Mystery Short Dramas
449 short dramas in Mystery — synopsis, ratings and where to watch.
Results
All in on the School BossSon Yeon-su clicks into an illegal online gambling site by accident and finds it belongs to Woo-jin, her son's friend from high school. She goes to him over money, and what starts as a transaction between them turns into a working arrangement, then a partnership in the same crime.
She is thirty-six, married, and has spent years absorbing beatings from her husband, staying for her son's sake and telling herself there was no other way out. The son has been the one thing she counted as hers. Now she has a second life running alongside the marriage, and she keeps it from her husband while she keeps being his wife.
She plays the submissive wife at home and the criminal accomplice with Woo-jin, and somewhere in the running of the site and the moving of money, a feeling neither of them can name starts up between her and a man young enough to be her son's classmate. She has never bet on anything of her own before this.
The Battle of MBTIsNow starts a survival death game with 16 people of different MBTIs. Each round is another victim. Who will be the last MBTI to survive in a sea of different characteristics?
Where the Wind Comes HomeYan Rui is a doctor. After an incident in surgery she stops wanting to be alive, and she travels up Qingyun Mountain intending to end it there. On the mountain she runs into Duan Bo'an, who leads the patrol team and has been searching the same slopes for his older sister, missing for some time. He does not lecture her. He keeps turning up where she is, quietly, and puts himself between her and the drop more than once, and his stubbornness about staying alive gets into her. She listens to him about his sister and he listens to her about the operation, and both of them come out of it lighter than they went in. Once Yan Rui has decided to live, the people behind the events that ruined her take her. Duan Bo'an goes after her alone into obvious danger, and she is badly injured shielding him. Three years pass with him gone, working out what actually happened, and when he has the truth he comes back to the place on the mountain where they first met.
Coroner? She’s the Mother of His HeirWhen an emperor of this dynasty dies, the consorts he leaves behind are buried with him. Jiang Yiyi, a forensic doctor, wakes up in the body of one of those consorts with the burial already arranged. In the middle of that she becomes entangled with Su Cangmo, the emperor who has taken the throne and who is known for his cruelty. Afterwards she drops the name she had, calls herself Jiang Yi, and raises her son Jiang Xiaoyuan by herself.
Six years pass before she and the boy are in front of Su Cangmo again. She can read a body and close a case, and he gives her the work and then a place at court on the strength of it. Being around each other does the rest, and feelings develop between them. Their daughter Su Yaoshi, who had been separated from the family, is found in the same stretch of time. There are still things between Jiang Yiyi and Su Cangmo that neither has explained, and a rebellion is gathering.
Misty LoveShen Liwu meets Zhou Jin, captain of the anti-narcotics team, while she is caught up in a kidnapping case. She had come to Shencheng after her graduation, when a graduation present and several anonymous phone calls out of that city reached her. She wants to know who was calling, so she goes to the police station and applies there. Her superiors take note of her work and she is kept on. Case 611 gets worked through piece by piece, and the question of Shen Liwu's parentage and where she came from is answered along with it.
What? My Soulmate Betrayed me!The Crown Prince of the Great Yan had a family wiped out and let another man be blamed for it. Mei Lin, a killer raised by the Dark Factory, is the daughter who survived. The token she carries names Murong Jinghe as the man responsible, so she crosses into the Great Yan to kill him.
The attempt goes wrong. She and Murong Jinghe end up carrying the Twin Breath Poison, a paired worm that ties the two of them to one life, so neither can die without the other. In the time they are forced to spend together she works out that it was the Crown Prince who destroyed her family, and the two of them agree to take revenge on him together. They come through several situations that could have killed them both, and feeling grows between them. Then Murong Jinghe's fiancée, Muye Luomei, sets a trap that shows Mei Lin she has been a piece on his board from the start.
Horror Game: Seduce My Ghost Teacher or DieAudrey wants to get out of the school alive. She comes to inside it, in a horror game that kills, with no way back out, and a Love Survival System is fastened to her that sets the condition for staying alive: she has to seduce Wyatt, the ghost teacher, who is cold with her and who can kill her at any moment.
