Episode 2: Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack

Black Torii — Japanese True Crime · Jul 3, 2026 · 14m

It's 8 o'clock in the morning in Tokyo. The trains are packed the way Tokyo trains always are during rush hour — shoulder to shoulder, silent, nobody making eye contact. Office workers, students, government clerks, station attendants just doing their jobs. And then, on five separate trains rolling toward the center of the city, people start collapsing. Their vision goes dark. They can't breathe. Some fall to the floor, convulsing. Others stumble onto platforms and lie there, unable to move, not understanding what is happening to them. By the time anyone figures out it's a nerve agent, more…