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Calt spread positivity, right? Wrong.

Today we begin a two-part conversation about Amshin Rikio,

a Japanese cult founded in the 1980s that based its beliefs around, you guessed it, the end times.

Founded by a charismatic lunatic, Shoko Asahara, we'll discuss how this cult grew to become

one of the strictest, merciless, and most violent cults we've covered today.

We'll talk about how they use science to develop ways to bring about Armageddon,

the terrible living conditions they kept their communes in, and how much it cost the cult members

to move up in the rankings. We'll discuss the punishment they doled out to their members,

how they attack their enemies, and what their plans were for expansion.

Also, LSD, diapers, and sex. Let's party, baby. I'm Mike.

I'm Ian. And I'm Dave. If you thought used women's panes for the strangest thing you could buy in Japan,

stick around. Shoko Asahara is about to raise the bar. This is Necronomopod.

There are cults, a huge cult, and their leader is called Shoko Asahara.

Now his real name is Chizuamatsu Moto. And the cult is a mixture between Christianity,

Buddhism, Hinduism, and I have to say some brainwashing. And the leader, Asahara,

is managed to convince the followers that he has supernatural powers, and he also convinces his

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