Content Warning: True crime, murder, suicide, harsh language, and adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.
Japan is known for many things, but murder usually doesn't rank high on the well known list. Yet, in the 80's you could have been killed for simply getting something to drink out of a vending machine. As suddenly as the murders began, they stopped. Someone or multiple someones, were poisoning drinks in vending machines who, to this day, are still unknown.
Sources Used in this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat_murders
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/10/world/japanese-puzzle-the-vending-machine-murders.html
https://www.grunge.com/364109/the-untold-truth-of-the-vending-machine-killer/
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-vending-machine-murders-6876a52be4a7
https://www.mysteryconfidential.com/2023/05/the-vending-machine-murder.html
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/the-paraquat-murders-japans-vending-machine-serial-killer
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/09/27/Japanese-warned-against-poisoned-soft-drinks/9882496641600/
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