Seung Hyeon urgently waved at Tae Jeong.
Tae Jeong approached and stood beside Seung Hyeon, watching the monitor together.
“Look at the entrance of the abandoned shrine after sunset. Take a look at the entrance.”
“Huh? Do you see something?”
“I’ll play it slowly. This is normal speed. Now 0.5x speed, 0.3x speed, and 0.1x speed.”
Seung Hyeon edited the specific part of the video into slow motion and zoomed in.
To their horror, a woman wearing a hanbok appeared in front of the abandoned shrine.
A chill ran down Tae Jeong’s spine.
Her neatly arranged hair and her cold, emotionless facial features stood out.
Her refined, elegant hanbok in a luxurious color clashed eerily with her pitch-black fingernails and pale white skin.
The truly chilling part was that as soon as this ghost appeared, Seung Hyeon’s nose was hit with an overpowering, pungent fragrance.
It was a scent commonly associated with female ghosts.
“Ugh, damn. This is giving me goosebumps.”
Seung Hyeon also got goosebumps after spotting the ghost.
Seung Hyeon froze the frame and zoomed in on the part where the ghost appeared.
The way her hair was tied back was reminiscent of a noblewoman from an aristocratic family.
“Finding that ghost when it only appeared for a split second, even at 0.1x speed — senior, you’re incredible. Seriously, you should be on shows like Unbelievable Stories or Master of Professions.”
Tae Jeong clicked his tongue in amazement.
Without responding, Seung Hyeon quickly played the footage from the second camera, which was shot from a different angle.
After a brief moment, something strange appeared there as well.
A ghost was hanging from a beam on the widest part of the wooden floor.
A man in a white hanbok, his hair styled in a traditional topknot, was hanging by his neck from the beam.
It was already eerie enough, but what made it even more terrifying was that the hanging man’s face was turned directly toward the camera.
His facial features weren’t perfectly clear, but the angle of his jaw and ears was undeniably facing the camera.
If it had been a real person hanging by their neck, it would have been physically impossible for them to turn their head that way.
Seung Hyeon, with a startled expression, showed Tae Jeong the footage of the ghost.
“Senior, I’m seriously scared.”
Tae Jeong frowned as he spoke.
“This is insane, absolutely insane.”
He immediately closed the camera and laptop and started packing up to leave.
Tae Jeong, too, hurriedly packed up the equipment as if being chased by something.
***
After returning, Seung Hyeon and Tae Jeong stayed up all night editing the footage.
At the same time, they classified and stored the scenes where the ghosts appeared in a similar manner to how they had done with the Taeyoung Reservoir ghost footage.
As always, they produced the final broadcast version and submitted it to the relevant team.
Seung Hyeon watched the subsequent reactions with great interest.
On the day of the 8th episode broadcast of Beautiful Landscapes,
The viewership rating increased slightly, recording 0.8%.
Although it still didn’t reach 1%, it was a decent result, considering it aired on RBS, a relatively small channel, at a non-prime time slot.
There was even talk in online communities that the channel’s recognition may have increased slightly due to rumors of ghosts being captured on camera.
However, it wasn’t a meaningful increase in viewership.
As expected, no one watching the broadcast noticed the ghost.
In response, Seung Hyeon and Tae Jeong uploaded a post on Handside using another account.
They uploaded photos of the ghost standing in front of the abandoned shrine and the ghost hanging from the beam.
This time, they uploaded photos instead of videos.
The ghost at the Taeyoung Reservoir had been captured in about five frames, but this time it was only captured in two or three frames, making it difficult for viewers to spot it even if they were told it was there.
[A ghost also appeared in the 8th episode of Beautiful Landscapes featuring Sangsu County.]
Shocking.
A ghost appeared in the Sangsu County episode.
Here are the screenshots I captured myself.
<<Photo>>
Captured during the scene showing the scenery of the abandoned shrine of the Sangsu Yoon Family.
I swear it’s not edited.
If you pause the video at 48:18, you can see it.
It’s hard to see if you pause it on a phone, but it’s visible on a 4K 60fps-supported TV.
It seems to be due to the broadcast method.
After Seung Hyeon posted the article, he waited for reactions.
As expected, controversy over whether it was fake immediately erupted.
The image of the ghost wearing a hanbok was too vivid, which fueled the controversy.
– It’s edited.
– Edited.
– Fake.
– Fabrication.
– Edited.
– Edited 22222.
– I’m a professional photographer, a ‘Postgrapher.’ From my perspective, there’s no sign of editing in this image.
└ Oh, a pro is here. Hello, Postgrapher!
└ It’s Postgrapher!
└ Hello, hello.
– Looks edited to me.
└ There are certain parts that make it hard to call it edited. I’ll upload a detailed analysis soon.