So she does the missions. They are intimate ones and they come one after another, each closer than the last, and a good many of them have to be done where the rest of the school can see.
I Hid My Identity to Love YouTrapped in debt troubles, a young girl finds shelter from a quiet wounded man. He guards her closely yet keeps distant. He hides his undercover cop identity for risky missions, then leaves without a word. Years later they meet again. Will they mend the broken love buried in secrets?
Swapped Bodies, Stolen HeartsAn accident swaps the bodies of undercover rookie Maria and the ruthless crime lord Elliot. Trapped in each other's lives, she must fake being the boss while he secretly investigates from within. Forced to cooperate, their fiery clashes ignite a dangerous game of deception, and an even hotter romance… But in the end, can they both survive their fate?
Marry the Enemy, Hunt the MonsterKim Seol-ri is studying abroad when her parents die one after another in a run of incidents that are not accidents. The name that keeps coming up is Dracula, and nobody knows who that is. Her father's will leaves instructions that she marry Shen Houming, the childhood friend she grew up next to, a man who shows nothing on his face. She agrees to it. The marriage is how she announces that she intends to find the person responsible and put him in front of a court, and the wedding is where she says so. She digs, and the deeper she goes the less the arrangement looks like a contract to her.
Check-in to the QueenOn the eve of becoming Queen, Kim Danhee is mysteriously transported from Joseon to a modern pension, where she awakens as its owner. There, she meets three charming guests: the gentle Doyeong, cheerful Mingyu, and intelligent Seungwoo. As she searches for the reason behind her time slip, she discovers that all three seem connected to her past—and one may be the mysterious man who brought her here. Torn between returning to Joseon and newfound feelings, Danhee's sweet yet perilous journey begins.
Take My Memory, Keep My HeartEsme Payne rescues Elijah Knott, a mute slave, from an underground fighting arena and falls in love with him. But when she discovers he grew close to her as part of a deal, she severs ties immediately. In response, Elijah drugs her to erase her memories, then strategically pursues her, maneuvering for marriage. As Esme's memories resurface, long-buried truths begin to emerge.
The Kindness Received MaliceThe story that went round was that Wendy Hill had been talked into bed and left pregnant, and that Rowan Garcia had done it. Rowan had helped Wendy out of plain goodwill, and this was what came back. Nobody checked it, and people spat at her in the street and came at her from every side.
Rowan kept her answer to herself and worked out who had put the story about. She set a trap that would bring the truth out in front of the same people who had passed the story on, and waited for the ones responsible to walk into it.
Fake Nephew, Real Top AssassinThe assassin working under the name Face Paint has a file built on him by the security services, assembled largely by officer Lin Jie. Xu Xingzhi finishes a job on a traitor, takes a serious wound, and runs while the whole city is sealed. Lin Jie sees him and takes him for Xue Wang, her nephew, who disappeared years ago. He lets her believe it and moves into her house, playing a quiet, harmless young man who is not much use for anything. She feeds him and looks after him. He keeps working in secret, silencing a witness who could place him. Her own profile of Face Paint sits in her files and matches the man asleep in her spare room more closely every time she reads it. She probes him with small tests. He watches what she brings home. Neither says what they suspect, and the affection between them grows anyway, which makes it worse. Then something goes wrong in a way he cannot handle by staying in character, and protecting her means showing exactly what he can do.
An Unwelcom Guest at My WeddingIn this thriller-romance drama, Junhyuk's first love, Yeonseo, shows up at his perfect wedding, turning a pleasant reunion into obsession, sweet love into dangerous temptation, and his happy marriage into disaster.
The Savior's TimeA private community app used by Wonil's sister holds a clue to her sudden suicide. Following it, he begins investigating what lay behind her death.
Infinite, LoopMuhwan meets Wonyoung while he is digging into an unsolved case, and finds out that she is the daughter of the woman it happened to. She runs a channel of her own and gives away little about herself. The two of them start looking for the man who did it, Namgyu.
