Japanese Death Cult: Aum Shinrikyo

Theories of the Third Kind

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 6.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

A Deadly Cult that was founded in 1987. They were responsible for the 1995 Tokyo Metro Sarin attack, which left 13 people dead. Their leader, Shoko Asahara, was said to have super powers of levitation.

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2:20.0	So today's episode is over the Japanese death cult, Om Shinrikyo.
2:26.0	And just an FYI, there is a lot of Japanese pronunciations in this.
2:31.0	I am not Japanese, Daniel's Vietnamese, though.
2:34.0	That will not help me in this situation.
2:36.0	I was going to say that it's not going to help you in this situation.
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