Six (6) Best Crime and Mystery Korean Dramas
Here are six (6) crime and mystery Korean dramas that will really keep you going from start to finish.
QUICK LIST Followed by Summaries Below:
- (1) Taxi Driver (Seasons 1 ~ 2021; and 2 ~ 2023)
- (2) Decoy (Seasons 1 ~ 2023; and 2 ~ 2023)
- (3) Stranger (Seasons 1 ~ 2017; and 2 ~ 2020)
- (4) Healer (Only 1 season ~ 2014)
- (5) Lies Hidden in My Garden (Only 1 season ~ 2023)
- (6) My Perfect Stranger (Only 1 season ~ 2023)
(1) Taxi Driver (Seasons 1 ~ 2021; and 2 ~ 2023):
When the justice system fails you, call a taxi. As crazy as this sounds, that’s what people do. When they get in the cab they tell the driver their story. Then the driver gives them a card and they go to a gaming machine. They stick the card in to play the game. The person must CHOOSE. Forgiveness OR Revenge? If the person chooses to take revenge, that information is sent to the taxi driver and he takes it over from there. Based on the webtoon The Deluxe Taxi (Red Cage).
(2) Decoy (Seasons 1 ~ 2023; and 2 ~ 2023):
People were scammed and the scammer died. Or did he? There were several people who were all involved in participating in an elaborate scam to rob people. Just as the police got close enough to catch the ring leader, it was reported that he died. Years later, murders started occurring. Just before the victim dies, they call the police to report that they are being killed by … they give the name of the scammer who is supposed to be dead! The detective has to determine if the scammer is really alive OR if someone is committing these murders and pretending to be the dead man.
(3) Stranger (Seasons 1 ~ 2017; and 2 ~ 2020):
A prosecutor and a police detective work together to solve several murders. These victims had ties to corrupt politicians and wealthy businessmen. Not to mention there are corrupt officials who work in the prosecutor’s office and the police department. It’s very dangerous! The team definitely has to watch their backs or they could become one of the victims. It’s very hard to get your job done right when your co-workers and your boss are the bad guys.
(4) Healer (Only 1 season ~ 2014):
A tragic accident happened when three (3) people were very young. They don’t have clear memories but the end result is that two of them lost their parents when they were children, and the other one has bad dreams but can’t make out what is troubling him. When they become adults, their paths cross and they realize that their lives are connected somehow. They begin to put the pieces together and unravel the mystery. This series is so popular there are talks about adapting it into a webtoon.
(5) Lies Hidden in My Garden (Only 1 season ~ 2023):
Two different women with two different husbands. One rich woman thinks she is losing her mind because there is a foul odor coming from her garden. Her husband tells her it’s her imagination. Another poor woman’s husband dies. She is not exactly sure of all of the facts but thinks that her husband knew something about the rich woman’s husband and was blackmailing him. The two women happen to meet each other and decide to work together to find out what their husbands are hiding. The ending was a surprise!
(6) My Perfect Stranger (Only 1 season ~ 2023):
This is a time travel crime drama. A news reporter is murdered because a serial killer was never caught several years ago. He gets into a car that turns out to be a time machine. When he goes to the future he learns that he was murdered. He became one of the victims of a serial killer who was never brought to justice. He travels back to the past, not only to prevent his murder from happening but to prevent the other murders that had occurred in the past. He already has information and evidence about the previous crimes. Can he catch the serial killer and save their lives too?
