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Son of Sam Speaks: The Untold Story (1997)
On the 20th anniversary of his arrest for the ‘Son of Sam’ murders in N.Y City in the mid 1970’s, David Berkowitz opens up about the murders and makes the disturbing claims that ‘The Process’, a satanic cult operating in N.Y at the time, was responsible for the murders and he was just a willing…
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Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief (2015)
Alex Gibney’s brilliant expose on the Church of Scientology takes the viewer on a fascinating ride inside the inner workings of this highly-controversial group, that was founded by L Ron Hubbard, a long-deceased, highly-eccentric Science fiction writer from the 50’s.
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American Occult: The Ripper Crew (2010)
The Ripper Crew, a.k.a. the Chicago Rippers was a satanic cult and organized crime group composed of Robin Gecht, Edward Spreitzer with brothers Andrew and Thomas Kokoraleis) that drove a van around the streets of Chicago looking for women to sacrifice.. they were suspected in the disappearances, murders and mutilations of 18 women in Chicago,…
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Glen Taylor Helzer: Children of Thunder (2011)
Glen Taylor Helzer was a self-appointed prophet of God who formed the religious cult ‘Children of Thunder’ with two disciples (his brother Justin and fellow Mormon, Dawn Goodman) and would eventually lead them on 5 day murder spree that would take the lives of 5 innocent victims…
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Deadly Cults (2013)
According to government statistics there are approximately 5,000 cults operating in America today with around 200,000 ‘willing’ members… The History Channel’s ‘America’s Book of Secrets’ examines some of the most notorious cult cases including: The Branch Davidians; Heaven’s Gate; The People’s Temple; and Rajneeshpuram..
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Jonestown Cult Suicides (2007)
Using dramatic reconstruction, archive footage and testimony from survivors – including cult-leader Jim Jones’s own son Stephan – the terrific documentary series ‘The True Story’ tells the horrific story of what really happened on that fateful day of November 18th 1978, when over 900 members of the religious cult The People’s Temple apparently committed mass-suicide….
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Doomsday Cults (2012)
‘Hidden in America’ is a fascinating documentary series that looks inside some of the most notorious religious sects in history in an effort to understand the cult phenomenon… this episode deals with the notorious ‘doomsday cults’: Heaven’s Gate, The People’s Temple and The Church Universal and Triumphant…
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I Escaped a Cult (2012)
… National Geographic’s ‘I Escaped a Cult’ takes a grim look into the Church of Latter Day Saints led by convicted pedophile Warren Jeffs and church elders and the various horrific crimes that are perpetuated on the children of cult members and how 3 of those children eventually escaped the clutches of the church to…
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Tabloid (2010)
Terrifically odd and highly entertaining Errol Morris documentary that tells the story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming, who in the ’70s was accused of kidnapping and raping Kirk Anderson, an American Mormon missionary…
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Witch Hunt (2008)
… tells the bizarre and troubling story of John Stoll and other Bakersfield, California parents who were wrongfully arrested, tried and convicted of horrific ‘child molestation’ charges in the early 1980s due to inexperienced social workers and the over-zealousness of sheriff’s department officials and the popular Kern County District Attorney Ed Jagels …
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Dream Deceivers (1992)
Just before Christmas 1985, James Vance and Ray Belknap shot themselves with a 12-gauge shotgun as part of a suicide pact… one boy lay dead and the other was left horribly disfigured … the parents of the surviving teen would later take the English heavy metal band Judas Priest to court based on their belief…
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Killer Kids: Occult Killers (2012)
Occult-motivated killings are discussed in this episode of this documentary series… Pagan beliefs, satanic rock, horror films and Satanism are included as motives for murders to gain favor with Satan! Occult-related crimes committed by young people are examined in the United States, Canada and France.
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Charles Manson Then and Now (1992)
Tracing America’s morbid fascination with the infamous sociopath, Charles Manson, jailed in 1970 after members of his cult “family” went on a murder spree, this latterday documentary provides a modest update on Manson’s prison existence and other matters. Some interview footage with the culprit justifies a viewing for interested parties….
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West of Memphis (2012)
With unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense team, never-before-seen or heard personal accounts from those involved, acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson examines the tragic case of the ‘West Memphis Three’ trying to come to terms with how the American legal system could of failed them so badly…
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Terror in Tokyo (2004)
…on March 20, 1995, the most serious violent attack in Japan since the end of World War II occurred… The Sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, was an act of domestic terrorism perpetrated by members of the religious cult, Aum Shinrikyo that took the lives of 13 and injured thousands…
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Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
This final version chronicles the last years in prison and eventual release of the three men accused of brutally murdering three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. The men were released after entering an Alford plea on August 19, 2011, allowing them to assert their innocence while acknowledging that prosecutors had enough evidence to…
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West Memphis Three (2011)
In 1993, the bodies of three young boys were discovered in a muddy creek that led to a major drainage canal at Robin Hood Hills near West Memphis, Arkansas – three young teenagers: Damien Echols , Jessie Misskelley, Jr. and Jason Baldwin were charged and quickly convicted of the crimes based on the coerced confession…
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The Book that Can’t Be Read (2011)
It’s the world’s most mysterious book, written by an unknown author in an unknown language… The ‘Voynich Manuscrip’ is a roughly 200 page manuscript with strange symbols, beautiful illustrations and secret text that has remained a mystery for decades…
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Cult Leaders (2007)
What characteristics are necessary in a person to make them a perfect candidate to become a cult leader?… and of all the cult leaders that have existed which one was the ‘most evil?’… interesting documentary that examines notorious cult leaders: Japanese Shoko Asahara, Mexican Aldolfo De Jesus Contanzo, American Charles Manson and Rev. Jim Jones…
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Richard Ramirez – Born To Kill? (2011)
Richard Ramirez, aka ‘The Night Stalker’ terrorized California residents in the 1980’s with a series of senseless, random acts of late-night home invasions, sexual assaults and murder…