About this season
Secret Investigation Record is based on cases detailed in the Annals of Joseon History with a bizarre twist; these incidents incorporate mysterious, supernatural elements that cannot be explained through science. Kim Hyung Do is an inspector of the state whose single-minded focus on his investigations into administrative misdeeds bring him into direct contact with these strange mysteries. Heo Yoon Yi is a government employee who aids him and attempts to understand these scientific impossibilities with an open mind, in contrast to his cynicism.
Episodes (12)
1. The Secret Light (Part 1)
Aired 20 August 2010
It is the year 1609, the first year in the reign of Gwanghaegun (Prince Gwanghae), a time characterized by political tensions and frequent occurrences of bizarre and mysterious phenomena that cannot be explained. Hyung-do, a government official and investigator, is asked to look into reports of an enormous UFO sighted in the eastern province of Gangwon-do.
2. The Secret Light (Part 2)
Aired 21 August 2010
In this episode we are officially introduced to the mysterious 'pipe-smoking man' whilst the quest for the truth behind the UFO sighting continues.
3. The Curse of Shilla’s Gold
Aired 27 August 2010
Anyone coming into contact with a recently discovered cache of gold bars (dating from the Shilla Dynasty) comes down with a skin-ravaging, rapidly fatal condition.
4. Behind Those Crimson Eyes
Aired 28 August 2010
Villagers attribute a rash of violent deaths which leave behind mutilated human remains to that of tigers. However, all of the victims are criminals, already marked for execution.
5. The Sealed Tale
Aired 3 September 2010
A storyteller holds court, weaving a tale of a woman’s murder that occurs on a dark, densely foggy night. Elsewhere, a man scribbles on a pad, clearly in a fugue state. He is a 'mudang', or psychic; a condition inherited from his mother. The tales he relays to the storyteller are remarkably identical in every detail to a recent spate of murders, therefore he is clearly the murderer.
6. Ghosts of Yidu
Aired 4 September 2010
A shaman is found dead, his body is strangely riddled with numerous small stab wounds after attempting to perform an exorcism.
7. The Arcane Village
Aired 10 September 2010
The daughter of Lord Choi and her lover runaway together. After a search is conducted, the boy is discovered in an absent-minded daze. It is rumored that the young couple had gone to a place called New Land. It is another in a string of similar cases of so-called travelers to New Land who return in a dull state of near-catatonia.
8. The Immortal Prophet
Aired 11 September 2010
Hyung-do is missing, and in her attempt to locate him, Yoon-yi is led to a blind prophet, a seemingly immortal man who has been imprisoned for 150 years. He is leering, lascivious, and downright vulgar, but clearly he can see… something.
9. Attack of the Changgwi
Aired 17 September 2010
Legend has it that if the spirit of a dead child is possessed by a cat, it becomes a Changgwi and feeds on human blood. Another strange case for Hyung-do.
10. Return to Dragon Palace
Aired 18 September 2010
A huge light shines down from the clouds and beams down into the ocean killing all the fish that land ashore in large numbers. News of this oddity reaches the team, who are dispatched to this remote island off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula.
11. Rebirth of the Dubak God (Part 1)
Aired 24 September 2010
The team investigate the Cult of Dubak, a clandestine organization believed to be behind a series of gruesome murders in which victims are found with the head of another victim surgically attached to their bodies.
12. Rebirth of the Dubak God (Part 2)
Aired 25 September 2010
Hyung-do awakens in the cult’s lair, tied to a column and utterly helpless whilst having been led astray in the woods, Hyung-do’s team-mates despair, since they have no way to save him.