that she knew that it. was a whole body donation versus an. organ donation. So, it's said that a lot. of the times whole body donation is to. be studied for science. A lot of the. times medical students will practice on. cadavers, so later on they're well.

equipped to be doctors and I don't know. where you guys stand on whole body. donation. I know most people agree with. organ donation, but they want to bury. their loved ones. I know there is a lot. of spiritual people out there or. religious aspects where having a body be. at rest after death is so important. So, all of those I get. But what's weirder is that um. you know, he was murdered. They need an. autopsy. Oh, which side note, did you. know whole body organ donation is not. really federally regulated? It's a bunch. of brokers that go out to hospitals.

They look for vulnerable people. They. pretty much sell you. They're really. aggressive for you to sign away the. rights. And then they sell those. cadavers. They sell those bodies to. medical facilities. Wow. sell them to universities. corpse dealers. Yeah, they're literally corpse dealers. There's not much regulation on who can. and cannot be a corpse dealer. What? So, they will go into hospitals. harassing people. I wonder how much they. sell like a body for. It's so weird. Wow.

Like the fact that like you would. imagine these things are regulated. You. would imagine that like the hospital is. doing it in a very respectful way. Like. you would never imagine a corpse dealer. showing up at your most vulnerable. moments in grief. Just the inside story. and and these things behind like medical. hospital uh it's so so uneasy. So. uneasy. Like the more that you read up. on hospitals, the more it really is just. a cash cow. Like that's all it is. And. I'm not saying about the people. I'm. talking about the people running the. hospital, not the health care workers.

But the operation of it is so scary. So, Jin's family, once they find out the. truth, they did not want to donate Jin's. whole body. They would also not donate. his organs either because you need to. have the organs intact for an autopsy. And this made the donation people very. very angry. Which again goes to the fact that it's. not federally regulated. It's not people. that have the best interests of families. and people cuz you know what I mean? If. you were looking for a cadaver for. medical reasons, you would say, I.

totally get why you would want to. donate. These dealers? Why are they here? I. guess they're soliciting. Um I think they like scout hospitals, I'm assuming. And I think they assumed. because they're not good at English and. they're not residents here and to bring. Jin's body back to Korea. Okay, so this has nothing to do with the. other party. No, I don't think so. okay. That's cuz that's what I was. thinking. Like are they trying to get. rid of something? Yeah, it's so weird though. It is weird. Maybe because it gets fishy, okay? So. again, I'm not saying that we should be. against whole body donations. I'm just.

saying like the way that it works is. kind of shady and there's going to be. bad people in this business. And. definitely, you need to read all the. terms and conditions for something like. this. And they're just preying upon the. Lee family because maybe it's like they. don't speak English. They don't want to. bring their baby back to Korea, which is. like what an assumption to make. So, they're getting mad at the Lee family, the donation people yelling about how. they already wrote up the contract and. saying things like, you can't back out. now. You promised. We printed the paper. and everything. Jin's family said it was so bad that. they had to lock themselves in the.

hospital room. Even nurses were shocked. and surprised at how aggressive they. were. And if I'm not being mistaken, it. seemed like they were thinking truly, oh, these foreigners, this is going to. be easy. Eventually, the donation. vultures, they backed off and Jin's body. was sent in for an autopsy. Now, his. cause of death was determined to be a. result of brain hemorrhaging caused by. blunt force trauma to the head. So, immediately, LAPD starts treating Jin's. death as a homicide. Now, there were. some weird things that got lost in. translation. Jin's mom had heard a white.

football player on the phone, remember? How a white football player was. involved. But nobody ever said it. Even. the family member that was on the phone. with her was like, I never said a white. football player. So, there was no white. football player involved. Is there even. a football player? It's like a soccer. player. Yeah, so it gets really weird. Now, the truth slowly starts coming out, which was that Jin had gotten into a. fight with another Korean student. And. let's just call him Alex for the purpose. of this video. His identity is withheld. Alex and Jin were friends, but they.

weren't close allegedly. Like they had. same classes, they hung out here and. there, but they were never the ones to. be like attached at the hip. There was. no particular attention. There was. really nothing going on between them. They were just regular friends, you know. what I mean? Now, even for Jin's. birthday party, he had invited Alex. And. apparently, Alex was very Americanized. and Jin had grown up in Korea his whole. life, right? So, it's kind of a. different culture. Now, apparently, at. the birthday party, things started. getting weird because witnesses saw Alex. walk up to Jin's uncle and kind of slap.

his shoulder and say, "Hey.". Like, "Hey." Like put his hand on his. shoulder and go, "Hey." Mhm. Disrespect. Yeah. Which in America would be completely. normal. In Korean culture, it's. incredibly disrespectful, especially. because this was in the uncle's house. Like you're coming to somebody's house. and you're not abiding by their customs. and traditions. So, the uncle is like, why who do you think you are? Like. you're in my house. I don't care if. you're still in America, you still need. to show respect and manners.

