The Cult That Poisoned Tokyo's Subway With Sarin

Added: 2026-06-10

[00:00:00]On March 20th, 1995, a man in a suit boarded a Tokyo subway and punctured a plastic bag with the tip of his umbrella. Inside was sarin, one of the deadliest nerve agents ever made. He walked off the train and disappeared. 13 people died, [music] thousands were blinded, convulsing, or paralyzed on platform floors. The attackers were not soldiers. They were scientists, doctors, and devoted followers of a blind yoga teacher named Shoko Asahara, who told them the apocalypse was coming and that killing [music] would earn them salvation. They believed every word.