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Podcast: The Dark Side of Seoul Podcast
Episode: Prince Sado’s Madness and Murder | The Fall of Joseon, part 16 (1735-1762)
Description: Send us Fan MailPrince Sado’s life reads like a gothic horror: crowned heir, but driven mad by his father’s cold perfectionism, he slew palace servants and terrorized court ladies—then was locked in a rice chest by King Yeongjo, left to die over eight harrowing days. Drawing on Lady Hyegyeong’s 1805 memoir, we untangle Sado’s paranoia, rituals, and possible political frame-up, and reveal how his gruesome death in 1762 marked the start of the Joseon Dynasty’s final unraveling. Korea's #1 ghost and dark history walking tour. Book at DarkSideOfSe...