Why People Still Talk About Those Rainy Night Roads After the Hwaseong Case
The Hwaseong serial murder case is no longer an unsolved mystery.
A suspect was officially identified years later through DNA evidence.
But the strange part is that even after the case itself was mostly resolved, the stories around it never really disappeared.
You still see similar comments online.
“People around there still avoid walking alone at night.”
“Rainy nights still remind older locals of that case.”
“My parents still talk about those farm roads.”
Honestly, at first I thought a lot of it was just internet exaggeration.
But after going through old articles and regional posts together, I noticed the same kinds of memories showing up over and over again.
Not scary exactly.
Just… strange.
Why do so many people remember the atmosphere of those nights more clearly than the actual case itself?
The Articles Were Short, But People Remembered Longer
First, the confirmed facts.
Between 1986 and 1991, a series of murders occurred in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province.
The case remained unsolved for decades before DNA reanalysis identified Lee Chun-jae as the likely perpetrator.
What surprised me was how short many of the older news articles were.
Incident reported.
Investigation ongoing.
Suspect search.
That wa