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The Korean Axe Murder Incident - August 18 2022

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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August 18th: Arthur Bonifas and Mark Barrett Kill (1976) When tensions are high the smallest thing can become a trigger for violence. On August 18th 1976 two men lost their lives in Korea after trying to trim a 100 foot poplar tree turned into a full blown axe attack.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_axe_murder_incident, https://www.army.mil/article/193004/memorial_service_honors_victims_of_axe_incident, https://magazine.atavist.com/axes-of-evil-north-korea-dmz-tree-murders, http://www.legiontown.org/memorials/5934/barrett-bonifas-memorial-ceremony-2019, https://historyofyesterday.com/korean-axe-murder-incident-48f3e16e47b6, https://www.nytimes.com/1976/08/25/archives/rites-for-two-officers-slain-in-korea-held-at-west-point-and.html, https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-18-mn-18219-story.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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more records free until the 9th of March. Terms apply. There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

1:02.8

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines. We have a weird homicide.

1:08.7

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

1:12.6

When tensions are high, the smallest thing can become a trigger for violence.

1:19.6

On October 18, 1976, two men lost their lives in Korea after trying to trim a 100-foot poplar tree turned into a full-blown axe attack.

1:30.9

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

1:41.8

In order to understand the magnitude of today's story, there are two very important things

1:46.6

you need to know about. First is that there is something called the Joint Security System,

1:52.0

the JSA, in South Korea, that marks the only portion of the Korean demilitarized zone, the DMZ,

1:58.8

where North Korea and South Korea forces stand face to face.

2:03.5

In that area is something called the Bridge of No Return, the stretchers right between North and South

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