PRACTICE CAUTION

“If you really wanna know what somebody is into, you follow them at night. You do not follow them throughout the day because during the day, we're all doing things that we don't really wanna do, but we kinda have to do. We're going to work. We're going to school. We're running errands. But at night, that's usually when someone makes a choice. Regardless of sleep, the fact that it's dark outside, I'm gonna go outside, and I'm gonna do this thing. And taxi drivers are the ones that get to see all of us in our dirty little glory.”

“He's picking her up from a local motel because, I don't know, you know, you can ponder a bit further. She's the first to talk. 'Hurry, sir. Go fast. I'm being chased. I'll give you cash.' And she's like, 'go go go.' So out of just pure instinct, he's stepping on the gas, and she's leaning back, taking a deep breath of what looks like a $100 worth of fried chicken, and then she starts taking a picture. She's almost smirking while she's typing something out on her phone, and the whole reason that this is odd is because the driver's on high alert.”

“He turns on the news one day, and he realizes the woman that he picked up that night is the motel serial killer of South Korea, the newest female serial killer in Seoul, the one that netizens have said is too pretty to go to jail. We did have help from our wonderful Korean researchers for translations for today's case. But if anything is misrepresented or miscommunicated, please let us know in the comments. Also, keep in mind that any quotes or statements have been translated and may be condensed for brevity.”

“A hunting bar is a bar specifically set up in Korea for singles to approach strangers and try to start dates. It's set up so there's a bunch of tables all circling a dance floor, and singles will walk from table to table asking if they can join them. So sometimes you'll have, like, a full table of women, and then a group of men will wanna join their table, or tables of men and groups of women will come up and wanna join their table. It's set up so singles you're encouraged, and it's very normal to go from table to table.”

“Today's case involves the intentional drugging of individuals without their consent, also sometimes referred to as date r word drugging, so please watch with caution. But because you're meeting complete strangers, it is hard to vouch for everybody. Sometimes you meet someone at a hunting bar, and you meet them outside for a secondary date, and maybe it's without the beer all of a sudden. It's like speed dating in real life. It's weird. And then sometimes, they'll pay for the drinks. Sometimes, they'll get drunk.”