An edition of Cults that kill (1988)

Cults that kill

probing the underworld of occult crime

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Cults that kill
Larry Kahaner, Larry Kahaner
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An edition of Cults that kill (1988)

Cults that kill

probing the underworld of occult crime

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Based on interviews with investigating police officers, medical and psychiatric experts, practitioners of white and black arts, and cult victims, this book presents information of the beliefs and practices of various cults in America and offers evidence of associated crimes, including ritualistic child sexual abuse, child sacrifice, homicide, animal mutilations, and vandalism. Police investigative reports and interviews with investigating officers are reproduced in the book to document the association of cult symbols and beliefs with various crimes throughout the Nation. Chapters cover the historic roots of Satanism and the various forms of Satanism and witchcraft currently practiced. Various occult rituals are described, and physical evidence of the contemporary practice of these rituals is provided. Links are drawn between occult practices and drugs and pornography. A chapter addresses the testimony of children who describe ritualistic child sexual abuse, child sacrifice, animal mutilations, and other cult crimes. Adults also recount childhood memories of such ritualistic crimes within their families. Knowledgeable law enforcement officers theorize that occult beliefs and practices are used to bind and motivate networks of international criminal activity and to reinforce and justify the acting out of bizarre and violent fantasies.

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Publisher
Warner Books
Language
English
Pages
280

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Cults That Kill: Probing the Underworld of Occult Crime
May 1994, Warner Books
in English
Cover of: Cults that kill
Cults that kill: probing the underworld of occult crime
1988, Warner Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 269-271.
Includes index.

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.1/523/0973
Library of Congress
HV6529 .K34 1988, HV6529.K34 1988

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 280 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
280

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2530241M
ISBN 10
044651375X
LCCN
88005720
OCLC/WorldCat
17677910
LibraryThing
297655
Goodreads
930997

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Work ID
OL2942122W

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