The party continued as normal, but it's. said that later Jin wanted to talk to. Alex about it. He felt some type of way. about it. You know, the way that Alex. treated his uncle, it seemed like Alex, fine, you grew up in the States, but. come on, you know that's disrespectful. Like you should have known. You're. around enough Koreans to know. So, a lot. of people believe that this small. tension started boiling and boiling and. started to build. Jin allegedly told. Alex, on top of that, you need to treat. me with respect because I'm 19 and. you're 17. So, friends who saw these.

interactions said Jin would always say. it in a totally joking way, but it's. unclear if Alex was triggered by it. I. mean, this is a whole point of. contention between them. I mean, it's a. huge thing between a lot of Korean. exchange students and Korean-Americans. Like I've experienced this cuz I'm I. guess I'm more considered like. culturally a Korean-American. And there. would be times in high school in my very. white high school where like a few. Korean exchange students would be there. and they'd be like, you need to call me. unnie. And I'd be like, why? But you're. not my unnie. Like I got an unnie and.

she's at home cuz she's my blood sister, you know what I mean? Who are you? So, it was like the point of contention, right? But again, none of it would have. turned out the way that it did. So, that. particular day, friends said that Jin. and Alex were outside and they seemed to. be bickering, but nobody intervened. because it wasn't fighting, it wasn't. yelling. It was just kind of like, you. know, where you're both like taking jabs. at each other. Surely, they could handle. it. These are adults. So, they're just. doing their own thing. Nobody pays them. any attention. So, we don't know what. happened. But Alex said Jin threw the.

first punch. Punched him. Again, there. is no way to prove or disprove this. There are no other witnesses who came. forward, so it's just Alex's word. Now, what we do know is that Alex was a. soccer player and he was. he had his soccer cleats on, his shoes, the one with the spikes. And he. confessed that he kicked Jin with those. shoes twice in the face. In the face? How do you kick someone in the face? say that's like some weird Like karate? Like what are you What are you saying? Like it's not like the movies where.

you're that fast. I imagine that he. wasn't that fast. I imagine that Jin had. time to move because he wasn't drunk. There was nothing to block his reflexes. You kick someone in the face when. they're on the ground. Exactly. But he said Jin threw the first. punch. He didn't say he shoved or. anything. He just kicked him in the face. two times with his soccer cleats. And he said the whole altercation lasted. 30 seconds before their gym teacher ran. out and broke up the fight. Now, Jin. collapsed. on the way back into the school and he. never got back up.

So, the state decided to press charges. against Alex and Jin's family starts. looking for attorneys. Now, this is really wild. The family had. no idea where to find a good attorney. They also, you know, he's not the most. famous actor in Korea. And especially in. 2016, he really wasn't that well known. Like I he had his a core group of. supporters, but he was not like the main. character of Squid Game. He was not on. all these K-dramas. They couldn't afford. a lawyer. But it was high profile enough. that they get a Korean-American lawyer. calling named Larry. Let's call him.

Larry. And Larry said that he was an. influential lawyer in the area with over. 40 years of experience working with the. LA legal system and he was also well. connected to high-powered politicians. and prosecutors. So, he knew what he was. doing. Larry even flew to Korea to meet. with Jin's family and introduce himself. And he looked exactly how they imagined. He said the process was going to be he. would represent them in court. They. would file a wrongful death suit against. Alex and against the school and. hopefully get some money out of it. Now, Jin's family wouldn't stop at that.

because they didn't want the money. They. just wanted justice. I mean, yeah, money. would have been helpful though because. again, they're not doing that well. They're not rolling in money. And. they're facing a bunch of medical fees. and all the flight costs, the funeral. expenses. Yeah, money would have helped. And thankfully, Larry said that he would. not ask for money up front. He would. only take money if they won the lawsuit. So, a few months pass by, nothing big. happens. And the family is confused. Like, hello, isn't this supposed to be. where we're making progress? Mhm. They. reach out, Larry doesn't pick up. They.

get in contact with someone from the. police. And the police are like, oh, we thought. you had an attorney. They didn't really. let you know. We dropped the charges against Alex. What? So, nobody bothered to even alert the. family. Larry just decided, uh no money, not my job, not worth it anymore. What makes the whole situation more. suspicious because what kind of lawyer. does that? But it's after the charges. were dropped, Alex moved to Korea. Okay. Now, I don't know if his parents were. there or he wanted to get get break, but.

it just feels a little bit convenient. Nobody moves to Korea, especially if. you're a Korean-American, your family. has spent so much time and money. immigrating to the US, unless you finish college, or you're. going to college in Korea, or you've. secured a job in Korea. It's not the most standard thing to move. back to Korea. Out of nowhere? Out of. nowhere. Okay. So, it feels a bit. convenient, right? So, the police also. decided the whole thing was an. unfortunate incident. They didn't even. charge Alex with involuntary. manslaughter, which is technically what. you would charge him with, because it.

wasn't premeditated murder, it was. manslaughter. And to add to that, Jin's. family was like, "Okay, well, if you. close the case, then we want the. records, because we're going to find a. new attorney.". And the police said that the records. were destroyed. Which is weird, because closing a case, okay, it's weird, but it's not alarming, it's been done before. But destroying. files, that's bizarre. One of the few. surviving records reported that Jin had. a .10 alcohol in his blood during the. fight, meaning that he was considered. legally drunk.