Before that, Muhwan was streaming to twelve viewers. He was talking the case through on air when a donation came in with a voice saying "I'll give you unlimited time," and after that he was stuck inside a four hour loop that reset on him. He decided the way out was to find the real culprit, which is what put him on the case in the first place. He and Wonyoung miss Namgyu several times over, and Muhwan comes close to dropping it.
Manhood Back, but Aged Overnight!Five years into the marriage Su Mengnan had not had a child. Her husband's family held it against her and Lu Peng kept his distance from her. She went looking for a fix and paid a large sum for blood oysters, which were sold to her as something that would put him right.
Lu Peng ate them and spent a night on it. By the morning he had aged and his hair had gone white. After that he and the woman he had been seeing worked on Su Mengnan together, first to get her to mortgage the house, then to get her to the ceremony the oysters came from. The ceremony was put to her as a rebirth. It required a person to be given up, and she had been brought there for it.
The Dragon King’s CaptiveIan is captured by dragon lord Drake. Drake senses his fated mate but mistakes Ian's scribe for it. Ian stumbles into Drake's quarters—Drake detects the bond. They spend a full moon night together. Ian flees at dawn, is caught. After misunderstandings and forced intimacy, fate pulls them together. They clear confusion and find happiness.
Beneath the DisguiseAfter her brother dies in a suspicious military training accident, reporter Emily disguises herself as a man and infiltrates his program. Her cold instructor Adrian soon sees through her secret. Forced to work together, they uncover an arms-smuggling conspiracy—and fall for each other while hunting her brother’s killers.
Phantom on the Nile: I'm conquered by the high priestEli, the North’s deadliest assassin, infiltrates a royal feast disguised as a seductive male dancer. His mission: seduce Kadesh, the untouchable High Priest, and steal the sacred Scarab Seal.But the moment Kadesh carries him into his chambers, Eli’s identity is exposed. Thrown into a sacred pool and locked in chains, Eli finds his life controlled by Kadesh’s poison. He is forced to assassinate a rival priest—then sent to the Pharaoh as a bedmate and spy.
The Pharaoh sees the desire neither man dares admit. He marks Eli with a whip, commands him to perform the dance meant only for Kadesh, and whispers:“Tell me… what is Kadesh like in bed?”Kadesh handed Eli over with his own hands. But can he really resist taking him back?
3000 Dollars a Night: The Secret of Hall IXRestoring artifacts at AMU Museum seals away Egyptian spirits—a duty hidden in the cursed rulebook given to night guard Lucas. The bankrupt student accidentally awakens Princess Amun-Ra and acquires Anubis's power. His new abilities draw the scrutiny of the Scales of Ma'at and a test for entry into their organization.
Hidden Truth: False SurvivalPatrol captain Cole finds that infection doesn't come from bites, but from the gray rain. Director Thor treats all humans as lab subjects to create a new species. Cole awakens the Light‑Dark Dominance, ends the apocalypse, and preserves humanity as civilization reboots.
A Housewife? I'm a Warrior!In her past life, she gave all her wealth for love. But she ended up poisoned and killed. Reborn, she puts on her red battle armor again. Her ex-husband begs for a second chance? Get lost! The fake sweet rival acts nice? Fight back! In this life, she will take back everything.
Lovely DeathDeath requests the three girls who want to die to find the runaway in exchange for letting them die.
The Delivery That Killed UsThree roommates are murdered by a delivery driver. Then they wake up, again, and again. Each death brings them closer to the truth: they're not his real targets. To break the cycle, they must save the boy their killer lost before he takes his own life. A time-loop thriller where survival means becoming heroes, not just survivors.
Pieces Of HerTaylor's heart is cut out of her while she is still alive, and her organs are taken with it. Her spirit goes home. The house is full of people congratulating Emma, because Emma has found a matching heart donor for their brother Noah, whose illness had run out of options. Taylor watches the celebration from inside her own family's living room. Her father is a police commissioner and her mother is a forensic examiner, and within days the two of them are put in charge of the city's largest dismemberment case. They work the remains and the timeline along with the missing-persons reports. Neither of them recognizes the body on the table. Taylor stays with them through the investigation, unable to speak to anyone, watching her mother handle her own tissue and her father brief the room on an unidentified young woman. Emma continues to move through the household as the daughter who saved Noah, arranging the transplant and the paperwork around it, while the case files build up on the desk of the man who raised them both.
