Top 10 Cults In US History

NXIVM was started in 1998 by Keith Raniere and it was established as an organization with workshops and classes on empowerment.

Angel’s Landing involved Lou Castro and a small group of people who used to live extravagant life during the 2000s. The followers were convinced that he was an angel or seer who could see the future and someone’s death.

Founded in 1968, Children of God was started by David Berg and preached a type of worship combining the ways of Jesus Christ alongside the free love movement.

Church of the Lamb of God was launched by Ervil LeBaron who convinced the followers that he was instructed by God including the use of an abandoned Mormon doctrine called blood abandonment.

Charles Manson started a group during the 60s and he sent his group to a house in Benedict Canyon, telling them to kill everyone inside.

Jim Jones was the founder of a church claiming to promote socialism and equality. He once ordered his followers to drink a beverage mixed with cyanide.

Heaven’s Gate was a cult that involved aliens, spaceships, and the recycling of Earth. Founder Marshall Applewhite and 38 followers committed suicide by taking Phenobarbital mixed with applesauce.

David Koresh started the Branch Davidians and it ended after the compound of Koresh was destroyed, leading to the death of 76 others.

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Church emerged during the 20th century. Warren Jeffs joined as the leader and married his father’s wives but was accused of sexual assault alongside other charges in 2005.

Synanon started as a drug rehabilitation program and was formed by Charles Dederich in 1958. It soon became the Church of Synanon but was closed down in 1991 for tax fraud, destruction of evidence, and terrorism.

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