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The Serial Killer Podcast

Thomas Rosseland Wiborg-Thune

Lee Choon-Jae - The Night Walker

Apr 27, 202639 min
Summary

In this episode of The Serial Killer Podcast, host Thomas Rosland Weiburgh examines the haunting case of Lee Choon-Jae, the perpetrator behind the notorious Hwaseong serial murders. Between 1986 and 1991, ten women were raped and murdered in the rural Gyeonggi Province of South Korea, a series of crimes that paralyzed the nation and defied resolution for decades. The podcast details how the killer exploited the rural landscape, turning familiar paths and rice paddies into sites of horror. The episode explores the disastrous, high-pressure investigation that initially failed to identify the culprit, leading to the wrongful imprisonment of an innocent man. It discusses the profound social impact of the murders, which stripped a once-trusting community of its sense of safety. Through the lens of modern forensic science, the host recounts how, in 2019, DNA evidence finally unmasked Lee Choon-Jae, who was already serving a life sentence for an unrelated murder. The discussion highlights the legal complexities of the case, the institutional reforms that followed, and the tragic, lingering reality that, due to the statute of limitations, justice for these specific crimes remains imperfect.

Updated May 30, 2026

About This Episode

The killings began on the 15th of September 1986. The first victim was a 71-year-old woman whose name has never been officially released to the public, a decision perhaps made to protect the dignity of her grieving family in a conservative society. She was found the following morning in a field near Taean township in Hwaseong County. Her body lay face-up among the late-summer stubble of a harvested rice paddy, the stalks brittle and dry beneath her. Her clothing was torn and rearranged around her body in a way that suggested both violation and deliberate staging. Her wrists were bound tightly behind her back with strips torn from her own garments. She had been sexually assaulted. She had been strangled. The ligature—a length of her own stocking—was still knotted around her throat when police finally arrived at the scene after a farmer discovered her at dawn


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