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@infamouswickedjokestar

Ай бұрын

Many to a certain extent

@Funny.Man101

Ай бұрын

How does NASA organize a party? They planet.

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

@@Funny.Man101 still not funny and you copy and paste it

@rogersheddy6414

Ай бұрын

Two cowardly two open the discuss what scientology is. If that is not a cult, I am uncle sam and santa claus together.

@jasonbean2764

Ай бұрын

Please join my cult! I call it, "Jason's New Age Church of Takin' It Easy!" The rules are simple: just take it easy!:)

I think Scientology should be on this list.

@discordchaos7175

Ай бұрын

they didnt do anything real shocking

@colarola7223

Ай бұрын

WatchMojo probably has too many Hollywood connections 💀

@colarola7223

Ай бұрын

WatchMojo probably has too many Hollywood connections.

@colarola7223

Ай бұрын

WatchMojo probably has too many Hollywood connections.

@JustAcommenter29

Ай бұрын

They have so many scandals, it would take several videos. Scientology is scary!!

Kudos for not referring to Jonestown as mass suicide. There were a few hundred children, murdered by adults. And many adults were either shot or forced to drink/inject the poison

@christystewart4567

8 күн бұрын

Thank you for pointing this out.

Anybody else trip out once they realized it was a 30 minute vid for a top 10 list

@rheaboosi

Ай бұрын

I lost interest at 8min🫢

I hate it when cults take away childhood . 😢 So sad.

@stevenandcarminabeedle9089

Ай бұрын

That’s the point. More control 😢

First rule of Solar Temple: Do not speak about Solar Temple. Welp, I can't be in that one, I talk too much.

@ymz25

28 күн бұрын

'first rule of fight club: don't talk about fight club"

The People’s Temple will forever be a true horror that occupies a part of my mind. Jones’ descent into panic, the loss of life, the entire thing… It’s such a terrible example of human disillusionment and aggressive control. I cannot even begin to imagine what that reality was like for the people who lost their lives that day.

@Beth_Alice_Kaplan

Ай бұрын

I was 9 when it happened. My parents didn’t prevent me from watching or reading the news, so I heard about it for days. Later read a larger magazine article about it. It didn’t scare me; I was sad and confused. Why did adults do and believe such terrible things? I’m still trying to understand it. 😕

@LucyLioness100

Ай бұрын

I saw a doc on it where they played the actual recordings during the mass suicide & I had to turn to another channel; it was that upsetting. You can hear children crying and begging for help as they were dying and even some adults even realized what agony they were enduring

@Beth_Alice_Kaplan

Ай бұрын

@@LucyLioness100 Oh that’s too horrible. I’m surprised the filmmakers would even include any audio. It’s bad enough that some law enforcement or legal authorities likely had to listen to it. I hope family members passed on that - it would have been too traumatic.

@stevenandcarminabeedle9089

Ай бұрын

Right. And the ones who refused to drink or tried running were shot😔

@LucyLioness100

Ай бұрын

@@Beth_Alice_Kaplan yeah it was truly distressing to listen to & knowing that those young men & women were in pain. I think they got permission from any surviving family and law enforcement to play excerpts and the expressions on their faces were just heartbreaking

The problem with some cults, people blindly follow without actually taking into consideration what the risks are for believing in propaganda.

@itsallschittsandgigglesunt7354

Ай бұрын

That religion right 😂

@beck86

Ай бұрын

They don't take into consideration any risks because they don't see any. People blindly follow because they're generally desperate to fit in, to feel hope and be loved. Almost all cults prey on these human desires within people and lure them in, while making it almost impossible to get out.

@JTHootman1

Ай бұрын

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@tbecker97204

Ай бұрын

It's almost like they are lost souls, without direction or purpose.

That guy from Heaven's Gate, just the look in his eyes, no one is at the controls. Even if I knew nothing about him, the red flags and alarms in my head would be going off. Insane, and dangerous.

@t2av159

Ай бұрын

He's on a spaceship now, you're not

@SeashelleBytheseashore

Ай бұрын

Those eyes always have me the creeps. How intelligent people got sucked in by them.

@seanbordenkircher7854

Ай бұрын

@@t2av159 good riddance

How come Scientology is not in this list? 😮

@CuteWholesomeGrrl

Ай бұрын

Probably because they'd sue.

@qsita

Ай бұрын

@@CuteWholesomeGrrl true

"A mas departure from life" is one hell of a way to put it. 💀

@simonfea2

Ай бұрын

Thats the KZread algorithm censorship of certain words.

