The Infamous Japanese Doomsday Cult | Aum Shinrikyo

This week Magnum & Izzo discuss Aum Shinrikyo, a Japanese doomsday cult infamous for carrying out the deadly 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. What say you?

EPISODE 126 OF THE SWERVE PODCAST ↩️

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⏰ Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro
1:26 - Welcome/Drinks
3:23 - The Basics: Aum Shinrikyo
8:42 - Origins of the Cult and the Leader
14:13 - The Japanese Diet (AKA Their Election)
14:50 - Details on VX and Sarin Chemicals
21:59 - Doctrine and Teachings
27:56 - Timeline of Crimes... and Failures
33:21 - Shoutouts
35:14 - Timeline of Crimes... and Failures Cont.
40:38 - Military Chopper???
40:58 - Ebola??
43:22 - Nuclear Weapons???
47:31 - The Infamous 1995 Tokyo Subway Attack
51:08 - Police Raiding the Aum Headquarters
53:57 - Court Proceedings and Charges Laid
1:04:31 - Producer Tier Shoutout
1:04:58 - Final Thoughts
1:07:45 - Final Thoughts – Nation-State Similarities

📘 References:

1. Aum Shinrikyo
News Article: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/175/
Article: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/aum-shinrikyo

2. Aum Shinrikyo and Religious Terrorism in Japanese Collective Memory
Research Publication: https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-89745

3. Aum Shinrikyo Case Study
Article: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg332nij.9?seq=1

4. Asahara Shoko
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Asahara-Shoko

5. Chronology of Aum Shinrikyo Activities
https://nonproliferation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/aum_chrn.pdf

6. Sarin Gas and Chemical Warfare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin
https://institutebishop.org/Terrorism_Science.pdf

7. The Casual Criminalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daQA6KBK2Xw

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