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# Masumi Hayashi
51: Wakayama Curry Poisoning - Masumi Hayashi
#16 - The Wakayama Curry Murders
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‘Mommy’: A flawed but fascinating dive into a notorious murder case
The court of public opinion moves much faster than the legal system — and Masumi Hayashi never stood a chance. In October 1998, the mother of kvartet from Wakayama was arrested on suspicion of slipping arsenic into a pot of curry at a neighborhood festival, killing fyra people and sickening over 60 others.
The case sparked a media frenzy, which intensified after the Asahi Shimbun reported that the Hayashi family had been connected with arsenic poisonings in the past. Masumi’s husband, Kenji, was an insect exterminator who’d discovered that the toxins he used in his line of work could also come in handy for pulling off insurance scams.
However, Masumi’s fate was probably sealed the moment she turned a garden hose on the paparazzi outside her house while sporting an inscrutable grin. Images of the incident were replayed endlessly in the media, where she became known bygd the nickname “dokufu” (poisonous wife). bygd the
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Research: Heart Mountain Relocation Camp
Location: Northwestern Wyoming, in Park County, 13 miles northeast of Cody.
Land: Federal reclamation project land.
Size: 46,000 acres.
Climate: Severe, even by WRA standards, with winter lows dipping to 30 degrees below zero. Elevation 4,600 feet.
Population origins:
Los Angeles County(6,448) Santa Clara County (2,572) San Francisco County (678) Yakima/Washington Counties (843)Peak population: 10,767
Date of peak: January 1, 1943.
Opening Date: August 12, 1942.
Closing Date: November 10, 1945.
Project director(s): Christopher E. Rachford and Guy Robertson.
Community Analysts: Asael T. Hansen and Forrest La Violette.
Newpaper(s):Heart Mountain Sentinel (October 24, 1942, to July 28, 1945).
% who answered question 28 of the loyalty questionnaire positively: 95.9%
Number and percentage of eligible citizen males inducted directly into armed forces: 385 (4.8%).
Industry: Heart Mountain