In 'Psychopath I Met,' Jeon Hyun-moo, Kyuhyun, Nukssal, and Heo Young-ji expressed anger and shock at the brutal reality of kidnapping and confinement crimes hidden in everyday life.
The 4th episode, which aired on the 2nd, focused on the theme 'Find Me' and highlighted shocking true stories of psychopaths who completely robbed others of their freedom and lives for their own purposes.
In the first episode, the shocking true nature of in-laws who confined a daughter-in-law who decided to divorce after enduring her husband's domestic violence was revealed. When the daughter-in-law demanded a divorce, the in-laws assumed she had committed infidelity and engaged in assault and confinement, even using real police handcuffs they had picked up from an old clothes collection box in the past. The court sentenced the mother-in-law to 8 months in prison with a 2-year suspended sentence and the father-in-law to a 10 million won fine, and the cast members could not hide their anger, calling it a light punishment.
Following an episode that brought more fear than the true story, a 28-year-old job seeker who applied for a high-paying part-time job to raise money for his father's hospital bills was kidnapped. The victim was confined to a remote location and had his ID and mobile phone taken away, accumulating 110 million won in debt in just minutes through jeonse loan and high-interest credit loans. Heo Young-ji cried out and expressed her frustration at the crime that exploited the desperate situation.
In the 'Psychocast' segment, bizarre and bold criminal acts were covered consecutively. Nukssal introduced a man who lured a middle school girl, put handcuffs on her, and wrote a breeding diary on his computer, trying to raise her as his ideal type. Jeon Hyun-moo revealed the twist in a middle school girl kidnapping case that occurred in the middle of Hongdae Station in Seoul. The student was a cash collector for a voice phishing organization disguised as high-paying part-time work, and when she ran away with 27 million won in cash, organization members carried out kidnapping in broad daylight. Lawyer Lee Gyeong-min warned about the increasing number of teenage fraudsters, stating that what seemed like a simple part-time job could lead to involvement in serious crimes.
The cast members expressed their awareness that reality can be scarier than movies, and Lawyer Lee Gyeong-min emphasized that as crime methods become increasingly sophisticated, the legal system needs to be refined more thoroughly. 'Psychopath I Met' airs every Sunday at 10:20 p.m.
