1962: Taiwan’s Bloody Year You’ve Never Heard Of -S5-E13

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This week, Formosa Files digs into two wild and almost totally
forgotten killings from Taiwan’s Cold War years. First up: a
soldier named Li Wei, a former POW, sets his army barracks on
fire in the middle of the night and opens fire on his fellow
soldiers. The whole thing gets swept under the rug. No local news
coverage. It’s been basically erased from memory.





Then there’s Taiwan’s deadliest school shooting: the Lixing High
School Massacre. A fired sports coach shows up at school with a
pistol and a grudge. He kills the principal, teachers, and even
goes after the principal’s family. This one made the headlines at
the time, but somehow, almost nobody talks about it today.





Both happened in 1962, when Taiwan was still under martial law
and the government kept a very tight lid on the media. With help
from researcher and Formosa Files Chinese version
co-host  Eric Hsu, we dug through old court records and
tracked down as much truth as we could find.