Download or read book TIME-LIFE Killer Cults written by The Editors of TIME-LIFE and published by Time Inc. Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killer cults horrify us-and fascinate us. Their leaders demand obedience from their followers, even when the ends are deadly. Manson is perhaps the most notorious, but history is filled with brutal cult leaders: Jim Jones, David Koresh, Marshall Applewhite, Shoko Asahara. How do these men take hold of so many lives?