Osaka, Japan, March 1984. One of the safest countries in the world. A society built on trust, order, and the assumption that the food on a supermarket shelf [music] cannot hurt you. On March 18th, two masked gunmen entered the home of Katsuhisa Ezaki, >> [music] >> president of Ezaki Glico, one of Japan's largest candy companies. They tied up his elderly mother. They held his [music] wife and children at gunpoint. They dragged him naked from his bathroom. They demanded 1 billion yen. Three days later, Ezaki escaped, and the real nightmare began. A group calling themselves the Monster with 21 [music] Faces sent taunting letters to police and the press. Over 50 letters, over 17 [music] months. They targeted Japan's entire food industry. They planted cyanide-laced candy [music] on supermarket shelves across the country. Then they labeled the packages themselves, [music] "Danger, contains toxins." Security cameras caught a man [music] in a baseball cap, calm, unhurried, placing poisoned candy on store [music] shelves as if he worked there. The police released a composite sketch of the fox-eyed man. Nobody came forward. [music] One-fifth of Japan's entire national police force was mobilized. 44,000 officers, 3.2 [music] million homes visited, 125,000 people investigated. The monster was never found. Under the pressure of failing to [music] catch them, unable to face the investigation's collapse, the police superintendent heading the manhunt [music] killed himself by setting himself on fire. Five days later, the Monster with 21 Faces sent its final letter to the media. It mocked him. The group's last known communication read, "Yamamoto of Shiga Prefecture police died. How stupid of him." Then, silence. The Monster with 21 Faces was never identified. The main suspect died in [music] March 2022, uncharged, unnamed publicly. And here is where the case becomes something else entirely. The statute of limitations expired in the year 2000. >> [music] >> Even if the Monster with 21 Faces removed their mask today, stood in front of a Japanese court, confessed [music] to every crime, they cannot be charged. Not with a single count. Japan's law cannot touch them. If you or someone you know has been affected [music] by threats or extortion, please contact your local authorities. You do not have to face it alone. Follow Grave File TV, >> [music] >> a new investigation every day, because the cases that get shared are the ones that don't get forgotten.