Go Zombie NumbHer husband and their daughter pushed her into a horde of zombies to save the woman he had loved before he married her. That was her first life.
In the next one she joins the experiment with the Zombie King serum and has it injected into her own body, and five days later humanity is saved because of it. Her husband and daughter, all this while, take the other woman's side again and hurt her over and over on that woman's account.
Love on the Edge of a BladeEmber Lynn, owner of Joycom Inn, and Pyrobin Hunter, an artist, are secretly rival assassins, Scarlet Flame and Cold Blade. To protect each other and leave the martial world, they must retrieve the mysterious Paon Box. As they clash and probe one another, they uncover a deeper conspiracy.
Lady-XIn a motel is a man tied up and a woman with an axe. She is Lee Yooni, a detective that kills sex offenders at night. With her past trauma of her mother being murdered, she takes police information of sex offenders to approach and murder them. As the Special Crimes Team 3's investigation continues, Jungwon's suspicions head towards Yooni. After another murder, things start to turn unexpectedly…
The Last Mountain MoverA surveyor inherits an ancient bloodline and discovers monsters sealed beneath the earth. When a rich man tries to break the seal, he must gather the descendants of 108 ancient movers, and rebuild the barrier that cages the apocalypse. The last mountain mover. The world's only hope.
Night at the Sewon Girls' High SchoolLured by the high pay rate, Changsu takes the job of a highschool security night shift. Strange things happen when he is left alone late at night… but once he starts following the night security procedure manual, mysteries are solved.
I Just Want to Slack Off, But My Magic Level is 1001Lane possesses 1001 max magic points. Capped by the 99-point crystal limit, he is misjudged as a weakling and despised. He seeks a low-key life, until reincarnated Archmage Irina and her sister Emily become his disciples. His powerful cultivation stirs envy and suppression, pushing him to unveil his supreme strength.
The Vanishing BombDisposal KingLegendary bomb tech Kane faked his death and laid low for two years as a Wall Street guard, fighting a terrorist group colluding with the Vice President. He defused a deadly bomb with only a 0.3-second margin of error, and his cover blown, a bigger conspiracy emerges.
Reborn to Expose Her LiesBetrayed and left for dead by her ungrateful niece and gambling-addict brother-in-law, a businesswoman is reborn one year in the past. This time she refuses to be a doormat—and uses hard evidence to tear apart their lies, protect her daughter, and bring the guilty to justice.
Girls' School Urban Legend: Black SwanAt the elite Royal Ballet Academy, wealthy Iris and scholarship student Nina are best friends—until jealousy drives Nina to push Iris down the stairs. Seeking the lead role, Nina summons the demon Zozo. Her dancing improves, but her body deteriorates as a demonic fetus grows inside her. Iris tries to save her, only to be branded insane. When Nina vomits black blood, the real horror begins.
His Secret WomanReborn sisters Chloe and Sophia Bennett reject Ethan Ward, the man who destroyed them both. They expose his conspiracy with secret lover Vivian and reclaim their family hotel empire. The stranger Chloe picks as fiancé turns out to be billionaire Adrian Cross, their strongest ally.
The Godfather's Wife Is a Top AssassinKindergarten teacher Elaine is secretly Phoenix, an elite assassin ordered to kill the elusive Black Duke, unaware that he is her husband, Julian. When his obsessed lieutenant exposes them and tortures a pregnant Elaine, one broken necklace reveals the truth. Can love survive their deadly double lives?
Reborn for Revenge: My Husband Played Dead. His Wife Was a Secret Heiress.Reborn on the day of her husband's fake funeral, she seals the coffin and forces him to strangle his mistress, publicly exposes the scheme, reveals her identity as a wealthy heiress, counters false accusations in court, brings the villains to justice, and returns home in glory.
