Aum Shinrikyo was founded in 1984 as a yoga and meditation class, initially known as Oumu Shinsen no Kai (オウム神仙の会 "Aum Mountain Hermits’ Society"), by pharmacist Chizuo Matsumoto.
Later, Matsumoto changed his name to Shoko Asahara and masterminded the most deadly terrorist attack in Japanese history. Asahara was executed by hanging on July 6, 2018, at the Tokyo Detention House, 23 years after the sarin gas attack, along with six other cult members.
Twelve years ago, Tamra Keepness disappeared from her Regina home. What happened that night?
In America’s deadliest big city, the task of announcing each new murder falls to police spokesman T. J. Smith. One year ago, he confronted a killing like no other.
Every law student knows John Brady’s name. But few know the story of the bumbling murder that ended in a landmark legal ruling.
Carbanak’s suspected ringleader is under arrest, but $1.2 billion remains missing, and his malware attacks live on.
What happened at OneTaste?
Solving the mystery of Wilbur Ross’ missing fortune.
“Jeffrey Levitt stole and misappropriated a grand total of fourteen million, six hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred forty-seven dollars and fifty-eight cents. He stole all that. It was the largest single white-collar crime in Maryland history, almost bringing down the state’s entire savings and loan industry.” And it still wasn’t enough.
At Inhotim, Bernardo Paz commissioned the Jurassic Park of contemporary art. Then the Brazilian government started investigating him.
How the women of U.S. Gymnastics found their voice.
A 60,000-word investigation into the Grenfell Tower fire.
Can a violent adult jail teach kids to love school? A rare look inside one of the only high schools at an adult jail
Was one of Detroit’s most notorious criminals also one of the FBI’s most valuable informants?
His rise to the top of the Billboard charts coincides with a list of criminal charges, including domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, and aggravated battery of a pregnant woman.
Brock Turner’s twisted legacy—and a Stanford professor’s relentless pursuit of justice.
Scot Peterson was a beloved school resource officer in Parkland, Fla. Then a gunman opened fire and he stayed outside.
How one of New York’s major trash haulers does business.
Jaimee was beloved. Jaimee was struggling. And then Jaimee was gone.
Inside the NCAA’s years-long, twisting investigation into Mississippi football.
“Anna looked at the soul of New York and recognized that if you distract people with shiny objects, with large wads of cash, with the indicia of wealth, if you show them the money, they will be virtually unable to see anything else. And the thing was: It was so easy.”
San Francisco’s forgotten serial killer.
The days, weeks, and months after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.
Jennifer Warren promised people counseling and recovery for free. When they arrived, she put them to work 16 hours a day for no pay at adult care homes for the elderly and disabled.
The murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband was charged with killing her. Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake?
The opioid’s potency has transformed the global trafficking—and policing—of narcotics.
