Cults fill our imagination, our true crime stories, and sometimes our news. What makes them so interesting, so frightening, and what even is a cult? In this episode, we discuss these topics.
This episode was researched, written and narrated by me, Helidth Ravenholm
Sound editing and technical support was done by C. Reid
Music by LiteSaturation and Ashot Danielyan from Pixabay
Show Notes
https://sociologydictionary.org/cult/#definitions_of_cult
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/cults
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/04/25/kenya-graves-cult-intl-vpx.cnn
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/18/cult-massacre-jonestown-review
https://podcasts.apple.com/mr/podcast/the-bad-guru-4-the-guru/id1704480561?i=1000679528708
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/manson-family-murders-what-need-to-know-180972655
https://sociologydictionary.org/?s=sect
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42056252
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42051100
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/charles-tex-watson-manson-lapd-lawyer-audio-tape-recordings-murders/1939554
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-07/charles-manson-unsolved-murders
https://www.latimes.com/books/la-ca-jc-review-chaos-charles-manson-dan-piepenbring-20190711-story.html
https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI/mitchell-institute/ResearchandImpact/Blogs/CultsViolenceandthePoliticsofVictimhoodinJapan.html