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233 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits.
true stories of mind control and murder -
Contents: The Oneida community -- The Manson family -- The Symbionese Liberation Army -- Synanon -- Peoples Temple -- The Fall River cult -- The Ant Hill Kids -- The Nation of Yahweh -- Rajneeshpuram -- The Family -- The Narcosatanists -- The Kirtland cult -- The Order of the Solar Temple -- The Branch Davidians -- Aum Shinrikyo -- Heaven's Gate -- Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God -- NXIVM.
Summary: 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. (Publisher)