Description
Product ID: | 9780241401248 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | True Crime Uncovered |
Title: | Cults Uncovered |
Subtitle: | True Stories of Mind Control and Murder |
Authors: | Author: Emily G. Thompson |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | True crime, True crime, Christianity, Contemporary non-Christian and para-Christian cults and sects, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The shocking truth about some of the most disturbing, criminal cults that have ever existed. How did Charles Manson inspire his "family" to launch a campaign of murder? What twisted ideology lay behind horrific events like the Waco Siege, the Aum Shinrikyo's poison-gas attack on the Tokyo metro, and the mass suicides and murders of Jonestown? Why did the suicidal adherents of Heaven's Gate believe doomsday was at hand? How did the idealistic commune of Rajneeshpuram collapse into shocking controversies, involving biological terrorism and attempted murder?Cults Uncovered explores these and many more strange and disturbing factions and sects from all over the world to expose terrifying stories of manipulation, coercion, abuse, and murder. The shocking truth about some of the most disturbing, criminal cults that have ever existed. |
Imprint Name: | DK |
Publisher Name: | Dorling Kindersley Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2020-02-06 |