cults & cultists

Fascinating new episode of the 'Mysterious Universe' podcast made all the more intriguing for me as it all happened about seven miles from where I'm typing this: 31.15 - MU Podcast - Gengha King of Dogs "Strange things are said to lurk in the seaside mist of England's Cornwall—strange...

This was apparently a short-lived beatnik-esq happening "cult" that existed for possiblly a single summer season at Cape Cod. Life Magazine did a photo essay on it here: https://www.life.com/history/activationism-photos-of-a-groovy-cult-on-cape-cod-summer-1948/

The Cult That Worships A Cartoon Mouse : Gadgetology If you are going to worship a cartoon mouse make it Dangermouse for f**k's sake (the 89s one not the recent awful reboot.)

Mountain of God UFO Cult Take a deep dive into a forgotten UFO cult from the Mountain of God! Eli Watson digs into a historical mystery from his home town that involves the apocalypse and visitors from another galaxy!

This is an interesting tale: three suspicious deaths, missing children, a cult based on apocalyptic teachings. The US mother whose two young children have been missing for months has been arrested in Hawaii amid a complicated search operation spanning the US. Lori Daybell, 46, left for Hawaii...

A Sisterhood Cult which is actually headed by a sleazy male. Inside a Secretive Group Where Women Are Branded By BARRY MEIEROCT. 17, 2017 ALBANY — Last March, five women gathered in a home near here to enter a secret sisterhood they were told was created to empower women. To gain admission...

I was introduced to this subject by this excellent podcast. Basically, it seems that some serial killers have claimed to have worked for or have been part of a wider network, often a satanic cult who commit murders as sacrifices. It seems like most of these claims are paper-thin (Henry Lee...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6194998.stm

Helter Skelter film planned http://us.imdb.com/WN?20030807#9 Seems no one wants to play role of Charles M. Who do you think should play him? Or should film not be made? Maybe Colin Farrel?

Neat article on the Beeb today: If anyone in Japan is still unaware of the Armageddon poised to take place on Thursday, it won't be the fault of the Pana Wave Laboratory. This cult organisation - one of many in Japan - has caught the nation's attention with its prediction that a close...

I watched a very interesting programme on TV last night about Aleister Crowley. I'd heard of him and his connections with the occult, of course, but that was about the extent of my knowledge. By gum, he were a bad bugger!! What's your opinion of him? Did he really have the power to...

Opinions? Thoughts?

Or what about the cults that once were around and now never really hard about? Like what happened to the Heavens Gate? The hale bop cult that comit suicide. Well 40 were ment to but one backed out because the was "told" to spread the word of the cult around. Where is that guy? Is he still...

Does it work or does 'Voodoo Lu,' you know who he is, knock out thousands of rag-dolls with dress pins in them for over a tenner to fund his tequila habit? I bought one once and although an amusing manual, I hardly became Samantha from Bewitched. I believe most of these incantations one reads...