Cults : inside the world's most notorious groups and understanding the people who joined them

Cutler, Max (author.). Conley, Kevin, 1960- (author.).

Summary: "Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential reading for any true crime fan." --

Record details

ISBN: 9781982133542
ISBN: 1982133546
Physical Description: print
406 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the acclaimed podcast, Parcast.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-406).
Formatted Contents Note:	Shame : Charles Manson and the family -- Shame : Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo and the Narcosatanists -- Exploitation : Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh -- Exploitation : Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple -- Pathological lying : Claude Vorilhon and Raëlism -- Sadism : Roch Thériault and the Ant Hill Kids -- Megalomania : David Koresh and the Branch Davidians -- Sadism : Keith Raniere and NXIVM -- Escape : Credonia Mwerinde and the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God -- Denial of reality : Marshall Applewhite and Heaven's Gate.