January 30, 2020 • 9 mins
In 2006, a user on 4 chan accidentally stumbled across a live stream of a Korean woman’s apartment. The woman on the camera was sleeping so deeply that the 4-chan user believed her to be dead, but she did awake and quickly hid behind some hand-written signs, written in Korean. He posted his discovery to 4-chan and thus begins the story of Chip Chan.
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(00:01):
Don't up that freak kind, invitethe ground, don't make a rip our
th I set up a Mama's fritualcyreformed Internet show. Hello everybody, and
(00:28):
welcome back to Internet freak Show.In two thousand and six, a user
on four chan accidentally stumbled across alive stream of a Korean woman's apartment.
The woman on the camera was sleepingso deeply that the four chan user actually
believed her to be dead, butshe did awake and quickly hid behind some
handwritten signs written in Korean. Heposted his discovery to four chan, and
(00:52):
thus begins the story of chip Chan. Now, before I go any farther,
I want to touch on that namechip Chan. Apparently the woman is
aware of this nickname, but isnot very fond of it, and so
for the remainder of this episode,I'll use the name she prefers to be
known as, which is simply Jane. As I mentioned before, Jane streams
nearly her whole life online and hasbeen doing that since at least nineteen ninety
(01:15):
nine. Her life starts to takeshape a little bit through all the signs
that she holds up to the camera, as well as chats that she sometimes
participates in with the people watching herstream and the blogs that she's maintained throughout
the years. Jane believes that she'sbeen implanted with a microchip that controls her.
This microchip was implanted by a manthat she refers to only as P,
(01:37):
and she claims that P is apolice officer in Korea who holds her
captive. She claims that she comesfrom a very wealthy family and that P
is after this money. Most ofher life is spent streaming online, although
she does seem to leave her apartmentsometimes, so if she's really being held
captive, her captor doesn't appear tobe very good at it. When she
(01:57):
leaves her apartment, she frequently doesso in dis guys. Throughout the years,
she's maintained many blogs, one atWordPress that hasn't been updated since two
and thirteen. Another blog of herswent quiet in twenty fourteen, but came
back for one entry in August oftwo and eighteen, but it hasn't been
updated since. The more you dig, the more blogs you'll find. Some
(02:20):
at WordPress, some at blog Spot, and all of them are very outdated.
Some were opened and only have oneentry, and they all have approximately
the same format of links to theold, outdated streaming feeds with passwords on
how to view them. Her YouTubechannel is now the most active online presence
that she has, operating at achannel named mind Control Weapon. Her streaming
(02:44):
sessions last varying amounts of time thesedays, but they can go on for
several days at a time. Typically, her streams are just her sleeping,
sometimes for thirty hours or more ata time. Some of her handwritten signs
have been translated to English. Theysay things like, don't get tricked,
don't get fooled early every morning.If someone comes that paralyzes the person,
(03:07):
I can't be stopped. The stalkerused this skill from two thousand and six.
I have slept for twenty hours everyday since then. I do not
know what have happened while I've beenasleep. I have always been afraid of
sleeping stalker Pea breaks in after disabledcamera Korean cop. Pea makes me lose
consciousness at any time, so Ialways sleep on the chair for years.
(03:30):
How can you sleep sitting on thechair every day if you don't lose your
consciousness. I haven't dreamed for yearsbecause I lose my consciousness. The days
of her streaming twenty four seven,for days or weeks at a time are
gone. Her YouTube streams now goessilent for days at a time, and
when she streams it's only for afew hours. She usually sleeps in a
(03:52):
chair, but sometimes she sleeps ina filing cabinet. Some users have chatted
with her while she is live streaming. Others have interacted with her via email.
In chats and emails, she alwaysmentions p She does have a canned
email response that she sends to manypeople who reach out to her. The
email reads, the stalker Korean copPA has been after me for sixteen years.
(04:15):
What he has done to be discovered? Maybe mass communication investigates and it
will be revealed. Please help mefor reporters or help people know this.
I need this case should be knownfor the world. Recent streams of hers
have been showing off some cuts,scrapes, and bruises, leading some to
wonder if she's harming herself. Thiswouldn't be unheard of with Jane. In
(04:40):
two and seventeen, some people thoughtshe tried to kill herself by hanging live
on a stream. Of course,so who is Jane? Some details are
known, like we know She's awoman living in an apartment in South Korea.
She's moved several times throughout the years, and at one point the location
of her apartment was known. Duringone stream, we saw an older couple
(05:01):
poke their heads into the video,leading some to believe that neighbors or relatives
are helping to care for her.Beyond that, we really don't know a
lot. Even after twenty years ofstreaming, lots of blogs, and countless
streaming hours, we don't even knowher real name, So who is P?
Jane claims that she knows the man'sfull name and rank in the police
(05:25):
force, but she refused to sayit. This whole situation has been reported
to police departments in South Korea,so you'd think if there were any truth
to these claims, P would havealready been discovered. So what's the deal
with the cameras? At first,people believed that P placed the cameras there
himself to survey Jane while he heldher captive, but he made the stream's
(05:46):
public by accident. This theory fallsapart with even the most basic scrutiny.
