Series: Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea Released: On Netflix Director: John Choi Netflix is a pandora's jar in regards to docuseries covering true crime. And a gruesome addition to it is a Korean docuseries called The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea. A 3-part chilling recount of a serial killer in the city of Seoul that had the Police force working tirelessly and the people terrified. Raincoat killer is about Yoo Young-Chul. A serial killer who murdered women and the rich of Seoul. He particularly targeted sex workers and the rich because he believed they were not worthy of living. He believed he was cleansing the city of the dirty and the tainted. His modus operandi was bludgeoning the victims to death and burying them in the mountain trails of Seoul. Besides the ghastly murders he also sexually assaulted the female victims, dismembered and mutilated them to remove any evidence and to prevent identification. From 2003 to the time of his arrest this one man managed to terrorise everyone in the city. The series closely documents every aspect of the investigation. Most of the Officers who were involved with the investigation have retired now. But the horror seems to be fresh in their minds. The Officers who have been involved with the investigation provide a hard-hitting commentary. Their incompetence and lack of resources. The fear of acknowledging that they might be dealing with a serial killer. The lack of evidence had them looking for clues in the dark. The documentary also commentates on the socio-economic changes that Korea was going through. Finally, in 2004, Young-Chul was arrested and brought in for question revealing his victims to be far more than in number than what had been imagined. His chilly, unsympathetic voice-over about how he felt exhilarated at having killed so many is bound to give you goosebumps. The docuseries has a lot of reenactments. It says true to the facts and the theme without extending the investigation unnecessarily. The true star of the documentary is the profiler who says eery things like " To understand a serial killer you have to take a walk in his mind" and by God does this documentary offer you that walk. By SB
