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The power politics of dangerous cults
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10 Terrifyingly Evil Killer Cults
Cults are a mind-boggling aspect of civilization. The question always arises, how is it possible for people to get caught up in that type of madness? Even scarier is when the cult turns deadly. How could a group of people possibly go through with the murder of another person? Yet, if the right people get together, it does happen and it’s always terrifying.
10The Vampire Clan
Like many teenagers, 16-year-old Rod Ferrell was obsessed with dark subjects, specifically vampires. However, Ferrell took things a bit further by declaring that he actually was a 500-year-old vampire named Vesago. While it’s not unusual for people to role-play, Ferrell’s dark obsessions would have tragic consequences.
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The Rev. Jim Jones led 900 fervent believers into mass murder-suicide at Jonestown in 1977. Many swallowed cyanide and gave it to their children.
Ohio cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren made a human sacrifice of a family of five in 1989. Then he and his followers wandered through West Virginia, Missouri and California before being caught and convicted of murder.
David Koresh led 85 adherents to fiery death at his Bible prophecy compound at Waco, Texas.
Recruited: Middle class progressives, civil rights activists
Peak following: 5,000+
Death toll: 918
Creepy fact: Some of Jones’ followers, including children, were forced to confess to made-up crimes and were beaten.
Reverend Jim Jones started his own congregation known as the Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ. He proclaimed to have a vision of a nuclear attack and when it would occur, causing him to move his church from Indianapolis to San Francisco. There, Jones’ ideologies of social activism were welcomed. His church became popular, attracting people of all kinds, evening gaining the support of politicians like George Moscone, Harvey Milk and Jerry Brown.
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