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

This anthology examines what occurs when cults turn violent and criminal. Thousands of religious, political, and self-improvement cults operate worldwide, with an estimated two to five million Americans having been involved in a cult at some point. While not all cults are destructive, these accounts demonstrate how absolute faith in an infallible leader can create conditions for serious crimes including murder and mass suicide. True crime author Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar documents what transpired inside several of modern history's most notorious cults: • The Manson Family — hippie devotees who turned violent to manifest God's race war • The Peoples Temple — hundreds of utopia seekers who died in the Guyanese jungle by consuming a cyanide-laced drink • The Vampire Clan — teenagers who consumed blood and killed an unsuspecting Florida couple • Heaven's Gate — Nike-adorned disciples who committed suicide believing they would board a spaceship • Silvia Meraz Moreno's Santa Muerte — cult members who collected sacrificial blood by cutting open victims' veins while their hearts still beat