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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…