18 Of The Weirdest, Creepiest, And Most Disturbing Cults From Modern History With Wikipedia Pages That Read Like Horror Novels

The internet is a wild place and so finding a Wikipedia page with something weird on it isn't exactly uncommon.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• July 9, 2022

If you spend your time browsing the internet and looking through pages and pages of Google, Wikipedia, or other search engine type of websites then you're in the right place. We all know that there are a lot of different things on the internet that aren't exactly meant to be seen by children or even some adults.

The internet is a place where information on even the most gruesome events in life is exposed and explained to the world. These events aren't covered up by people as they are common knowledge and you can find any information on them online.

With this being said, today we have some of these weird Wikipedia pages that you can find on the internet, but that you might not want to look up because they are a little odd or scary. If you're easily freaked out then you might not want to continue reading, but if you're into learning about the terrible real-life events that have happened then you're in the right place.

We've compiled some of the creepiest, weirdest, and just scary Wikipedia pages that you can find out there. Look them up at your own risk, because some of them are very odd.

1. Church of The First Born of The Lamb of God

This Wikipedia page is about the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God group which was started by Ervil LeBaron. This group was deemed as a cult in which Ervil encouraged those to submit to God, or else they could be killed.

He murdered many people during his group leading.

2. Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate was first founded in the 1970s by Bonnie Nettles and Marshall Applewhite. They are most known for their discovery in 1997 which uncovered a mass suicide consisting of 39 members.

3. The Branch Davidians

The most famous person from this cult was David Koresh and this cult was the main group involved in the Waco Seige. It ended in a huge gunfire that killed over 80 people.

4. Peoples Temple

This cult was founded by Jim Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over 900 people died making it the biggest loss of life until the 9/11 attacks.

5. Rajneesh Movement

The Rajneeshees are the followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh who founded Rajneeshpuram during the 80s. They spent their time fighting with the locals for many years.

6. NXIVM

NXIVM is an MLM business that provided personal and professional development. However, NXIVM is a front for an alleged sex cult. Smallville star Allison Mack was recently arrested for her involvement.

7. Aum Shinrikyo

lAum Shinrikyo was founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984 and is the Japanese Doomsday Cult which is still active today. The cult carried out gas attacks which injured and killed over 6,000 people.

8. The Ant Hill Kids

The Ant Hill Kids had 40 members and was known for punishing group members who strayed away by breaking their legs with a sledgehammer, cutting off other people's toes, or sitting on hot stoves.

9. Blackburn Cult

This cult was founded by a mother-daughter duo in 1922 who believes they could talk to angels and bring the dead back to life. They were thought to have made many members disappear or die, but the cult was dismantled when the founder was arrested for grand theft.

10. Order of the Solar Temple

This secret society was formed in 1984 and was based on the Knights Templar. They are known for their mass murder-suicide including 74 people, including an infant and a "last supper" celebration.

11. Source Family

This group was founded in the 1970s by Father Yod and it had 140 members in it. He also owned a popular restaurant in Los Angeles called The Source, and at the time of his death he had 13 wives.

12. True Russian Orthodox Church

This is a religious cult that believed that barcodes were satanic symbols and avoided possessed foods. They lived in a cave until 2008 when they had to leave due to it collapsing, dead cult members, and multiple suicides.

13. The Family

The Family was a cult created to create the "perfect race" by using children and dying their hair blonde and even giving them LSD as an initiation process. A lot of their kids were stolen from the hospitals as newborns.

14. The Holy Rollers

The Holy Rollers was started in the 1900s and was very popular among women. Their founder, Edmund Creffield, was thought to receive messages from God in order to prepare for the apocalypse.

He also tried to seduce women in order to find the second "mother of Christ" , but the leader was later killed by two brothers of one of his followers.

15. Movement for the Restoration of Ten Commandments of God

This group was formed when its two founders claimed to see visions of the Virgin Mary. Their group was known for how strict they followed the ten commandments.

33 members were killed in 2000 when a massive fire broke out in one of their churches.

16. Ripper Crew

The leader of this Satanic Cult is shown here, but this group targeted women in the 1980s by kidnapping, raping, mutilating, and murdering as many as 20 members. Other cult members stepped forward to talk about the many cannibalistic and sexual rituals that were performed as well.

17. The Narcosatanists

This group was led by Adolfo Constanzo and they were known for sacrificing animals and doing spells in order to help drug cartels. Their most popular mutilation consists of spring breaker Mark Kilroy in 1989.

18. The Manson Family

This cult is one that was famously known and led by Charles Manson. The cult hit national attention after the murder of Sharon Tate in 1969 in which Charles Manson ordered.

These Wikipedia pages really helped to shine some light on the most gruesome cults of all time, including the most famous Manson Family. These are all terrible and it really makes you wonder about some people in the world.

Cults will always be fascinating to me because it's crazy how they get so many followers to join in.

Daphnie