A heavy rain blanketed the streets of Seoul. At the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency,

reporters clustered under umbrellas. Flash bulbs fired in rapid burst as a man, flanked by officers,

was escorted down the corridor. He was barefoot, expressionless, dressed in a yellow raincoat,

thin, plastic, standard issue. No one yet

understood the full scale of what he had done. The press knew only that he was a suspect in a serious

case. But within days, South Korea would learn that this man, Yu Yongchul, was responsible for a killing spree that

had left at least 20 people dead. Among them were respected elderly couples and women working

on society's margins. All had been targeted with the same brutal intent. Most had died by

a hammer. Some had been mutilated.

Others, you would later claim, were partially cannibalized.

The man the media dubbed the raincoat killer had moved silently among them for nearly a year.

He had stalked the wealthy and exploited the vulnerable.

He told police he had planned to kill 100 people and that he was disappointed

that he was interrupted before he could finish. You are listening to the evidence locker.

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victims, their families, and loved ones. In early 2003, the capital city of Seoul was vibrant

and thriving. With its booming economy and global ambitions, South Korea projected stability and modernity.

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