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The world has known countless killers and criminals, but few whose vile acts are so devastating and inhumane that they still haunt the public to this day. Who is involved: Looks at multiple industries and examines positive, negative and even outright fraudulent aspects of the practices. A few of the industries included are tantric sex (got your attention now, don’t I?), bee sting therapy and fasting. Each of the episodes has advocates on both sides, for and against, and examples of parts of the industry just going too far.
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Actress Rose McGowan was also born into Children of God. During her childhood, her family lived in Italy with other members of the group. Another five boys managed to escape, some after being castrated, and went to the police. Yet the law did nothing until 2003, when police were finally able to bring charges against the Superior Universal Alignment sect, led by a woman in her mid-seventies named Valentina de Andrade. Other cult members included a doctor, a successful businessman, and a policeman. All prominent members of society, they had used their influence to avoid prosecution for years. After they were finally arrested, the three men were given sentences which ranged from 32 to 77 years. In a move which astonished many, Valentina de Andrade was acquitted of the murders.
Who was involved: R. Kelly was one of the biggest names in music in the 1990s and early 2000s. Although multiple allegations of sexual abuse and rape of minors continued to come out throughout his career – including video footage of him peeing on a 14 year old girl – he seemed untouchable. In 2017, several parents accused Kelly of keeping their daughters hostage in a sex cult. Hi, we're Dagney & Jeremy! We travel the world seeking out macabre destinations. But it isn't all doom and gloom. We may be dark tourists, but we're also street art enthusiasts, self-proclaimed geeks, and experts at getting lost.
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NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was accused of running an abusive sex cult through his Albany-based seminar company. Why it’s one of the best TV shows about cults: This show is so good, and it does the perfect job of showing how and why people get manipulated by and pulled into cults, how it can tear families apart, and how incredibly terrifying and difficult it can be to get out of one. I got so immersed in Save Me that I started to yell at the screen (something I rarely do), which I’m fairly certain is also how some of the characters feel. But that’s because everyone in this is absolutely fantastic. Definitely a must-watch TV show for anyone interested in cults.Reports that the group was amassing weapons brought the attention of the federal government. In 1993 armed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the Waco compound. One agent accidentally shot himself in the leg climbing a wall, which triggered a gunfight. Four agents were killed along with five Davidians. The FBI then took command and negotiated the release of 19 children inside the compound (but not their parents.) Then the siege settled into an armed standoff that lasted 51 days. Ron Lafferty was convicted of murdering his brother's wife and her toddler in 1984. Lafferty, a member of a renegade polygamist cult called the "School of Prophets," killed the woman because of her opposition to plural marriage. Lafferty claimed he committed the killing after a revelation from God. Berg also encouraged sex with children. In one letter to members, he said, "God created boys and girls able to have children by about 12 years of age."
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Why it’s one of the best TV shows about cults: Although the cult, and Sofie’s story, play only a small part in this miniseries, it is hard to deny what a profound effect the cult had on her. She is on the run, pretending to be someone else and terrified of being found even though she is on the other side of the world from GOPA. This clearly establishes just how strong a hold cults can have on their members, no matter how many years or miles are between them. Active between 1972 and 1978, Gacy sexually assaulted, tortured, and murdered 33 teenage boys and young men. 26 of his victims were buried in the crawl space of his Cook County, Illinois home. It all started with the disappearance of 10-year-old Martin Rios in July 2010, followed by the disappearance of 10-year-old Jesus Martinez in March 2011. Both boys were known to frequent the house of Jesus’s step-grandmother, Silvia Meraz. Police were already suspicious of Meraz because of the parade of people visiting her house—they thought she might be running a brothel. When a 55-year-old woman disappeared, the police finally decided to search the property. Shira Haas is also super short (different sources have her as between 4’9″ and 5’2″), and as a fellow short girl I love to see it. Who was involved: Stateless tells the story of many people, but one of them is Sofie Werner (played by Yvonne Strahovski), a German-Australian national on the run from a cult – she is based on a woman named Cornelia Rau. The fictional cult depicted is called GOPA (Growing One’s Potential Achievement), and it is based on a real cult called Kenja. Sofia (like Rau) wound up illegally detained in an Australian immigration detention centre while on the run from the cult. GOPA’s leaders Gordon and Pat are played by Dominic West and Cate Blanchett (who also created and produced the show). In fact, the entire cast is superb.Wasco residents were frustrated by the cult members, known as Rajneeshees, to begin with, but tensions rose when the Rajneeshees attempted to take over the government of the nearby town of Antelope. Why it’s one of the best TV shows about cults: While not really an official cult, all the ridiculous, weird occult stuff and the unexpected storyline just makes for a different kind of TV show about cults. If you’re more interested in a supernatural horror thriller, you might enjoy Requiem. It’s also a good representation of the kind of influence cult-like groups can hold in small communities (also seen in Save Me). Throughout there are instances of gaslighting, keeping tabs, devotion of a higher power, sacred rites and just lots of lives ruined. Also: Leo Ryan’s daughter, Shannon Jo Ryan, actually joined the Rajneeshee Cult mentioned below in Wild Wild Country. Leaders even discouraged talking to avoid breaking the Ninth Commandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." Who was involved: Like Deadly Cults, all the episodes are focused on a different cult, and many infamous ones are covered, such as the Manson Cult, the Jonestown Massacre and the Army of God.
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