In early 2008, an English teacher and his girlfriend were killed in an apartment fire. It was a turning point in the disparate expat community. Many of the charity and fundraising groups we see now started here. But is that the whole story?
We talk about Bill Kapoun and more mysterious passings in this episode.
Here is the Embassy Duty Log we mention in the episode.
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I’m Bill Kapoun’s mother. A niece just stumbled upon this podcast, and sent me the link. I’d never heard it before. Really, to listen to the details again took my breath away. You sure included a lot of the more nuanced details. I’m not sure that the details about “Mr. Lee” are correct, or the money. My impression was that he was a politician that was trying to put a less-than-horrible face on the situation because it was getting so much publicity. There was some type of Korean/American political deal being negotiated at the time. BTW, he lived on the 3rd or 4th floor. It was a building set up like a motel with outside access to each apartment. You walked down an exterior hallway, with a railing on one side, and the entrances to the apartments on the other. Yes, the very large window was easy to slide open while standing on that hallway/walkway. Another pertinent factor; the bedroom had bars on the window. All I could think was “why on the third floor”??? If Billy was aware of the fire in the living area, he may have opened the door thinking that he had a chance. Otherwise, he was trapped in the bedroom. So much pain for him….and for us.