While netizens were fanning the flames of the ‘editing controversy,’ a user with the nickname ‘Postgrapher’ on Handside stepped in to defend the image.
Postgrapher.
Although his real name wasn’t publicly known online, it was known that he ran a photography and video studio in Ilsan.
He was also famous among enthusiasts as someone who took spiritual photos as a hobby.
Many netizens would analyze and debate the authenticity of the spiritual photos he took as they were shared widely online.
As his photos continued to be reproduced and circulated, his username became quite famous on Handside.
Moreover, when he analyzed spiritual photos taken by others and posted his analysis, most people would believe his judgment, establishing his reputation as a ‘credible netizen.’
Seung Hyeon watched the comment section with an intrigued expression.
After a while, Postgrapher himself wrote a post.
He used the image Seung Hyeon had uploaded and zoomed in, providing a step-by-step explanation of why it wasn’t edited.
The harmony between the ghost and the background.
The blend of the light.
The ghost clip found in the actual broadcast footage.
With multiple points of evidence against the editing allegations, the public’s opinion gradually leaned toward accepting the image as real.
This post quickly spread across other communities’ horror and paranormal forums, gaining traction as word-of-mouth spread.
As a result, a new meme emerged where people jokingly referred to the show as Beautiful Ghosts instead of Beautiful Landscapes.
On the other hand, some people found it suspicious that ghosts had been captured in two consecutive episodes, leading to more debate.
But this discussion, while a hot topic in some internet communities and forums, remained a niche controversy without reaching nationwide attention.
Although the viewership ratings and replay traffic had increased slightly, it was still a clear improvement.
Seung Hyeon decided to keep riding this wave of momentum.
No matter the controversies, the show’s recognition was gradually increasing.
The fact that Beautiful Landscapes had captured ghosts on camera twice and sparked an online frenzy spread rapidly within the RBS company.
On YouTube, numerous spin-off contents were being reproduced. Additionally, on Handside, the related posts remained at the top of the ‘Best Posts’ section for an extended period.
[Analysis of the Ghost Appearance in Beautiful Landscapes Documentary by a Practicing Shaman]
“I’m not an expert, so I can’t say if it’s edited or not, but the spirits were really upset when they saw this picture. They asked, ‘Why do the dead have to show up like this?’ It seems even in death, they can’t find peace. The spirits kept saying, ‘Poor thing… so pitiful…’ over and over.”
[Is Beautiful Landscapes Actually Beautiful Ghosts? Is It a Hoax by the Production Team or a Real Ghost?]
[Horror – Nobleman Ghost Captured at the Abandoned Shrine]
The YouTube videos uploaded about the ghost sightings were mostly surpassing 100,000 views with ease.
Some videos created by high-profile YouTubers even reached over 1 million views in no time.
As a result, posts on Handside were also recording hundreds of thousands of views.
Self-proclaimed experts in horror stories, paranormal phenomena, and supernatural sightings, particularly users from the National Horror-graphy community, actively posted analysis articles.
The impact of these ghost sightings far exceeded the buzz created by the Taeyoung Town episode.
Thanks to this buzz, whenever Seung Hyeon showed up at work or during business hours, RBS employees constantly asked him questions about the ghosts.
However, Seung Hyeon had no expert knowledge to offer them.
He had merely pointed a camera at places where it felt like ghosts might appear, and somehow, ghosts were actually captured.
***
Seung Hyeon and Tae Jeong immediately began researching the next filming location.
Tae Jeong browsed through photos uploaded by travel bloggers and influencers, while Seung Hyeon revisited the reports he had received while filming Ghostism in the past.
Upon seeing this, Tae Jeong waved his hands dismissively.
“Senior, wouldn’t it be better if we don’t film any more ghosts for a while?”
“Huh? Why?”
“Well, most people are already questioning how we managed to capture ghosts twice in a row. If we keep doing it, won’t it just fuel more suspicion?”
“That’s exactly what we need to think about.”
Seung Hyeon turned toward Tae Jeong and spoke in a low, serious tone.
“People get excited quickly but forget just as fast. Sure, there will be some chatter for a while, but if we don’t react, it’ll die down on its own.”
“Even so—”
“As long as we keep it a secret that we’re the ones posting it online, there’s no problem. Got it?”
“Mm.”
“Don’t worry, man. If we keep capturing ghosts that are fun and exciting, people will love it.”
At Seung Hyeon’s words, Tae Jeong scratched his cheek.
It was clear that Seung Hyeon had no intention of stopping.
“Ugh, this feels fishy.”
Tae Jeong pursed his lips.
“So, where’s our next filming spot?”
Seung Hyeon pondered for a moment before revisiting the folder containing the reports he had received while working on Ghostism.
Then, something suddenly crossed his mind.
It was a memory from a few years ago, back when he was filming Ghostism, about the old woman he had encountered in the basement parking lot.
