In Detectives' Trade Secrets, a heartbreaking story was revealed about an 18-year-old girl who endured domestic violence and is searching for her biological father. An unbelievable true story that a wife allegedly arranged for a hit on her husband followed, shocking viewers.
On the 27th, the Channel A 'Detectives' Trade Secrets' segment 'Detective 24 Hours' featured the youngest client, an 18-year-old who dreams of becoming a dancer. The client expressed a small wish: "I want to find my biological father, who separated from us after my parents divorced when I was young, and invite him to my performance." But the only memories the client had with her father were a few months from when she was one or two years old, and she could not even remember his face. The client said that when she was about 7, her mother remarried and a new family was formed, but she suffered horrific abuse there. The client's confession — "I was hit hundreds of times a day with a laundry drying rod, and I was beaten until a recorder broke" — angered viewers.
The client, who had lived temporarily with her maternal grandparents under a separation arrangement, had to return to her mother's house after her maternal grandmother's death. There, she could not even dispose of a single sanitary pad comfortably, and endured verbal abuse from her mother such as "You will become a criminal when you grow up." Then, three to four years ago, when the woman who ran the street food stall in front of the house said, "A man came looking for you," the client hoped, "Could that person be my father?" In response, the Owl Detective Team began tracking the biological father's whereabouts based on inquiries at that food stall and the client's family relations certificate. Whether the detectives can find the client's biological father will be revealed in next week's broadcast.
Meanwhile, in the 'Case Notebook' segment, which featured legendary go player Lee Sedol as a one-day detective, a man came to the detectives saying, "My wife suddenly demanded a divorce; I think she has had an affair." The client, who runs a restaurant, complained, "At lunchtime, my wife's hair was wet when she came to help, and CCTV even captured her stealing money from the shop." The detectives' investigation found that the client's wife was secretly working at the swimming pool desk without the husband's knowledge. Footage captured affectionate scenes with a young swim instructor and secret meetings with another young man, sparking suspicions of host bar visits and an affair.
But the truth of the case was beyond imagination. The client's wife, worn out by her stingy husband, had hired a contract attacker to beat him. The client forced an extreme frugal lifestyle on the family, limiting shower time to three minutes and forbidding the air conditioner even in midsummer. Eventually, the client was randomly assaulted by the contract attacker disguised as a drunk and was hit in a bicycle hit-and-run, leaving him seriously injured. When the client's wife, feeling guilty, tried to cut off the transaction, the contract attacker demanded a large sum and threatened them. After learning all the facts, the client relentlessly harassed the contract attacker until he refunded the money, and the couple reconciled.
The responses of married male guests to the question "What if my wife hired someone to beat me?" added humor. Lee Sedol responded coolly, "He must have done something to deserve it," and Kim Poong said, "She must have had no choice," showing understanding of the wife. By contrast, lawyer Nam Seong-tae said, "If he deserved it, you might let it go, but if not, it could lead to a lawsuit and divorce," delivering a lawyerlike answer that stunned the studio.
[Photo] Channel A 'Detectives' Trade Secrets' broadcast capture
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