Jayu-ro (Freedom Road)

Gyeonggi · South Korea · Road

In the fog along the highway to Paju stands a pale woman at the roadside – those who check the rear-view mirror meet a twisted face.

Jayu-ro, the "Freedom Road", runs along the Han River from Seoul towards Paju and the northern border, often wrapped in thick night fog. Since the mid-2000s drivers have told of a pale woman standing motionless at the roadside; at first she seems to wear sunglasses, but in the rear-view mirror her face turns out to be grotesquely twisted with hollow eye sockets. A television programme claimed the figure is a young woman murdered along the road in 2002 whose body was not found until much later. Psychiatrists explain the sightings as fatigue, darkness and fog playing tricks – yet Jayu-ro still ranks as South Korea's most notorious haunted road, and many drivers choose not to look in the mirror.

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Where is Jayu-ro (Freedom Road) located?

Jayu-ro (Freedom Road) is in Gyeonggi, South Korea.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.