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The business card that linked a painter to a bank massacre
A painter in Tokyo is arrested after a business card links him to the Imperial Bank poisonings - can a lost card and unexplained cash expose him?
The business card that linked a painter to a bank massacre
In this episode, we lay out the facts of the Imperial Bank case and the evidence that put Sadamichi Hirasawa on trial. What role did a business card, witness IDs, and unexplained money play in sending a tempera painter to death row?
Person: Sadamichi Hirasawa
Date: January 26, 1948
Location: Imperial Bank branch, Shiinamachi, Toshima, Tokyo
Event: Poisoning of bank staff after a man posing…
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