For as long as there have been cities there have been cults that people have flocked to for various reasons. Everything from faith, security, and friendship has driven people to do some extreme things in the same of their cults. Nuclear energy and the fear of nuclear Armageddon only added fuel to this fire. Nuclear energy saw the ranks of some cults swells and even caused the creation of more. 

Listen as our hosts discuss two of these nuclear doomsday cults. Aum Shinrikyo was a cult formed in Japan in 1987 by Shoko Asahara. Responsible for two major sarin gas attack in the early 90s the cult was fearing nuclear Armageddon in 1997. Listen as our two hosts discuss how nuclear energy effected the cult phenomena and they give their insight on this rarely discussed topic. 

The extended episode of our shows is EXCLUSIVE to our patrons. Vic and Marcus discuss the cults compound that was raided in western Australia in 1993. Residents of the area reported a strange flash of light. Conspiracy theorists have speculated the Aum Shinrikyo was trying to get their hands on nuclear material.  Sign up to become a patron and get access to this great content by clicking HERE

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