I Understand Babies, Favored by the Rich FamilyPoor nanny Nora gains a “Baby Talk System” that lets her hear children’s thoughts. After saving billionaire Alexander’s sickly surrogate son, Leon, she becomes his head nanny. As love grows, Nora helps other wealthy families, but a jealous rival kidnaps her and Leon. In danger, Nora discovers Leon is her biological son, stolen six years ago. Alexander rescues them, and the truth leads to a heartfelt proposal and family reunion.
Resident EvilA storm traps Emily and her wealthy boyfriend in a mountain villa as a genetically modified black bear hunts their guests. It mimics knocks, cracks security codes, and remembers every face that hurt it. When Emily uncovers Ryan's role in the cruel experiments, survival becomes a reckoning—and Subject Seven wants revenge. Every tormentor must pay.
The Second Time He Fell for HerDetective Daniel posts a bounty for a heart to save his childhood friend Sophia, unaware it will be ripped from his wife, Ava. Assigned a mutilated Jane Doe case, he learns the victim is Ava, and Sophia ordered the kill. Daniel shoots Sophia through Ava's stolen heart, then survives a suicide attempt to live haunted in an asylum.
The Vampire Lord's Heartless WifeOnce in love, a vampire lord and his lady were torn apart by a human girl. Believing his lady killed his sister, he tortured her for ten years and made her the girl's blood bag. Truth? The girl framed her… Still loving him, the lady gave her heart to revive his sister and now sleeps forever. He finally learns the truth. But his love? Too late!
The Wolf King ReturnsThe son of the Wolf King, Ethan, is convinced he's a "worthless trash" with no wolf soul.—never knowing his body is already invincible. Descending the mountain to find his fated mate,he accidentally saves a cub named Lane and reunites with his beloved. To protect his mate, he risks his life to challenge the Alpha of the Nightfall Tribe.
The Price of Your Billion-Dollar GameDiagnosed with leukemia, Luna takes her life to spare her family from medical debt. As a ghost, she awakens in a luxury penthouse to a sick truth: her "destitute" parents are secret billionaires. Her lifelong poverty was a twisted simulation. As they approach Luna’s bedroom with Porsche keys to end the lie, what awaits them?
After Rejecting Five FiancesA decade ago, Saint Isis saved five brothers with her golden skin and blood, making a ten-year marriage pact. Seduced by scorpion woman Clara, they betrayed her and stripped her golden rune skin. When they swore never to wed her, the curse activated. Isis married Anubis. Clara was burnt to ashes, the brothers turned into beetles, and Isis became Queen of the Underworld.
I Became the Monster Director’s Wet-NurseNurse Anaya is trapped in a deadly rule-horror game and bound to a Love Survival System. To escape, she must win over Elowen, a ruthless SR-ranked monster director. Each lethal trial draws them closer—until Anaya learns Elowen remembers the woman who once saved her. When the game ends, their forbidden love follows them into the real world—for good.
The Cheapskate's Deadly FeastInvestment analyst Serena flees when her cheap coworker Ethan treats the team to a luxury dinner. Ethan frames her for a $5M money-laundering scheme, but Serena clears her name with evidence, lures him into an FBI trap, gets promoted to Director, and fires her greedy colleagues.
After He Blinded Me, I Took Everything BackBlinded saving her boyfriend, Claire gets betrayal and a murder plot for her art. Cast out, she meets the serial killer "the Cleaner," who slips into her flat mimicking his voice. Playing a helpless blind girl, she turns the tables, her dead boyfriend under the bed. As sight returns, who is the prey—and who is the Cleaner?
Twinborn Alpha: Vengeance from the GraveAfter pregnant Alpha heir Selena is murdered by her mate Damon and best friend Lilith, her wolfless twin Serena takes her place and rises from the coffin to expose them. Forced into a deadly heir trial, she awakens a sacred twin wolf spirit, battles forbidden magic, saves Selena's baby, and claims the pack to end bloodline tyranny.