All about cults! From fictional cults like the Lovecraftian Whateleys and the Harga of Midsommar, to real cults like Heaven’s Gate and The Branch Davidians. We discuss the religiously nefarious in this episode. Be warned, it gets dark.
Links:
The Dunwich Horror - http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dh.aspx
The Call of Cthulhu - http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx
Wiki on Jim Jones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
Wiki on Marshall Applewhite - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Applewhite
Wiki on David Koresh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Koresh#Raid_and_siege_by_federal_authorities
Pseudopod Horror Podcast - https://pseudopod.org/
Pseudopod's parent and affiliated podcast, Escape Artists - https://escapeartists.net/
