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Frog Boys Disappearance | The Story Behind South Korea's Infamous Missing Children Case

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True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Looking at the details behind South Korea's most famous missing children case and why their bodies went undiscovered for 11 years, the Frog Boys Disappearance. Support us directly: https://www.redwebpod.com On a spring day in 1991, five boys mysteriously vanished after leaving home to hunt salamanders. What began as an innocent outing became a harrowing nightmare when the boys never returned home. Their remains were found 11 years later, but left investigators with even more questions. Today, we examine the haunting case of the Frog Boys Disappearance. Sensitive topics: death, murder, violence - all involving minors Our sponsors: Rocket Money - Cancel your unwanted subscriptions and reach your financial goals faster at http://rocketmoney.com/redweb Shopify - Go to http://shopify.com/redweb to sign up for your $1-per-month trial period. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/redweb to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

On a spring day in 1991, five boys mysteriously vanished after leaving home to hunt salamanders.

0:12.8

What began as an innocent outing became a harrowing nightmare when the boys never returned home.

0:17.6

Their remains were found 11 years later but left investigators with even more

0:22.1

questions. Today we examined the haunting case of the Frog Boys' disappearance. This is Red Web.

0:34.9

Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about Unsolved Mysteries, True Crime, and The Unknown.

0:45.4

I'm your resident mystery enthusiast Trevor Collins, and joining me hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.

0:52.4

You know, there's so many times where we go,

0:56.1

what if we just found the body?

0:58.6

Maybe that would tell us so much.

1:00.5

And then we come across a case like this,

1:02.1

that's like, here's the bodies.

1:04.4

It tells you nothing.

1:05.9

I go, damn, okay, maybe

1:07.5

having something tangible isn't going to get us as far as I think

1:11.1

it's going to get us. Yeah. Also, frog boys, come on, man. Yeah. It's not a good name. Like the three of us went missing, you know, because it goes hunt or whatever the hell. And I don't know, we were in a tropical area and they're like, yeah, you know, the mystery of the moist men.

1:09.0

It's like, come on.

1:10.8

Oh. And I don't know, we're in a tropical area and they're like, yeah, you know, the mystery of the

1:28.0

moist men. It's like, come on. Oh, come on. Can't even be the damp dudes. You just got, you got to go with moist men. Moist men, you know what I'm saying? Like, hey, we don't get to choose. We don't get to choose. That's true. It's post-mortem. We need to pre-cog this moment. Oh, wait, no, I don't want to

1:30.8

disappear. Hold on. I don't want a name. I don't want a name. I don't know. You got me all invested in everything. Like, I was going to be some sort of mystery. I don't want that. One, he's like, if we do disappear, we need to come over the name. Two, you can't put it out there merely merely after most bad. I'm going to tattoo it right

2:02.3

on my butt. So the only way, the only two people to see it is my wife and the news. If I ever go

2:08.0

to, wait, no, I'm disappeared. No one's going to see it. This is falling apart. It's not a great

2:14.6

name. It is a misnomer. I think to jump ahead, it is because of what they were doing when they disappeared.

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