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Introduction
Why are cults so popular? Why do they sometimes lead to death and destruction? A closer look at four cults that gripped the world in tales of mayhem.

Aum Shinrikyo - Heavenly Terror
Part 1: How the Tokyo subway became a death trap, and hundreds of people got caught in a Millennial cult of mind-control and New Age rubbish.

Heaven's Gate - Ascent to Madness
Part 1: UFO believers are not always mere fantasy-prone romantics, hooked on Star Trek and other science-fiction dreams.

Kanungu - Hell on Earth
Part 1: Religious fanaticism coupled with extortion and persecution can only lead to a very real hell on Earth.

The Waco Massacre - Sex, guns and religion
Part 1: A botched ATF raid on a religious compound resulted in a 51-day siege and the deaths of almost a hundred people, many of them children.