Cults Uncovered
Author: Thompson, Emily G.
ISBN: 9780241401248
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 16mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Discover true-life cases of the world's most bizarre and frightening cults
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 adherents 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.
ISBN: 9780241401248
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 16mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Discover true-life cases of the world's most bizarre and frightening cults
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 adherents 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.
