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Five most evil brainwashing cults

Five most evil brainwashing cults

From Jonestown to the Waco Branch Davidians

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Tony McMahon
Jul 18, 2023
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The 1970s 1980s, and 1990s saw some terrifying brainwashing cults emerge resulting in mass murder and suicide. In November 1978, the bodies of over 900 men, women, and children were found at a remote site in Guyana. The Jonestown mass suicide was on a scale not seen since a similar number of Jewish zealots took their own lives at the fortress of Masada,…

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