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The most terrifying cults in history - CBS News
What’s it about? Six teens discover their parents might be involved in a cult with ritualistic sacrifice. Oh, and it takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), so there’s also superpowers, aliens and possibly time travel involved. The cult grew to have about 6,000 members, despite their controversial use of “Flower Girls”—specially chosen young girls who served as concubines for Tari and other cult leaders. At one point, Tari claimed to have 430 of them. There isn’t really an official definition. Some sources define cults as extreme religious devotion that deviates from the norm, but others say it involves any worship or devotion or a specific object or figure. And in case you missed it, that last one is literally any religion. Why it’s one of the best TV shows about cults: Many people join cults – or religion in general – because they are looking for answers, or feel like a part of them is missing. And if 2% of the population – your loved ones, friends, neighbours – vanished in an instant for absolutely no reason, you’d probably feel the same. When religions that have been around for thousands of years don’t have answers, it isn’t surprising people turn to cults, or find solace in them. Perhaps, like the GR, they find comfort in thinking none of it matters anyway. But The Leftovers also shows us just how manipulative, controlling and comforting these cults can be, and how they can rip apart families. This one personally wasn’t for me even though I loved the premise, but I get why people love it. If it sounds like something you might enjoy, I still recommend giving it a go. BUT THEN the show completely loses the plot. While it may start out with science on its side, the last half of The Goop Lab show is pure insanity. The progression of this show feels a bit like the actual progression of cults: reel them in with a bit of off-the-wall logic, convince them it’s not absurd with totally sound logic, then test them to see what you can get away with.What’s it about? Petty criminal Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany) sees another woman, seemingly identical to herself, commit suicide. She assumes her identity and suddenly finds herself wrapped up in a world of conspiracies, secret organisations, bioengineering, and a whole lotta people who look like her.
10 Most Terrifying Serial Killers and Cult Leaders of All Time
Constanzo started to raid graveyards for human bones to put in his nganga, or cauldron. Before long, his cult decided that the spirits of the dead that resided in the nganga would be stronger (providing the cult more powerful protection) with live human sacrifices instead of old bones. The resulting killings soon totaled more than twenty victims, whose mutilated bodies were found in and around Mexico City. [2] This process escalated until Constanzo eventually decided that the gang needed the power of a brain from an American student, culminating with the 1989 murder of Mark Kilroy. When the suspects were asked who murdered an American victim, Mark Kilroy, they named Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo, 26, the leader of the cult, and Sara Aldrete, a student at Texas Southmost College, known as "the witch." RELATED: Best Dark History Podcasts TV Shows About Cults: Fundamentalist Mainstream Religious Sects In the 1980s, Fall River, MA was a bad place to be - at least two sex workers were found sexually assaulted and brutally murdered. The culprits? A satanic sex cult. They changed their surname from Bottom to Phoenix, signaling their new beginning, and moved from Venezuela to the United States.These are fictional, but some of them are definitely based on real cults, just saying. Save Me (2017) After the fire, police found hundreds of other bodies in compounds across Uganda. Many victims had been poisoned. In all, 924 died. The Children of God was established in the late '60s by David Berg, a traveling preacher. They believed in "free love" that reportedly involved female members recruiting with sex (sometimes known as "flirty fishing") and survivors say children were regularly abused. Both Rose McGowan and Joaquin Phoenix grew up in the Children of God. An excerpt of David Kuhnlein's novella The Devil's Ranch, based on Los Narcosatánicos, is featured in issue 10 of SCAB Magazine. [9] All I’m saying is consider whether or not your religion “makes” you be a bad person, do questionable things or just doesn’t allow for any wiggle room in terms of questioning your faith. If you can’t ask questions, if you can’t leave, or if you just flat out think some dude in the sky wants you to be a bigot, consider finding a less extreme house of worship.
The Most Infamous Cults in History - Insider
Cult worship can also refer to anything particularly trendy, and I’ve included an example of this towards the bottom with the cult of wellness. However, while this is a trend that can actually lead to death, there are also benign cult trends like “cult followings” of popular bands or TV shows. Although if your favourite guitarist tells you they’re God, or to start killing people in their name, that might be an actual cult…In the late '60s, Charles Manson brought together a group of displaced young people and called them his "family." They settled in Spahn Ranch, a sprawling former movie studio near Los Angeles, where drugs were free-flowing, mandatory orgies were enforced, and Manson pushed his ideas about an imminent race war. Congressman Leo Ryan flew into Jonestown to investigate. He, three journalists and a cult defector were shot to death.
Killer Cults | Stephen Singular
The world has known countless killers and criminals, but few whose vile acts are so devastating and inhumane that they still haunt the public to this day. Brothers Glenn (who went by his middle name, Taylor) and Justin Helzer were born into a Mormon family and were active in their church, each completing two years of missionary work. However, by his early twenties Taylor had grown to dislike the confines of religious life. He was eventually expelled from the church for drinking, doing drugs, and engaging in extramarital affairs.What’s it about? Leah Remini quite publicly left Scientology in 2013. She’s now using her celebrity and voice to stand up to the church by telling her story and the stories of other former members. Now, without further ado, I present you with the best TV shows about cults. And yes, there were ones that didn’t make the cut. There are some godawful TV shows about cults, just FYI.
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