Join Sara and Sydney this week for the kickoff of a new topic, the Monster with 21 Faces. Also known as the Glico-Morinaga case, this infamous case in Japan spanned 17 months, where an unknown group calling themselves the Monster with 21 Faces harassed food companies and poisoned their products. In Part 1, we discuss general Japanese culture, language, and history and get into the beginning of case events.
Sources for this episode:
Toppamono by Manabu Miyazaki
History of baseball in Japan - BR Bullpen (baseball-reference.com)
The History of Cremation in Japan - JSTOR Daily
Remembering The 1964 Tokyo Olympics | Here & Now (wbur.org)
The Japanese Mind by Roger Davies
Maps reveal how Japan’s cities were destroyed during World War II (elsevier.com)
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