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Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar
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Cults that Kill Shocking True Stories of Horror from Psychopathic Leaders, Doomsday Prophets, and Brainwashed Followers to Human Sacrifices, Mass Suicides and Grisly Murders
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Ulysses Press
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9781612438818
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1
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CHF 11.70
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328
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What happens when true believers go too far?Thousands of religious, political and self-improvement cults are active around the world, and an estimated 2 to 5 million Americans have been involved in a cult at some point. Not all cults are destructive, but members' unwavering faith in an absolute leader and an intense devotion to a cause often lay the groundwork for criminal acts to take placeeven murder and mass suicides.*, The Manson FamilyHippie devotees turn violent to manifest God's race war *, The Peoples TempleHundreds of utopia seekers meet their end in the Guyanese jungle by ingesting a cyanide-laced drink*, The Vampire ClanTeenagers consume blood and bludgeon an unsuspecting Florida couple to death*, Heaven's GateNike-adorned disciples commit suicide to transport onto a spaceship approaching*, Earth Silvia Meraz Moreno's Santa MuerteCult Members collect sacrificial blood by slicing open victims' veins while their hearts are still beating
