Dark Files: Structural Collapses — When the Ground Gave Way

Dark Korea — Korean True Crime & Mysteries · Oct 19, 2026 · 1h 34m

A building is a promise. You walk in, you go to sleep, you cross a river on your way to school, and you trust that someone, somewhere, did the work to keep it standing. This is Dark Files. These are the collapses. April 1970. An apartment block in Seoul, built in six months for the city's poorest residents, comes down just four months after it was finished. Residents had reported cracks in the columns nineteen days earlier. Thirty-three people died. October 1994. On a Friday morning rush hour, a section of Seongsu Bridge drops into the Han River, taking a city bus with it. Thirty-two people…