Wouldn't P have a problem with hisprisoner writing signs and holding them up to
the camera, as well as givingher access to computers, an email,
and chatting in blogs. Wouldn't hebe more protective than that? And that's
without even mentioning her trips outside ofthe apartment. If she's being held prisoner
(06:10):
by p he may be the worstprison guard I've ever heard of, allowing
her to broadcast freely and communicate herpredicament with others, and to come and
go as she pleases. For theconclusion of this story, please stay tuned
after these words from our sponsors.So there's really only two prevailing theories about
(06:30):
Jane. The first is that thisis some sort of performance art. We've
covered this theory in other episodes,and it is a frequent excuse that people
go to in situations like these.Something weird pops up on the Internet and
people struggle to figure out why orhow it exists, so they default to
an art installation. In the caseof Jane, some people have theorized that
(06:53):
Jane is actually played by several differentactresses. I guess an art project isn't
totally impossible, but this reason forthe same reason I hated every other time
we go over it. It's justlazy and it's too convenient. The second
is that Jane is suffering from mentalhealth issues, namely schizophrenia and paranoia.
(07:13):
I won't pretend to be someone whocan diagnose mental health issues based on a
random South Korean's web presence, butthis seems a lot more likely to me
than performance art. The Internet givesus all the chance to put some of
our lives online. We share photos, status updates, live one on one
videos, or even public videos.Some people like sharing more than others,
(07:38):
and then people like Jane share theirentire lives. Jane's story online shows the
good and the bad sites of theInternet, for better or worse. Some
people are observing Jane just to makefun of her or use the live streams
like there's some sort of human zoo, while others contact police and officials in
South Korea hundreds or thousands of milesaway in an effort to get Jane the
(08:01):
help that she needs. I takesome comfort in knowing that Jane has so
many supporters and viewers who are ina way watching over her and hoping for
her safety and her comfort. Authoritieshave been contacted, and what we assume
our caretakers have poked their heads intothe videos. I hope that Jane isn't
as a lone as it seems fromher streams, and I hope the concern
(08:24):
of thousands of random Internet users ishelpful or at least comforting to her.
Thank you for listening to this episodeof Internet Freak Show. If you have
any feedback, please leave an iTunesreview or reach out to me via Twitter.
I am at Tim Watson. Formore awesome podcasts, or if you
want to start your own podcast,check out the geek Nersery podcasting network at
(08:45):
geek nerdery dot com. There's podcastson reality shows, horror movies, bowling,
and more. Until next time,stay freeking be blurd of me
Don't up that freak kind, invitethe ground, don't make a rip our
th I set up a Mama's fritualcyreformed Internet show. Hello everybody, and
(00:28):
welcome back to Internet freak Show.In two thousand and six, a user
on four chan accidentally stumbled across alive stream of a Korean woman's apartment.
The woman on the camera was sleepingso deeply that the four chan user actually
believed her to be dead, butshe did awake and quickly hid behind some
handwritten signs written in Korean. Heposted his discovery to four chan, and
(00:52):
thus begins the story of chip Chan. Now, before I go any farther,
I want to touch on that namechip Chan. Apparently the woman is
aware of this nickname, but isnot very fond of it, and so
for the remainder of this episode,I'll use the name she prefers to be
known as, which is simply Jane. As I mentioned before, Jane streams
nearly her whole life online and hasbeen doing that since at least nineteen ninety
(01:15):
nine. Her life starts to takeshape a little bit through all the signs
that she holds up to the camera, as well as chats that she sometimes
participates in with the people watching herstream and the blogs that she's maintained throughout
the years. Jane believes that she'sbeen implanted with a microchip that controls her.
This microchip was implanted by a manthat she refers to only as P,
(01:37):
and she claims that P is apolice officer in Korea who holds her
captive. She claims that she comesfrom a very wealthy family and that P
is after this money. Most ofher life is spent streaming online, although
she does seem to leave her apartmentsometimes, so if she's really being held
captive, her captor doesn't appear tobe very good at it. When she
(01:57):
leaves her apartment, she frequently doesso in dis guys. Throughout the years,
she's maintained many blogs, one atWordPress that hasn't been updated since two
and thirteen. Another blog of herswent quiet in twenty fourteen, but came
back for one entry in August oftwo and eighteen, but it hasn't been
updated since. The more you dig, the more blogs you'll find. Some
(02:20):
at WordPress, some at blog Spot, and all of them are very outdated.
Some were opened and only have oneentry, and they all have approximately
the same format of links to theold, outdated streaming feeds with passwords on
how to view them. Her YouTubechannel is now the most active online presence
that she has, operating at achannel named mind Control Weapon. Her streaming
(02:44):
sessions last varying amounts of time thesedays, but they can go on for
several days at a time. Typically, her streams are just her sleeping,
sometimes for thirty hours or more ata time. Some of her handwritten signs
have been translated to English. Theysay things like, don't get tricked,
don't get fooled early every morning.If someone comes that paralyzes the person,
(03:07):
I can't be stopped. The stalkerused this skill from two thousand and six.
