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Episode 11

Gong Ji Cheol

I just wanted to see her one more time.

Jeong Ha Eun.

It's time for Inside of a Case.

Our guest today is the novelist who wrote The Secrets of a Murderer

and Korea's answer to John Grisham, who was a lawyer at the time of Gong Ji Cheol's trial.

Novelist Jang Hye Mi is our guest today.

Welcome.

First, can we call you an expert on Gong Ji Cheol?

Not at all.

I just wrote a book by collecting the scribbles written on the walls of his solitary cell.

But here, there's a poem.

A bone escapes a birdcage.

A bone that cried while alive when the world and life were split apart.

Leaving behind its robe of feathers, it walks out, whistling.

It's the poem Gong Ji Cheol scribbled the day before his execution.

When you look at the conclusion of your book, it ends with Gong Ji Cheol alive.

Is Gong Ji Cheol really alive?

Nobody thinks that Jack the Tripper and Zodiac are alive, but we still talk about them.

Gong Ji Cheol is the same.

So couldn't it be that someone is copying Gong Ji Cheol's murders for attention?

Do you think of Gong Ji Cheol as a psychopath?

I have interviewed many serial murderers,

but Gong Ji Cheol... is not a psychopath.

He is not a psychopath?

Gong Ji Cheol has all the feelings that a human can have.

He even feels beauty.

He likes books and loves music.

He, at first, was just like us.

Gong Ji Cheol didn't realize...

Even after he was excuted...

His wish was to live again.

"I wanted to live."

I wanted to live.

That woman is alive.

Ep.06 Resurrection

Why is this buried here, Father?

You know something, don't you?

Father!

He thought of resurrection, that child.

Who is that child?

Cheon Jong Beom?

No! I'm not at the school. I'm at the museum of skeletal remains.

I don't know what he's doing, but he's not coming out.

Why are you tying ribbons on the tree?

It's an East Asian ritual that carries the wishes of resurrection.

The flesh is dead but the soul becomes a butterfly. The hope is that it flies away.

In the national myth within Eurasia,

ribbons symbolize the border between this life and the afterlife.

Host: Archaeological University of Korea Supervision: Seoyeon University

The natives of Altai are known to hang ribbons on sacred trees like this and make their wishes.

So that the people they love will be resurrected and come back.

When I see your face at the museum of remains,

there are moments when you seem like someone else.

Someone I don't know, but then again,

like someone I think I might know very well.

Prosecutor Kim Soo Hyeok.

Can I ask you to accompany me voluntarily?

Today, the remains of a baby were found at the Haneul Garden Cathedral.

Remains?

Accompany you voluntarily... as a suspect

or as a witness?

You'll know when you go there.

What's going on?

It's nothing, so don't worry, Professor.

What's going on?

Let's go.

Stay here, Jeong Sa Bin.

It's more comfortable seeing each other here. We should have done this sooner.

Don't you think so?

Cheon Jong Beom, no, should I call you Cheon Eun Woo?

You can call me what you like.

The box with the baby's remains had your fingerprints everywhere.

The priest said that you buried it yourself.

So do you think that I killed that child?

Your imagination is more lacking than I thought.

Prosecutor Kim Soo Hyeok.

Is that so?

Then let me hear what kind of imagination I need.

That child... is Im Hwa Young's.

- What? - Extract the DNA and check.

DNA... So you're saying right now—

The day Im Hwa Young died, she drunkenly confessed something to me.

That she killed her own child with her own hands.

- So? - I found the child that was buried in the mountains.

After that, I moved the child's remains to the cathedral and buried it.

You want me to believe that?

I'm just giving you the facts.

I guess it's up to you whether to believe it or not.

How did you know where the child was buried?

How would I know that? I heard it from Im Hwa Young directly.

Forget it.

Fine. Let's say that's what happened.

Then why? Why did you do that?

You dug up something that was already buried, put it in the box,

and you took it to the cathedral and buried it. Why?

Did you become close to Im Hwa Young after running her errands?

If not, was it Im Hwa Young's final request before she died?

You killed Im Hwa Young.

I felt sorry for the child.

Felt sorry?

I guess you've come up with a storyline, but who would ever believe someone like you?

You're a guy who killed a girl when you were 15.

Do you want me to recite your juvenile criminal record for you again?

It's also a fact that you killed a girl back then.

- Well... - Well?

I'm really curious about something.

Why did you ring the bell of Im Hwa Young's next-door neighbor before killing her?

The bell next door?

I rang the bell next door?

But what does the bell next door have to do with the socks?

You rang the bell next door and waved your hand that had socks on it.

A guy like you wouldn't ring the doorbell next door by mistake.

Let's hear why you set up a witness.

Prosecutor.

It's a call from the Chief Prosecutor.

We found Cheon Jong Beom's fingerprints on the remains found in the cathedral so we're investigating.

Whether there were fingerprints or DNA,

Soo Hyeok, you're someone that makes things out of what doesn't exist and makes things that exist disappear.

But why did you do it this time?

Why?

Should we round up the guys that you imprisoned by fabricating warrants

and hold a press conference?

Soo Hyeok.

Yes, Chief Prosecutor.

Do you want to make me your enemy?

[ Prosecution Office ]

Why do people act like victims when they are the assailants?

That woman killed her child ten years ago

but she says that her dead child is torturing her.

I'm going to throw this away.

So that it can't torture me anymore.

I'll throw it out.

I'm throwing it out, okay?

Goodbye.

I threw it away.

You cannot throw away your sins.

They shouldn't grow faint like pictures soaked in rain.

