Cult Leaders
Leader of the fundamentalist group, and a polygamist who claimed people as “spiritual wifes”
Who is Warren Jeffs
A high class actor and an advocate/poster face for the Church of Scientology
Who is Tom Cruise
The first evidence of a cult dated back to which king
Who is King David
Roughly this many Americans have joined cults over the past 30-40yrs
What is 2.5 Million
The popular drink that was laced with cyanide that killed 918 people in the Jonestown Massacre
What is Kool-aid
Criminal and musician that led and carried out many notorious murders in the 1960’s
Who is Charles Manson
This celebrity holds an annual retreat in Croatia where fans wear identical white robes, do yoga, and watch films
Who is Jared Leto
The years the anti-cult movements reached a peak because the idea that cult members were being brainwashed had emerged
When is the 1970s
The main reason people join cults
What is to have a greater sense of community
This Presley family member was formerly apart of the Scientology cult
Who is Pricilla Presley
Led the mass murder in Jonestown, Guyana and led a fully integrated, congregated and socialistic cult
Who is Jim Jones
Born into the controversial religious group, Children of God in the early 70s and traveled throughout South America with his family.
Who is Joaquin Phoenix
The supreme court case, when a cult member on a lawsuit against his deprogrammer, and caused the practice of forcible deprogramming to be discontinued in 1995
What is Jason Scott v. Rick Ross
The number of people in cults worldwide
What is 6 to 10 Million
Location of the Jonestown Massacre (Country)
Guyana , South America
Self proclaimed prophet, who led and died in the cult’s organized mass suicide in 1997
Who is Marshall Applewhite
The actress was among those murdered by the Manson family
Who is Sharon Tate
The newer and preferred term for a cult, and is meant to dissociate cults from the connotation that their forms of religious expression lack legitimacy
What is a NRM or New Religious Movement
A 2008 survey of 695 psychologists found that this percent reported personal experience of a cult
What is 13.1%
The nicknames of both the leaders of Heaven Gate
Who are Do and Ti
Founder of the Japanese Doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo
Who is Shoko Asahara
Moved into the Rainbow commune in California with her family and joined by 7 other families that attempted to live self-sufficiently on a 300 acre plot of land
Who is Winona Ryder
The term cult originates from the Latin term cultus or the French term culte which translates to
What is worship
Although being in prison, Warren Jeffs still has this many wives, and 18% are under the age of 17
What is at least 78
The 3 characteristics psychologist found that cult leaders all share that play a big part in running a cult
What is Charismatic, Dynamic and Convincing