I Saw the Devil

Welcome, researchers, criminologists, and brave travelers. Today, we embark on an unflinching, highly academic excursion into the realm of 'Dark Tourism.' Drawing from our primary source material—the chilling documentary…

Our investigation begins in the somber, quiet expanse of the Namseoul Public Cemetery. It was here, in September 1994, during the Chuseok holiday—a sacred time for honoring ancestors—that the Jijonpa escalated their terror by…

We must temporarily shift our geographical focus south to a bus stop in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon. While the grand design of the Jijonpa was to target the ultra-wealthy, their actual first murder occurred here in July 1993, driven not…

We now arrive at the darkest epicenter of our tour: the rural site in Yeonggwang, Jeolla Province, where the Jijonpa constructed their 'Agbanggung' (palace) or, more accurately, their Murder Factory. Utilizing funds amassed from…

While the exterior was a deception, we must now conceptually descend into the architectural truth of the building: the basement. Hidden beneath the ordinary first floor was a subterranean nightmare. …

Our narrative now shifts to the miraculous turning point of this dark history. In September 1994, a female hostage, 'Lee,' managed to orchestrate an impossible escape. …

Our final location on this dark tour brings us to the austere, formidable architecture of the Supreme Court of South Korea. It was here, in May 1995, that the judicial system delivered its final, uncompromising verdict on the…

As we conclude this grueling, profoundly dark academic tour tracing the geography of the Jijonpa murders, we must take a moment to decompress and synthesize the horrors we have analyzed. We have walked the serene paths of a…