Cults Uncovered: True Stories of Mind Control and Murder

by Emily G. Thompson

Overview

The shocking truth about some of the most disturbing, criminal cults that have ever existed.

How did Charles Manson inspire his "family" to launch a campaign of murder? What twisted ideology lay behind horrific events like the Waco Siege, the Aum Shinrikyo's poison-gas attack on the Tokyo metro, and the mass suicides and murders of Jonestown? Why did the suicidal members of Heaven's Gate believe doomsday was at hand? How did the idealistic commune of Rajneeshpuram collapse into shocking controversies, involving biological terrorism and attempted murder?

Cults Uncovered explores these and many more strange and disturbing factions and sects from all over the world to expose terrifying stories of manipulation, coercion, abuse, and murder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781465489548
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	02/04/2020
Series:	True Crime Uncovered
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	654,746
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.75(h) x 0.62(d)