Korea's most notorious woman psychopath ｜The case of Lady Eom｜True Crime Korea

Can You Ever Really Know Someone?

This story is about a woman named Lady Um who committed several evil acts to receive insurance money. She hurt her two husbands, her older brother, and even her mother.

Suspicious Fire at the Hospital

• A fire broke out at a hospital in Kangnam in Seoul on February 13, 2005.

• The smell of gasoline made police think that someone had intentionally set the blaze.

• CCTV footage showed a suspicious woman who turned out to be Lady Um.

• Police arrested her and began their investigation.

Lady Um's Tragic Life

• Lady Um's younger brother dropped by a police station and told detectives that bad things keep happening to his older sister.

• After hearing this, detectives looked into Lady Um's life and found some suspicious things.

• As soon as she graduated high school, she ran away from home and worked as an insurance sales representative.

• She met a man with mental capacity issues, they moved in together, registered their marriage, had a daughter but their happiness was short-lived as their daughter fell off a desk and died when she was just three years old.

Suspicious Deaths

• Lady Um's husband fainted twice and had concussions both times. He couldn't remember anything so the exact cause of his ailment couldn't be determined.

• Despite this, Lady Um devoted herself to taking care of him until he got better. When it seemed like he was making a full recovery he woke up one day and couldn't see.

• Her husband passed away on March 25th 2002 due to cellulitis - bacterial skin infection

• Just one month after her first husband passed away she started seeing another man named IM. They registered their marriage quickly but soon after he fainted and was hospitalized.

• A month later, after his condition had improved, he woke up in agony. They quickly went to the emergency room but it was too late. He had already lost his sight and two months later he died due to cellulitis.

Lady Um's Evil Acts

• Lady Um committed all these evil acts to receive insurance money.

• She gave her first husband antidepressants which could lead to amnesia and a comatose state if excessively taken in a drink when he was high on medicine she pushed him.

• Her older brother had gone blind just like Lady Um's two husbands.

• Police found her mother laying down in the house; she had lost her sight too.

• This all turned out to be the evil work of Lady Um.

Conclusion

• Police were suspicious of Lady Um but she continued to show sincerity even holding a wedding ritual for her second husband.

• This made it difficult to suspect any malicious intent but eventually, they found out that she hurt her family members for insurance money.

Lady Aum's Crimes

The section describes how Lady Aum planned and carried out her crimes using information she gained while working as an insurance sales representative. She targeted people with the intention of receiving the most insurance money for deaths followed by loss of eyesight and fires.

Planning the Crimes

• Lady Aum used information from her previous job to plan and carry out her crimes.

• Every detail of her crimes was planned, including stabbing her first husband three times with a knife after he lost his sight.

• Lady Aum hid the fact that she had been previously married and made it seem like she came from a good family when marrying her second husband.

• After six months, Lady Aum gave medicine to her second husband, pushed him resulting in a concussion and tailbone fracture, then unregistered their marriage while he was in the hospital.

Targeting Family Members

• Lady Aum targeted people who she had blood ties with, including feeding medicine mixed with pomegranate and plum tea to her mother and older brother.

• She blinded her mother by poking her eyes with a syringe and poured hydrochloric acid on both of her old brother's eyes to blind him.

• She fed medicine to both brothers again before setting them ablaze. Fortunately, they survived but suffered burns.

Arson Cases

• After visiting a maid who used to work for her, Lady Aum set the maid's house on fire resulting in the death of the maid's husband and leaving lifelong burns on her children.

• Lady Aum set a hospital on fire after the maid and her children were treated there. This incident helped police with their investigation.

Insurance Money

• As of 2005, Lady Aum received close to 1 billion won in insurance money.

• She pleaded guilty to all her crimes and was sentenced to life in prison.

Conclusion

The section concludes that Lady Aum is a strange case of a woman's psychopath who could have put many other lives in danger if it wasn't for her last arson case.

• Lady Aum is described as a strange case of a woman's psychopath.

• If it wasn't for her last arson case, she could have put many other lives in danger.