Mashimaro: The Wrong Clue

For nearly 20 years, one detail defined two notorious murder cases in Seoul’s Sinjeong-dong — a sticker of a cute bunny character called Mashimaro.

It shaped public memory, media narratives and online speculation.

But police now say it was the wrong clue.

This episode reexamines what really happened in Sinjeong-dong in 2005, and how public attention blurred unrelated crimes, a truth only uncovered after the real killer was finally identified in November 2025.

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Credits

Reporting & writing: Song Seung-hyun

Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting

Hosts & guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik

Producer: Song Seung-hyun

Audio editing: Noh Seong-min

Artwork: Yu Soo-in