Death Cults - Murder, Mayhem and Mind Control

Paperback - 273 pages Virgin Books 8 August, 2002 ISBN: 0753506440

The deadly belief systems of cults worldwide hold a fascination for those desperate enough to look for "ultimate truths". Throughout history, thousands of people have joined cults and committed acts of mind-boggling atrocity in the belief they would attain power or everlasting life. From the acid-drenched psychosis of the Manson Family to the primitive barbarism of the Ugandan Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, the deluded followers of cults - and their charismatic and megalomaniac leaders - have been responsible for history's most shocking and bizarre assassination, slayings, and mass suicides.

Jack Sargeant has compiled 12 in-depth essays from a variety of experts on this deadly phenomenon. The book includes cults about whom very little has previously been written, such as the Russian castration sect and the bizarre Japanese Aum doomsday cult which released sarin gas into Tokyo's subways.

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