They must remain in your heart.

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And... bloodshed must be paid with bloodshed.

If you created a witness for me, it looks like you didn't get the result you wanted.

We could meet again when the next person you want to kill appears.

I think I'll find you before then.

Mom, are you okay?

You must miss Prosecutor Kim a lot. Why are you driving so rough?

Where are you?

You know the place I go often near practice room, right?

I'm on my way.

Please change the music.

Do I have to listen to the sound of violins here, too?

Please be understanding, she's a violinist.

The sound of strings probably sounds five times louder for her than other people.

Yes, I understand.

Your taste hasn't changed.

I like the taste of young and tender ones.

How about you, Soo Hyeok? Is it to your taste?

I'm just eating it because you like it.

I heard that you're investigating the Gong Ji Cheol tribute murder cases.

If the culprit commits the murders to commemorate Gong Ji Cheol,

he would only select Gong Ji Cheol's desired targets and kill them.

Soo Hyeok, did you see my mom's television appearance?

She's an expert on Gong Ji Cheol.

So who do you think those targets are? Targets that Gong Ji Cheol would kill.

Well, Gong Ji Cheol couldn't kill the person he loved.

If he was alive, who would he want to kill?

A psychopath had someone he loved?

Of course, he did.

Gong Ji Cheol's tragedy begins when he gets abandoned by his mother.

The word "tragedy" is a bit unpleasant to hear, Mother-in-law.

I do agree with you on one thing.

Murder isn't something you can stop with one's own will.

The child we talked about before... observe him well.

That child? Who's that?

Excuse me for a second.

We can make a bet. He's definitely going to commit murder.

That child, Cheon Jong Beom.

You make bets with people's lives.

I saw that child for the first time when he was 13.

He was very interested in Gong Ji Cheol. So I gave him a book as a present.

You gave a 13-year-old child a book about a serial murderer as a present...

I can see through psychopaths.

I know how to manage them.

There was no one who understood him in that household. He was bound to come find me at some point.

At that time, I wanted him to be honest with me.

So, did he come and find you?

No. His mentality was stronger than I thought.

Just watch and see. He's a child that will have great success in his field.

Though, I hope it isn't murder.

Just watch and see.

He's a child that will have great success in his field.

Though, I hope it isn't murder.

Gong Ji Cheol, Signature

Jang Hye Mi, The Secret of a Murderer

Gong Ji Cheol, Jang Hye Mi

My goodness, she was talking about killing her own baby that was a month old with a pillow!

Gong Ji Cheol's tragedy begins when he gets abandoned by his mother.

The person who gave The Secrets of a Murderer to a 13-year-old and the person who read it.

The novelist who commemorates Gong Ji Cheol and the person who became one with Gong Ji Cheol.

Instead of Gong Ji Cheol who was abandoned by his mother, judging the woman who threw away her child

He's definitely going to commit murder.

That child. Cheong Jong Beom.

I felt sorry for the child.

What's going on?

Why do you keep her next to you?

Is it that good?

My heart!

Tonight I want to be your vampire.

What are you saying? You don't even look like you're strong enough to suck blood.

Uncles, he's skipped his meds again.

Uncle... you pseudo-uncle!

Please watch who you're talking to before acting up.

Okay.

♫ Just beat it, no one wants to be defeated

Have a good time.

Come on, the state of mind.

If we think what's inside the skull is alcohol, it's alcohol,

if we think it's water, it will be water.

Meaning, it all depends on how you think.

Bottoms up.

♫ No one wants to be defeated ♫

♫ Showin' how funky and strong is your fight ♫

Hey, aren't you drinking?

Why are you in mourning?

What's wrong? What's with that unfamiliar expression in front of all this food?

Cheon Jong Beom

Oh.

Just a moment.

What's wrong now? Hey!

It sounds noisy. Where are you?

What about you?

I'm on my way home.

Are you okay? You...

I know that you're curious.

Go ahead and ask me what you want.

Shall we take a walk?

I decided not to be curious about you at all.

Are you listening?

Yes, go ahead.

Only think about who you are from this moment on.

To me, who you are from now on is all that matters to me.

No matter what anyone says about you, I won't believe it.

And I'm going to get mad at people who tell me something about you I don't know.

I'm only going to trust what you tell me.

Then, I'll hang up now.

Team Leader...

Did you run home in the middle of our drinks?!

Hurry up and run back!

I'm coming, I'm coming.

No matter what anyone says about you, I won't believe it.

And I'm going to get mad at people who tell me something about you I don't know..

I'm only going to trust what you tell me.

I'm only going to trust what you tell me.

My valves and my ventricle

A person's heart beats 60-70 times per minute

In one day, it beats an average of 100,000 times.

If they live up to 70 years, their hearts beat up to 26 million times.

The strength of a heart in one hour

is equivalent to the strength required to lift a 75 kg man to the top of a three-story building.

A heart failure rate is lower than that of a super precision machine.

Bovie.

The weight of a heart is between 350-600 grams. The heart's location is...

The location of the heart, center of the chest at the front.

The circular cone-shaped object between two lungs.

A small clump of muscle the size of a fist. The heart's purpose is...

The heart's sole purpose is to apply pressure like a piston engine.

The blood that enters the left atrium after passing through the bicuspid valve from the left ventricle,

opens the aortic valve from the muscular activity in the left atrium

and rushes out into the main artery that streams through the body.

Human genes are active for 12 hours postmortem.

The heart keeps beating even in brain death.

To me, a heart is...

To me, a heart is a gift.

To me, a heart is... a machine.