Episode 102: Dami Mission Rapture Incident (다미선교회 휴거 소동)

Dark Korea — Korean True Crime & Mysteries · Oct 23, 2026 · 13m

At 11:45 on the night of October 28, 1992, a man on a stage in western Seoul told a packed hall that the Lord would arrive in about fifteen minutes. Hundreds of people stood up and raised their arms toward the ceiling. Outside, police had come in their thousands, ready for a mass suicide. Midnight came. Nothing happened. And the pastor who had promised them heaven was already in jail, because prosecutors said he'd been planning for the day after. Dami Mission Rapture Incident (다미선교회 휴거 소동) · 1992-10-28 · Dami Mission church, Seongsan-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea (and branch churches…