Hi crime junkies, I'm your host Ashley Flowers.

And I'm Britt.

And the story I have for you today is one of the most infamous out of South Korea in the 90s.

It's about five little boys who wanted to spend their day off from school playing in the woods like they had so many times before

Only this time they wouldn't come home

This is the story of U Chilwan, Johoyan, Kim Young Yu, Pacchanin, and Kim Jong-Shik,

aka The Frog Boys of South Korea. the So, the, It's just after 1 p.m. when the phone rings at the home of Ujong Wu. He answers and he's surprised to hear someone

from his son's Taekwondo Academy on the other end. This person tells him that

14-year-old Chilwan didn't show up to his lesson today, which might have been more surprising on any other day,

but today, March 26, 1991, isn't any other day.

You see, for the first time in 30 years South Korea is holding local Democratic

elections so schools out people are off work so they can vote I mean it's a big deal

and although Jong-Wu isn't all that happy that his son skipped practice,

he's not exactly panicked.

Right, the whole family's routine is off.

Right.

And he knows his son had gone out to play with four other boys.

They're all kind of described as like the five musketeers.

Their houses form actually this circle there in the village and they're all super close and listen disclaimer I'm going to try my best

with pronouncing all the names and places in this story but I think we can all agree

that pronunciations aren't exactly my strong suit. You try really hard though.

I'm trying really, and honestly it's not just me,

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