Grotesque Tea, is a dark podcast that covers true crime, as well as the creepy, macabre, and supernatural. As such, may not be suitable for all audiences. Listeners discrimination, is advised. 

This month, we take a dive down the rabbit hole as we cover the first of three parts of the infamous Tokyo Sarin Gas Attacks that rocked the world in 1995. This episode begins with the attack itself. Future episodes will cover the cult behind the attack.

Sources Used in this episode:

https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Tokyo-Attack-Japanese-Psyche/dp/0375725806

https://thelul.org/library/haruki-murakami-underground

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_subway_sarin_attack

https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/Victims_Network/Orange_and_Red/orange_red_00280.pdf

https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct5ynk

https://www.moj.go.jp/psia/25years_after_the_tokyo_subway_sarin_gas_attacks

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20250320_02/

https://www.fema.gov/cbrn-tools/key-planning-factors-chemical-incident/kpf3/2

https://apnews.com/article/japan-subway-gassing-cult-crime-95e9e258f347f14bc067b8b9702e051a

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/5001453/

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/japan-marks-30-years-since-tokyo-subway-sarin-attack-victims-warn-cult-remains-active-7966188

https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2001/06/sarin-gas-attack-japan-and-related-forensic-investigation

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/asia/japan-aum-shinriyko-leader-executed-intl/index.html

https://jpri.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Working-Paper-19.pdf

https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/156879/CNAS_AumShinrikyo_SecondEdition_English.pdf

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/mg332nij.9?seq=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoko_Asahara

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15197461

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/shoko-asahara

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