4. Shoko Asahara
The event that made this man notorious and also one of the most dangerous cult leaders happened on March 20, 1995, when the members of Aum Shinrikyo, translated as “Supreme Truth,” released poisonous gas in five Tokyo subway trains. It all happened during the morning at rush hour, and 13 people were killed.
The targeted metro stations were in an area of Tokyo where many Japanese government officials and Asahara believed that this would trigger a battle with the government. This never really happened, but innocent people were harmed, and some of them even passed away.
Asahara, or Chizuo Matsumoto, since this is his real name, was born into a poor family, and while he was still young, he lost part of his vision as a result of illness. Did this make him one of the scary cult leaders? Maybe, but there is no excuse to commit such crimes.
During the 1980s, he established his cult, a religious organization that combined ideas from the Bible, Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, and even prophecies of Nostradamus. Not long after, he began to claim that he could levitate and read minds. This made his followers admit him more and also attracted more members.
At the moment of the Tokyo subway attack, the cult had around 40.000 followers. 10.000 of them were in Japan, and surprisingly, the rest of the 30.000 were in Russia. After the attack, Asahara was caught by police somewhere near Mount Fuji, and he was arrested.
In 2004, he was sentenced to death, and in 2018, he was executed on July 6. His cult still exists today and is called Aleph. The number of followers is smaller, but the fact that these people still follow his teachings is a piece of evidence that this person was one of the most influential cult leaders that ever existed.
If you want to learn more about some of the most notorious cults, this book can be a good read: Cults: Inside the World’s Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them
You should also read: Jonestown: 7 Secrets of Jim Jones’ Shocking Cult
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You need to add Donald Trump’s cult.
If you’re talking in the past
20 years, yes he needs to be on the list. However if you’re talking about 2,000 years of human history, there are worse people that have been responsible for Mass death and suicide.
I’d say that the Child Genital Mutilation cult that you’re a part of deserves first place on this list.
You need to see a headshrinker for TDS
Mam, with all due respect, I don’t think you have the slightest idea of what a cult means!
Absolutely concur Ms. Brown.
You will notice its always left leaning liberals that fall for the cults. Trump may be a ditz but I doubt he could manage a cult like following.
Definitely a cult leader. I can’t see how so many people are still falling for his S______T. He will throw them under the bus, in the deep sea, firery furnance, over the cliff, into a volcano just to save his own soul. Don’t trust him any farther than I can throw him. He need to get somewhere and sit down. He called another politician “Lying Ted Cruz “, put people lives in danger and denies everything on January 6, and they still support him. But his day is coming. God sees everything and hears.
The next cult leader to be watched is Donald J. Trump. You and I are on the same wave length.
you got that right, he is the worst kind of cult leader now he owns America, and he can give us to Russia at any moment, no wonder why they love the color red so much
Absolutely!
Ms. Brown I totally agree with your statement. DJT and all associates should have been listed. He brings the greatest new danger to us all. IMHO.
Thumbs up!
Exactly. Government official are afraid of him because of his cult followers.
so says the lady who gets her news from MSNBC and CNN, two “news channels” that has done nothing but tells lies for the last 8 years
and she thinks she is informed.
When some people leave their beliefs in religion and Jesus/God behind they eventually need to find a new leader and belief system and that opens the door to cults, notorious groups, and their leaders.
There is no Trump cult, but Americans who feel this country had been drained of its common sense and is headed in the wrong direction.
Yes, watch YouTube video, “TRUMP’S 40-YEAR ENTANGLEMENT WITH FBI AND ORGANIZED CRIME.” And read the book, THE MAFIA, CIA & GEORGE BUSH, by Pete Brewton.
yep!
yup. i personally know folks who will do ANYTHING for donald trump.ANYTHING!!! that is scary
How many people died under Trump’s cult?
The most terrible of all…
Sack of Trump…
I so very much agree.
yup
Exactly and ASAP!!!
You betas are pathetic
STOP USING DRUGS!!!!
“… a few altercations with California congressman Leo Ryan …”
Altercations? His henchman murdered Mr. Ryan and his staff when the came to Guyana to investigate. Quite a detail to omit!
Jones WAS NOT a casualty of the massacre. It escaped to Russia with over four million dollars in diamonds that belonged to the people and at the time of al the killings that was well known. In addition, all the bodies of the cult were erturned to the U.S. at taxpayer expense (over five milion dollars) and then buried here ’cause Guyana would not bear the cost of the burials.
Don’t forget Donald J Trump!!
Don’t forget to add Donald J trump to this list!!
Why isn’t Donald J Trump on this list??
The worst living cult leader has to be Donald Trump.
To be able to influence so many people and with so many lies…to be a convicted criminal and yet stand to be a leader of the free world..has to see anyone coming close to him.
How about trump!
Stop sending, take me off of yr list. This is the last of yr emails I’ll open because they’re just mainly advertising.
You left out Biden and Harris Democrat Cult, very very Dangerous Cult
David Koresh
what not david koresh?
Never heard of any of them,
You need to add Donald Trump. He has millions of cults followers and many are very violent. Government officials are afraid of him.
Watch YouTube Video, “YRUMP’S 40-YEAR ENTANGLEMENT WITH FBI AND ORGANIZED CRIME.” Then read the book, THE MAFIA, CIA & GEORGE BUSH, by honorable Pete Brewton. Teflon Don is a con pathological zombie cult leader as is FauxNews propaganda leaders.
Watch YouTube video by FBI. “”TRUMP’S 40-YEAR ENTANGLEMENT WITH FBI AND ORGANIZED CRIME.” Russian that is! And read the book, The MAFIA, CIA & GEORGE BUSH, by honorable Pete Brewton!
There is NO story here! Just a gazillion advertisements, some click bait. Useless to put this on here. Just shut this stuff down!!
I am seeing more adds and political stuff here than actual history information
Sorry, honey, as your leader once stated, “elections have consequences,” so grow up, accept it, and quit the usual female whining.
I think we should add Donald Trump and his vice president Elon Musk to the list
So Hitler was not a cult leader??
another example of this is the KOJC (Kingdom Of Jesus Christ) headed by Apollo Quiboloy who claimed as the Appointed Son of God. He is wanted by the FBI and is now detained at Pasig City jail in the Philippines.
His alleged crimes are human trafficking, sexual abuse, etc. and is running for senator. This Quiboloy is a close friend of the former president Duterte whose daughter Sara the current VP was impeached by the lower house and to be tried by the Senate.
Cult leaders uses money, political connections to project power and abuse unsuspecting members.
Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is real, and creates fatigue everywhere it goes. We have 4 years of his first term — low inflation, lower taxes, secure border, lower gas prices, best employment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics since records began. Then we have the disaster of Biden — open borders, debacle withdrawal from Afghanistan, record inflation due to excessive spending, high gas prices, food prices, housing prices. Not to mention the Biden Crime Family, Hunter’s Laptop. Read Tapper’s book — we were right all along while Democrats and the media (oh, I repeat myself) lied to our faces (read Tapper’s book).
Now a hundred days in, the border is again closed, criminals are being deported (with Democrats siding with illegal alien criminals rather than American victims), energy is flowing, gas prices decreasing, and depravity (Epstein, Diddy and nearly all of Hollywood, DeGenerous, Winfrey,) being exposed, Leftist Lawfare being overturned. Win, win, win.