When faith becomes a weapon, devotion turns deadly. In 1982, Frances Thomas commanded her Miracle Valley followers in Arizona to attack sheriff’s deputies, sparking a bloody shootout that left multiple dead. Two decades later, doomsday prophet Jeffrey Lundgren convinced his followers that salvation required murder...and five members of the Avery family paid with their lives. These cases show the terrifying cost of blind devotion.
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