Aum Shinrikyo: Tokyo’s Subway of Terror and the Cult of Death’s Grip
The morning of March 20, 1995, began with the usual bustling energy of Tokyo’s commuters, unaware that they were about…
Category: Cults
The Children of Thunder: Murder in the Name of God
In the summer of 2000, a trio of killers terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area with a string of bizarre,…
The Family Cult: LSD, Murder, and a Female Messiah
In the sun-drenched beaches and spiritual communes of 1960s Australia, one cult rose to terrifying prominence under the guidance of…
Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre: When Salvation Turned to Suicide
On November 18, 1978, in the humid jungles of Guyana, over 900 people died in what remains the largest single…