This is weird, because the hospital. showed his level was .010. So, again, that's a huge difference. between one is drunk and the other one. is sober. So, either the police are. being shady, or they're that. incompetent. Honestly, I think they're that. incompetent. But the whole case just reeks of. suspicion. But how do you drop a case like that, though? Like. Yeah. So, they were just saying, "We. looked at the facts, and it was an. unfortunate incident. We're not going to. pursue it, cuz no crime happened.". the call on this? Jeez. That's what I'm saying.

So, 3 years later, the family wanted to. reopen the case in Korea. They had um. Jin's body exhumed for a second autopsy. His body would have been decomposed. quite a bit by this point, so it was. going to be a lot harder. But they. concluded that the cause of death was a. heavy blow to the upper stomach, with. something like soccer shoes hitting his. stomach. That would have caused a heart. attack that would lead to the cerebral. hemorrhaging in his brain. So, Jin did. have a hemorrhaging to his brain, but. not because of a blow to the head, but. rather to the upper stomach. So, does.

that mean that Alex him more times than. he admitted, or did he kick him in the. stomach instead of the head, which is. why would you lie about that? Because I. feel like the stomach sounds nicer than. the head. To be like, "Oh, I kicked him. in the stomach." sounds nicer than "I. kicked him in the face.". It's just so strange. So, Lee Sun-kyun. teared up, and he cried. And he said. Because he just felt so powerless about. the whole situation. He said, "I feel. sorry for my son, that his dad is so.

powerless. And I feel so sorry that. even after death, he can't rest in. peace, because they had to exhume his body.".

In Korea, the family sued Alex for. wrongful death. The judge ruled in favor. of Alex, saying there was not enough. evidence for a conviction, because like. I said, they couldn't even get police. reports, because they were destroyed. They had like a few things, but it was. nothing. The family appealed the case in.

2019, 10 years after Jin's death, and. they won the appeal. Which everybody. knows how rare that is to win an appeal, especially in South Korea, but they did. And Alex was sentenced to 3 years in. prison. And Jin's parents think about Jin every. single day. Jin's dad said, "I really want to see. him again. Sometimes I still hear his voice in my. head telling me, 'Dad, let's go have a. drink together.' And. as an actor, you need to know this, and. Dad, you need to do this as an actor.". He always gave his dad all these tips,

and he always lectured his dad.

Lee Sun-kyun was interviewed, and he was. asked, "What would you do if Squid Game. was real and you won the money?". And he said that he would build an. acting school, so that actors like. himself, the ones with no education, no. connections in the industry, would have.

a chance. And that is the really, really shady. murder of Jin. Not to like have conspiracy, but why. does it just sound so shady? So, there. is a conspiracy that Alex's family was. well-off Yeah. compared to Jin's family. And now, I don't think Alex's family was. well-off to the point where people are. like, "Oh my god, they're so wealthy. This is like eat the rich situation.". But I think it's also the victim was a. foreigner who maybe didn't have as many.

roots and connections in LA. Yeah. And. the LAPD are known for having some shady. officers, for sure, that will take. bribes. Even the the dealers at the. That's If somebody was killed or. murdered, obviously. to want an autopsy. Exactly. And what. scenario would somebody want to give. away the body? And why were they already. waiting at the Reporters at the door. And why were they already saying, "Oh, like Oh, we heard you're donating your. body." when they didn't talk to anybody?

Yeah, so that just brings me to think. somebody probably called some people, bring them to the hospital, and then the police just disregarding. it, destroying the evidence or or. records. I don't know. Just I feel like, I mean, obviously, Alex did something, but I also feel like he kicked him more. times than he said, and probably in. various locations. Mhm. Is how I feel. And that's why he's changing his story. And maybe his family is more. well-connected, or more well-off, and.

wanted to create this whole situation. I. know it's a big conspiracy, but it just. doesn't make sense. Otherwise, we're. just looking at too many coincidences, like the body donator dealers, and then. you have the LAPD just being so stupidly. incompetent. Like, that doesn't make. sense, either. And the lawyer is just. what? Yeah, the lawyer's confusing, like. wasting their time when they could have. gotten a real lawyer who could fight. this. And the thing about the blood. alcohol level, it's such a I know it. seems like a typo, but when it comes to. blood alcohol level, you can't have.

typos, because you're not dealing with a. number that's like 100 is drunk, and one. is not, right? You're dealing with like. points. Everything is a point. Yeah, yeah. So, the fact that they just. like took away the zero after the point, it's it's I feel like it's so weird. What are your thoughts on this case? I. need to know in the comments.