The shortcut

True Crime

Sep 04, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 3

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Episode description

On a chilly Wednesday evening in November 2003, 14-year-old Eom Hyun-ah set out on a familiar shortcut home through the quiet outskirts of a village in South Korea. It was a dark, rarely traveled path, but one she had walked many times before. This time, she never returned. What began as a routine walk quickly turned into a haunting mystery that would grip the nation and leave a family desperate for answers.

In this episode, we delve into the 2003 kidnapping and murder of Eom Hyun-ah in a village in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province.

Credits

Reporting & Writing: No Kyung-min

Editing: Lee Sun-young, Devin Whiting, Paul Kerry

Hosts & Guests: Devin Whiting, Yoon Min-sik

Producer: Song Seung-hyun

Audio Editing: Noh Seong-min

Artwork: Yu Soo-in

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