In the “Detective 24 Hours” segment of Channel A’s ‘Detective’s Trade Secrets’ aired on the 18th, a daughter’s desperate plea to help her mother, who was being gaslit by a scammer, was broadcast.
The client’s mother met a man who introduced himself as a “spiritual leader using psychokinesis and telepathy” while visiting a fortune teller. The man brainwashed her with claims like “I can change your future luck” and “You will die if I let go,” and it was revealed that he even had an inappropriate relationship with her, claiming it was necessary to “drive away evil spirits.”
He further claimed to be the illegitimate child of a major conglomerate founder, boasting that he possessed four books of the group’s corruption records and claiming ties to entertainment industry giants. He even urged the mother and daughter to start a business in their names, claiming he had a patent for a noodle dish, and shocked everyone by pressuring the married mother to divorce, telling her, “You will die if you live with that man.”
The fake leader’s antics didn’t stop there. He made the absurd claim that he was an oriental medicine doctor before becoming a spiritual leader but had his license revoked after being taken by the ANSP for writing posts mocking the president. Footage showed him performing unlicensed acupuncture on the mother and manufacturing and selling mysterious herbal medicines.
Attorney Nam Sung-tae pointed out that this is a “comprehensive crime set” that could violate the Medical Service Act, the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, and even the Act on the Control of Health Crimes.
Most shocking of all was the fact that the spiritual leader sexually harassed the daughter, claiming he had to “remove the demon inside her.” Even more distressing was that the mother was present but sided with the fake leader over her own daughter.
Watching this, Kim Poong expressed his anger, calling him “absolute trash” and “not even human,” while Defconn shuddered, saying, “It’s so disgusting. He’s like the final demon from the movie The Wailing.” The truth behind this case will continue in next week’s episode.
In the following “Case Notebook” segment, the story of a father who abandoned his family after becoming obsessed with dancing following his recovery from lung cancer was revealed.
The husband had worked his whole life until he was diagnosed with lung cancer, but miraculously survived thanks to his wife’s devotion. Afterward, he began falling for Latin dance, stating, “I want to live without regrets by doing what I love.”
However, around that time, the wife was diagnosed with chronic renal failure, a condition where survival is difficult without dialysis or a transplant. Yoo In-na expressed her sadness, saying, “It’s too cruel,” as the wife had neglected her own health while caring for her husband and mother-in-law.
The husband then claimed he wanted her to receive treatment in the best environment and started a new business using their home and workplace as collateral, only to disappear to the countryside, claiming, “I lost everything in a scam.”
But an even more shocking truth emerged. The husband had actually hidden the assets and faked the scam because he didn’t want to give up dancing or nursing his wife. He even shocked the cast with the shameless remark, “If we divorce, wouldn’t I have to split the assets in half?”
Yoo In-na was speechless, asking, “What did I just hear?” and Defconn expressed his rage, calling him “vicious and selfish.” Furthermore, it was reported that while he was preparing to flee overseas, he was arrested just before departure on charges of sexually harassing several women under the guise of them being dance partners.
Defconn criticized him, saying, “New demons appear every time, but this father is someone who gave up being human,” and 2AM’s Jo Kwon, appearing as a one-day detective, reacted bitterly, saying, “I feel disillusioned, as if I’m seeing someone who exceeds the limits of human vicious desire.”
Netizens poured out their anger, reacting with comments like “It’s even more chilling that this is a true story” and “I almost got a stress-induced illness watching this.”
