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Episode: The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack: How a Cult Brought Terror to Japan
Description: The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack: How a Cult Brought Terror to JapanIn the mid-90s, a doomsday cult launched a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo subway system during rush hour. But that attack wasn’t random. It was the result of years of planning, delusion, and violence led by a self-proclaimed messiah who went from acupuncture to apocalypse in one of the most disturbing cult stories you’ve probably never heard all the way through. This episode breaks down the rise of Shoko Asahara, the creation of Aum Shinrikyo, and how a group of highly educated peop...