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Morning Cup of Murder

183: Genzo Kurita the Infamous Japanese Serial Killer - November 3 2019

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Sometimes there are crimes where, despite how they rocked a community and country, there is very little information. On November 3rd 1926 a man who would become an infamous Japanese serial killer was born. A man who, despite killing 8 people and being considered a game changing murderer, had very little information written about him. Genzo Kurita Born (1926) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: morningcupofmurder@gmail.com Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-raceional.

0:04.0

We have a weird...

0:06.0

...by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

0:09.0

A cup of murder.

0:11.0

Sometimes there are crimes where, despite how they rocked a community and a country, there is very little information.

0:20.0

On November 3rd, 1926, a man who would become an infatement and a country, there is very little information.

0:27.2

On November 3, 1926, a man who would become an infamous Japanese serial killer was born.

0:33.5

A man who, despite killing eight people and being considered a game-changing murderer,

0:36.5

had very little information written about him.

0:42.9

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

0:46.7

Genzo Corita was born on November 3, 1926, in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

0:53.2

Little is known about his childhood.

0:55.5

He was the third of 12 children born to unnamed parents,

0:59.5

and reports claimed that he suffered from a childhood abuse

1:02.3

before being drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army in 1944 when he was just 18.

1:09.1

He served during World War II and was subjected to horrible violence and death that left him

1:14.5

traumatized.

1:16.0

It is believed by experts that, if he had never served time in the military, he may have walked

1:21.7

away and lived a normal life.

1:24.1

That was, unfortunately, not the case.

1:27.3

When he was just 22, he murdered two girlfriends, and, on August 8, 1951, he murdered a 24-year-old

1:35.1

woman as she lay beside her baby.

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