10. Heaven's Gate
They believed aliens would take them to heaven. 39 members committed suicide during the Haley Bopp comet.
9. Ho No Hana:
This cult believed their leader could diagnose diseases through reading their feet. This cult had over 30,000 members at its peak.
8. Order of the Solar Temple:
This cult committed many murder suicides in the 90s. They were highly involved in money laundering and gun trafficking.
7. Aum Shinrikyo:
Doomsday Cult that feared the end of the world due to the start of a World War III. This cult committed a Sarin gas attack on a subway station in Tokyo.
6. Chen Tao:
This cult believed God would rescue them from earth with flying saucers. They predicted that God would appear on television and he did not.
5. Manson Family:
This cult believed an apocolyptic race war was predicted by the Beatles song " Helter Skelter". This group committed murders trying to ignite the war themselves.
4. Restoration of the 10 Commandments:
This cult predicted that the world was going to end in the year 2000. When the world didn't end the leaders of the cult were executed during mass.
3. Branch Davidians:
This cult had an end of days plan to hoard weapons and ammunition for the end of the world. Their stockpiling ended when they were raided by the FBI for a 51 day siege of their compound.
2. Raelian Church:
This cult believed that aliens arrived over 25,000 years ago and created human beings. They seek immortality through seeking the technology needed for cloning and mind transfer.
1. The People's Temple:
This cult attempted to build a Utopia for the Reverend Jim Jones. This cult was so controlled by the Reverend that it led to the Jonestown Massacre where 900 members committed suicide by willingly drinking poison while Jim Jones chose the alterior route and shot himself.
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