For most of us, religion is a way to be able to tell right from wrong, and a guidance to how to be a good person. While it is open to interpretation, some people take religious matters into their own hands, and form crazy ideologies which are quite scary to think of. Welcome to the Top 5: Creepiest Religious Cults.
Number 1: The small town of Fall River, Massachusetts may seem like any ordinary town, but it's got a very dark, and disturbing history. It all started with the brutal murder of 17 year old Doreen Levesque [pronounced Leh-vek, don't read this in the video] near a high school. The police investigating this murder were shocked at how vicious the killer was, as Doreen had her hands tied back, her face and skull smashed in, and stab …show more content…
Although not all people who celebrate this are part of a cult, its worth noting that there are many Santa Muerte related killings. For example, back in 2012, mexican police arrested 8 people involved in a santa muerte cult who killed 2 ten year old boys, and a woman. Police officials say that these killings took place at night ritualise, by candlelight. An official by the name of Mr. Larringa said the following "They sliced open the victims' veins and, while they were still alive, they waited for them to bleed to death and collected the blood in a container,". The most recent murder, was of a six year old boy. This santa muerte murder led to a Satanic …show more content…
He was also famous for founding a UFO religious millenarian cult called Heaven’s gate. This group believed that the earth was going to be disposed of, and the only way to survive this was to leave as soon as possible. This would mean they have to go to “The Next Level”, and to do so, one would have to lose all attachments. Attachments would include: Sexuality, family, friends, jobs, possessions, and money.These people were so committed, that eight males, including Applewhite himself, voluntarily underwent castration. That’s right, they voluntarily got their testicles cut off. But out of everything this group has done and believed in, they are most famous for their mass suicide. In 1997, 39 committed suicide to get themselves onto an alleged alien ship following the comet Hale-Bopp. Everyone wore a purple blanket, and Nike shoes before killing themselves. Ironically, this group was supposedly against suicide as their main ideas were direct from
Number 1: The small town of Fall River, Massachusetts may seem like any ordinary town, but it's got a very dark, and disturbing history. It all started with the brutal murder of 17 year old Doreen Levesque [pronounced Leh-vek, don't read this in the video] near a high school. The police investigating this murder were shocked at how vicious the killer was, as Doreen had her hands tied back, her face and skull smashed in, and stab …show more content…
Although not all people who celebrate this are part of a cult, its worth noting that there are many Santa Muerte related killings. For example, back in 2012, mexican police arrested 8 people involved in a santa muerte cult who killed 2 ten year old boys, and a woman. Police officials say that these killings took place at night ritualise, by candlelight. An official by the name of Mr. Larringa said the following "They sliced open the victims' veins and, while they were still alive, they waited for them to bleed to death and collected the blood in a container,". The most recent murder, was of a six year old boy. This santa muerte murder led to a Satanic …show more content…
He was also famous for founding a UFO religious millenarian cult called Heaven’s gate. This group believed that the earth was going to be disposed of, and the only way to survive this was to leave as soon as possible. This would mean they have to go to “The Next Level”, and to do so, one would have to lose all attachments. Attachments would include: Sexuality, family, friends, jobs, possessions, and money.These people were so committed, that eight males, including Applewhite himself, voluntarily underwent castration. That’s right, they voluntarily got their testicles cut off. But out of everything this group has done and believed in, they are most famous for their mass suicide. In 1997, 39 committed suicide to get themselves onto an alleged alien ship following the comet Hale-Bopp. Everyone wore a purple blanket, and Nike shoes before killing themselves. Ironically, this group was supposedly against suicide as their main ideas were direct from