Prince Sado’s tale has been told through TV and film. Living in the 1700s, he got away with many killings and cruel acts. Yet there are others who say he himself was a victim. Listen as we delve into the life and legends of one of Korea’s most notorious royal members and how his death marked the beginning of the end of the Joseon dynasty.
A couple of months ago, some strange things started happening in Joe’s apartment in the middle of the night. Even one of our patrons saw something unexplained in a live video chat.
One incident forgotten to add to the show is that when Joe was in bed one night, the electric fan shut off. Joe checked to see if it was plugged in, and it was. The fuses weren’t busted. Then suddenly the fan turned on and rapidly cycled through low and high settings and back to low all by itself.
There are some Korean explanations based in folk belief for what’s happening. We explore that and ask you, “IS JOE’S APARTMENT REALLY HAUNTED??”
In July 2011, a landslide was triggered by heavy rains on a mountain on the southern side of Seoul. It crashed through apartment buildings and resulted in deaths and destruction. Your host, Joe, was caught in that. Here’s his story.
Video of the Umyeonsan Landslides
My video
EBS broadcasting building
This is a video done by EBS about how it hit their studios, where I was broadcasting at the time. The studio where they taped the popular children’s show Ppoong-Ppoong-i looked like the set of Lord of the RIngs.
The military and police and others worked hard to make the building usable for the most basic of broadcasting. They set up temporary generators outside the building. Cleared trees from the inside of the building.
The video shows them clearing walking space in the mud and making one radio booth usable. We did shows from there for a month with no air conditioning, trekking in and out through the mud paths in the hallways.
In early 2008, an English teacher and his girlfriend were killed in an apartment fire. It was a turning point in the disparate expat community. Many of the charity and fundraising groups we see now started here. But is that the whole story?
We talk about Bill Kapoun and more mysterious passings in this episode.
A special video episode! Shawn and Joe drive in Paju, the source of many lonely road ghost stories. We share the tales of the Woman with Sunglasses, The Bloody Meat, The Bloody Box, and more.
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Did Disney have plans to build a park in Korea? Was Seoul Grand Park originally a nuclear warhead research facility? What are some recent amusement park disasters that they would rather you not know?
We dig deep and answer these pressing questions. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
The church created by Sun Myung Moon is basically the Forrest Gump of cults, finding itself in so many historic world events, you likely have been touched by it.
Organizations and Businesses started by The Unification Church
Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP)
Family Peace Association
Universal Peace Federation
Women’s Federation for World Peace
In their defense, they claimed they were unaware of the Unification Church connection
Focused on the family unit
Contributed $3.5 million to Liberty University (1995)
(1995) George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush spoke at an event in the Tokyo Dome
New World Encyclopedia — an Internet encyclopedia that, in part, selects and rewrites certain Wikipedia articles through a focus on Unification values.
Paragon House, book publishing.
The Professors World Peace Academy
Sun Hwa Arts School
Sun Moon University
Sun Myung Moon Institute
High School of the Pacific in Kealakekua, Hawaii
The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) in Barrytown, New York, and with an Extension Center in midtown Manhattan.
Blessed Teens Academy—Greeley, Colorado
New Hope Academy—Landover Hills, Maryland, USA. “Although New Hope Academy was founded in 1990 by members of the Unification movement, it is not a sectarian school. No doctrines are taught; in fact, no classes in religion are offered.However morning services are mandatory, during services discussions about religious doctrines, hymns, and group prayers all take place. We believe it is the job of parents—with the support of their church, temple, or mosque—to impart their personal faith to their child.” [338][339]
WUF – World University Federation
The Arts
Kirov Academy of Ballet, dance school in Washington DC.
Korean Cultural Foundation
Little Angels Children’s Folk Ballet of Korea
Manhattan Center, Theater and recording studio in New York City.
New York City Symphony
One Way Productions, movie production company.
The Universal Ballet, founded South Korea in 1984, is one of only four professional ballet companies in South Korea. Moon’s daughter-in-law Julia Moon, who was the company’s prima ballerina until 2001, now serving as General Director.
Sports
Centro Esportivo Nova Esperança, Clube Atlético Sorocaba, Brazilian football teams.
Martial Arts Federation for World Peace
Peace Cup International football (soccer) tournament.
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, South Korean football team.
The Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation
Yeongpyeong Ski Resort, which hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics
Political
Freedom Leadership Foundation, an anti-communist organization in the United States active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.[365][366]
Peace United Family Party, a South Korean political party founded by the Sun Myung Moon, one of whose main goals is the reunification of Korea.[20]
The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) works to promote peace and understanding between potentially hostile nations.[264]
TheConservatives.com, a former political website in partnership with the Heritage Foundation.[367]
The Summit Council for World Peace is an international group active in Moon’s effort to unite North and South Korea.[368]
Coalition for a Free World, anti-Soviet group active in the 1980s.[369]
Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy
The International Coalition for Religious Freedom
International Federation for Victory over Communism
Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation
National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism
National Prayer and Fast Committee, which supported President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
Radio Free Asia.
Business
Mini-chaebol
Setback in 1997 Asian Financial Crisis
The Washington Times
United Press International (UPI)
The World and I
Tempos del Mundo (Latin America)
The Segye Ilbo (South Korea)
The Sekai Nippo (Japan)
Zambezi Times (South Africa)
The Middle East Times (Egypt)
AmericanLife TV (formerly owned)
Churches
Belvedere Estate
New Yorker Hotel
Rolland Denny Mansion (Seattle)
Ironically, Donald Trump criticized Unification Church acquisitions in the early 1980s as disruptive to communities
Funds much of the current church activities
Pyeonghwa Motors
Cheongshim Hospital, Korean hospital.
Ilhwa Company, South Korean based producer of ginseng and related products.
Isshin Hospital, Church sponsored hospital in Japan which practices both modern and traditional Asian medicine.
Tongil Group (manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, tourism, publishing)
Master Marine – shipbuilding and fishing company in Alabama
International Seafood (Kodiak, Alaska)
True World Foods – American sushi trade
News World Communications
Lots of real estate
International Relief Friendship Foundation (IRFF)
Joshua House Children’s Centre in Georgetown, Guyana helps homeless and victimized children.
Korean War 60th Anniversary Memorial Committee
National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism
The New Hope East Garden Project, agricultural project in Brazil.
Ocean Church
Summit Council for World Peace
Tongil Foundation
World Media Association, sponsors trips for American journalists to Asian countries.
Organizations supported by Unification members
American Conference on Religious Movements, a Rockville, Maryland based group that fights discrimination against new religions. The group is funded by the Church of Scientology, the Hare Krishna organization, as well as by Unificationists, who give it $3,000 a month.
American Freedom Coalition (AFC)
Christian Heritage Foundation
Empowerment Network, a pro-faith political action group supported by United States Senator Joe Lieberman
Foundation for Religious Freedom (Also known as the New Cult Awareness Network.), an organization affiliated with the Church of Scientology which states its purpose as “Educating the public as to religious rights, freedoms and responsibilities.”
George Bush Presidential Library. In June 2006 the Houston Chronicle reported that in 2004 Moon’s Washington Times Foundation gave a $1 million donation to the George Bush Presidential Library.
Liberty University.
Married Priests Now!
National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC
University of Bridgeport of Bridgeport, Connecticut
