The second season of Netflix's addictive "Squid Game" has not yet hit the air, but already the show is wrapped up in speculation over who — or what — might have inspired it in real life.

"Squid Game" is your go-to hit Netflix show that critiques capitalism and even love demonstrated through the brutal murders of players in dire scenarios, forced by wealthy elitists and their viewership to fight to the death for their entertainment.

While series creator Hwang Dong Hyuk hasn't cited Brothers' Home or any form of influence, Koreaboo noted hat one can easily see the comparison in light of the facility's malevolent history.

In the 1980s, Brothers Home was a detention center that persecuted the most vulnerable in society: the homeless, orphaned youth, and those with physical and mental disabilities.

In 1982, the institution was investigated and found to have mistreated the people interned there.

In a 2020 interview with BBC, Brothers Home survivor Choi Seung Woo described his traumatic experience.

"A police officer asked me to stop and started searching my bag," Choi said. "There was half a loaf of bread... He tortured me, burning my genitals with a lighter. Just wanting to go home, I lied. 'I stole it, I stole it. Please let me go...'"

The torment Choi had experienced was compounded by the sexual and physical abuse he suffered at the facility.

"The platoon leader and some other guys took all of my clothes off and poured a bucket of cold water on my body," Choi recounted.

"While I was trying to sleep, shivering naked, the platoon leader came again and raped me."

The institution operated for 20 years, and it is alleged that more than 650 people died there, with accusations of secret burials – and that some corpses were sold to hospitals.

A former director of the facility, Park In Guen, was jailed for two years for embezzlement and fraud, before dying in 2016. His death did not quell protests and demands for justice.