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Perhaps no other cult has fascinated people more than the Order of the Solar Temple – a group that began in the late 1980s as a c…

Currently fueled by the millions of dollars that they earn through their several business ventures, many of its members continue …

The 1970s was a time of searching and exploration around the world. Following decades of war and unrest, young people yearned for…

The Nation of Yahweh, an organization that started out as a charitable movement to help the impoverished citizens of Miami and th…

Christmas - a time for joy, a time for cheer, a time for beatings? That's right the beloved holiday that billions around the worl…

On today's episode of Let's Start A Cult we will be talking about The Freedomites also called The Sons of Freedom, and their figh…

Unlike other cults, the Matamoros Cult was never in the mainstream; it didn’t amass thousands of followers nor was it a subject o…

Cults are built on logical, semi-believable premises that often involve religion and the leader as the reincarnation of Jesus Chr…

Every year on February 15th, locals of the island of Tanna in Vanuatu gather in swarms to celebrate their messiah. It’s the holie…

Ho-No-Hana Sanpogyo targeted desperate people – often housewives with sick husbands and children who were searching for any possi…

On November 18, 1978, a mass suicide in the jungles of South America shocked the entire world. A total of 909 people were killed …

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