This is the story of a Japanese Doomsday Cult.

Aum Shinrikyo wasn’t just a cult, it was a ticking time bomb.

What began as a search for enlightenment and spiritual growth slowly transformed into something far more sinister. This episode dives into the cult’s origins and its self-proclaimed Messiah Shoko Asahara, who used manipulation and brainwashing to justify chemical warfare and mass death.

We follow the chilling path that ultimately led to one of the most horrific acts of domestic terrorism in the heart of Japan.

And it ends with a question Japan is still asking today:

How do you destroy an ideology when its followers believe they were right?

What happens when belief replaces reality, and faith turns fatal?

In a small town of Madanapalle, In a southern state of India, a horrifying double murder exposed the devastating consequences of distorted belief and shared delusion. What began as spiritual devotion slowly unraveled into isolation, paranoia, and irreversible tragedy.

In this episode of Everything Dark Podcast, we examine the events leading up to the murders, the psychological state of the couple involved, and how unchecked conviction blurred the line between faith and madness. Through police records, psychiatric evaluations, and timeline analysis, we explore how belief... when left unquestioned, can become dangerous.

This is not just a crime story, but a warning about the fragile nature of the human mind.

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Sources & Further readings :

https://www.ndtv.com/andhra-pradesh-news/im-shiva-covid-came-from-me-andhra-pradesh-woman-who-killed-2-daughters-2358872

https://www.vice.com/en/article/indian-couple-professor-human-sacrifice-occult-mental-health/

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/parents-arrested-amid-high-drama-for-murder-of-two-daughters/article33670612.ece

https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/tirupati/madanapalle-double-murder-case-purushottam-naidu-and-padmaja-released-from-jail/articleshow/82289452.cms?trc_source=TaboolaExploreMore

https://www.andhrajyothy.com/2021/andhra-pradesh/chittoor/madanapalle-twin-murder-case-bail-for-the-accused-336764.html

https://www.yovizag.com/madanapalle-double-murder-accused-referred-to-vizag-mental-hospital/

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