Cults That Kill (eBook)

Shocking True Stories of Horror, Psychopathic Leaders, Doomsday Prophets, Brainwashed Followers, Human Sacrifices, Mass Suicides, Grisly Murders

Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
328 Seiten
Ulysses Press (Verlag)
978-1-61243-881-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A true crime author explores what happens when cults cross the line in this anthology of false prophets, true believers, and tragic consequences.Thousands of religious, political and self-improvement cults are active around the world, and an estimated two to five million Americans have been involved in a cult at some point in their lives. While not all cults are destructive, these stories demonstrate how unwavering faith in an infallible leader can lead lay the groundwork for criminal acts a heinous as murder or mass suicide.True crime author Joan Biddlecombe Agsar uncovers what really happened inside some of modern history's most notorious cults, including:* 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

Autor

lt;b>Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar covered crime and courts for the Tampa Tribune in Hernando County, Florida, from 2012-2014. In more recent years, she has served as web editor at Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and as senior reporter at Metro New York. She received a Master of Arts in Journalism and Media studies from the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg. Her thesis, “Framing Terrorism: How the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Bay Times Portrayed Sami Al-Arian in 2001” examined how two major newspapers covered a major terrorism scandal after 9/11. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Writing from the New School. She splits her time between Germany and the United States with her husband, Sam, and their cat, Chicken. This is her first book.

Inhalt

Introduction: What is a Cult?



Chapter 1.Manson Family



Chapter 2.Peoples Temple



Chapter 3.Ant Hill Kids



Chapter 4.Branch Davidians



Chapter 5.Order of the Solar Temple



Chapter 6.Aum Shinrikyo



Chapter 7.Rod Ferrell and the Vampire Cult Killings



Chapter 8.Heaven’s Gate



Chapter 9.Silvia Meraz Moreno’s Santa Muerte Cult, and Other Cults You Haven’t Heard Of

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
• ISBN-10: 1-61243-881-4 / 1612438814
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61243-881-8 / 9781612438818