I have slept for twenty hours everyday since then. I do not
know what have happened while I've beenasleep. I have always been afraid of
sleeping stalker Pea breaks in after disabledcamera Korean cop. Pea makes me lose
consciousness at any time, so Ialways sleep on the chair for years.
(03:30):
How can you sleep sitting on thechair every day if you don't lose your
consciousness. I haven't dreamed for yearsbecause I lose my consciousness. The days
of her streaming twenty four seven,for days or weeks at a time are
gone. Her YouTube streams now goessilent for days at a time, and
when she streams it's only for afew hours. She usually sleeps in a
(03:52):
chair, but sometimes she sleeps ina filing cabinet. Some users have chatted
with her while she is live streaming. Others have interacted with her via email.
In chats and emails, she alwaysmentions p She does have a canned
email response that she sends to manypeople who reach out to her. The
email reads, the stalker Korean copPA has been after me for sixteen years.
(04:15):
What he has done to be discovered? Maybe mass communication investigates and it
will be revealed. Please help mefor reporters or help people know this.
I need this case should be knownfor the world. Recent streams of hers
have been showing off some cuts,scrapes, and bruises, leading some to
wonder if she's harming herself. Thiswouldn't be unheard of with Jane. In
(04:40):
two and seventeen, some people thoughtshe tried to kill herself by hanging live
on a stream. Of course,so who is Jane? Some details are
known, like we know She's awoman living in an apartment in South Korea.
She's moved several times throughout the years, and at one point the location
of her apartment was known. Duringone stream, we saw an older couple
(05:01):
poke their heads into the video,leading some to believe that neighbors or relatives
are helping to care for her.Beyond that, we really don't know a
lot. Even after twenty years ofstreaming, lots of blogs, and countless
streaming hours, we don't even knowher real name, So who is P?
Jane claims that she knows the man'sfull name and rank in the police
(05:25):
force, but she refused to sayit. This whole situation has been reported
to police departments in South Korea,so you'd think if there were any truth
to these claims, P would havealready been discovered. So what's the deal
with the cameras? At first,people believed that P placed the cameras there
himself to survey Jane while he heldher captive, but he made the stream's
(05:46):
public by accident. This theory fallsapart with even the most basic scrutiny.
Wouldn't P have a problem with hisprisoner writing signs and holding them up to
the camera, as well as givingher access to computers, an email,
and chatting in blogs. Wouldn't hebe more protective than that? And that's
without even mentioning her trips outside ofthe apartment. If she's being held prisoner
(06:10):
by p he may be the worstprison guard I've ever heard of, allowing
her to broadcast freely and communicate herpredicament with others, and to come and
go as she pleases. For theconclusion of this story, please stay tuned
after these words from our sponsors.So there's really only two prevailing theories about
(06:30):
Jane. The first is that thisis some sort of performance art. We've
covered this theory in other episodes,and it is a frequent excuse that people
go to in situations like these.Something weird pops up on the Internet and
people struggle to figure out why orhow it exists, so they default to
an art installation. In the caseof Jane, some people have theorized that
(06:53):
Jane is actually played by several differentactresses. I guess an art project isn't
totally impossible, but this reason forthe same reason I hated every other time
we go over it. It's justlazy and it's too convenient. The second
is that Jane is suffering from mentalhealth issues, namely schizophrenia and paranoia.
(07:13):
I won't pretend to be someone whocan diagnose mental health issues based on a
random South Korean's web presence, butthis seems a lot more likely to me
than performance art. The Internet givesus all the chance to put some of
our lives online. We share photos, status updates, live one on one
videos, or even public videos.Some people like sharing more than others,
(07:38):
and then people like Jane share theirentire lives. Jane's story online shows the
good and the bad sites of theInternet, for better or worse. Some
people are observing Jane just to makefun of her or use the live streams
like there's some sort of human zoo, while others contact police and officials in
South Korea hundreds or thousands of milesaway in an effort to get Jane the
(08:01):
help that she needs. I takesome comfort in knowing that Jane has so
many supporters and viewers who are ina way watching over her and hoping for
her safety and her comfort. Authoritieshave been contacted, and what we assume
our caretakers have poked their heads intothe videos. I hope that Jane isn't
as a lone as it seems fromher streams, and I hope the concern
(08:24):
of thousands of random Internet users ishelpful or at least comforting to her.
Thank you for listening to this episodeof Internet Freak Show. If you have
any feedback, please leave an iTunesreview or reach out to me via Twitter.
I am at Tim Watson. Formore awesome podcasts, or if you
want to start your own podcast,check out the geek Nersery podcasting network at
(08:45):
geek nerdery dot com. There's podcastson reality shows, horror movies, bowling,
and more. Until next time,stay freeking be blurd of me
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