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can also make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire Luckily we've learned from all of this and are pretty vigilant when it comes to identifying cults in our midst. All it would take would be for a cult leader to obtain a position of power and influence and they could really tear this country apart, all the while probably trying to tell you that they're going to make it great again...just like Hitler.

the thing about these cults is they are led by extremely charismatic people who are able to hone in on a person's insecurities and use them to convince them that they are missing something and their "group" can provide it for them. that's why so often these cults end with either suicide or the members being imprisoned for whatever crime they were convinced to commit

@jennyfab312

Ай бұрын

And it's interesting that many of us would not find them charismatic in any form. Yet others are fooled into devoting their lives to such evil people

@drifter139

Ай бұрын

@@jennyfab312 it all goes back to finding the people who are most vulnerable and weak to exploit. most of the people are looking for something to believe in and are desperate to find it so these cult leaders single them out and have them spread the message

@stevenandcarminabeedle9089

Ай бұрын

@@jennyfab312because they don’t seem evil at first they seem lovely and wise lol then later when the evil shows, they’re down with it because they trust the leader who is only doing whatever they’re doing out of “love” or to “help” or “justly punish” 😡

I remember where I was when the Hale-Bopp comet passed by. I was doing volunteer work for the American Farm Laborers in California's Central Valley with no idea of what was transpiring in San Diego until my work crew and I returned, then Marshall Applewaite and his cult were all over the news. The things that happen when you're out of town...

Jonestown doesn't get anymore shocking than this.

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

@@Funny.Man101 imagine spamming multiple jokes in multiple comments. You literally have no life

@elizabethr.110

Ай бұрын

​@@Reaperguy67thx, followed your lead & reported the spam troll too

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

@@elizabethr.110 no problem. There are 2 people in the comments that used to do the same thing, I believe him , cineneard and Dr greenthumb are all the same person on multiple accounts. All 3 of them have spammed reply FYI .

@user-yi1qi9dm8l

Ай бұрын

The Flavor-Aid was to die for.

@ClassicCinema-ThenAndNow

Ай бұрын

Jonestown was a harrowing tragedy, but it's not the end of shocking events. Similar risks persist today from extremist groups and charismatic leaders. Vigilance and education are key to preventing such horrors from repeating

"Jonestown" - the origin for the phrase: DON'T drink the grape Kool-Aid !!! :-(

@kendonl.taylor5111

Ай бұрын

Actually, the people of Jonestown drank Flavor-Aid.

Cults will always fascinate me. The fact that the founder of said cult can influence so many people to believe whatever bs they were spewing. If you truly think about it, these people have something about them that makes people believe them. Granted it’s sometimes drugs that influence but a lot of times it’s just words.

@SeashelleBytheseashore

Ай бұрын

I took have always been fascinated by how seemingly intelligent people are influenced by these people. It still occurs today which is shocking. Would love to read the reasoning behind all their choices.

@jennyfab312

Ай бұрын

They have something the members are looking for - acceptance. Of course the cult leader lies and tells different people different things. "Only I can help you" is powerful to the vulnerable. Let's not forget that L Ron Hubbard started a religion on a bet to his friend. And used a recycled sci-fi story to con millions into believing him

@historywithkaitlynrescino1996

Ай бұрын

@@SeashelleBytheseashore true that it does

I was in The Cult ... she sold sanctuary ... it rocked

@staleypharmaceuticals2071

Ай бұрын

I joined because the world dragged me down.

When I heard about Allison Mack that kind of broke my heart. Because I had a crush on her when I was a teenager.😢

WatchMojo's various Hollywood connections are most likely preventing them from including Scientology on this list.

@stevenandcarminabeedle9089

Ай бұрын

I didn’t even consider that. Makes sad sense though.

@dylanray2130

Ай бұрын

Watch MOJO is so far liberal anything controversial would never make a list. Just like the Waco seige. It's shown that the branch davidions were the instigators but there are many witnesses that said atf was to blame. Not members but witnesses.

@dylanray2130

Ай бұрын

I'm not pro politics at all because it divides people. But my god do they slant against Republicans so much.

@simonfea2

Ай бұрын

Please, maybe the ones on the list are more wacky.

10:13 Not related to the story, but the boy's blue jacket says Barnum & Tenny Body Shop, Lansing Michigan. I live in Lansing, and they are still in business. When I lived on that side of town I took my car there for service. It was just a surprise to see a hometown reference in a video about Waco, Texas.

The moment I hear Rebecca's voice, I know I clicked on the right video

Waco was one of the live footage I remembered seeing... I was about 6 at the time. I stuck at home thanks to the storm of the century, so there were few things to do... Like watch TV.

@kellygirlaj

Ай бұрын

I got married three days before Waco blew up, I didn't even know what was going on before April 19.

I don't know how people can just listen to whatever bullshit comes out of people's mouths and just take it as true without even thinking twice about it. People can claim that they specifically can hear God or they are the reincarnation of God or Jesus and people will just believe them no questions asked

@stevenandcarminabeedle9089

Ай бұрын

Because they don’t just immediately believe. They’re groomed. They’re befriended or whatever, invited to stuff, treated well and they slowly start believing. And when they want to question they don’t because they don’t want to lose the “wonderful” experience they’re a part of. So then when they start having children they indoctrinate them so they DO believe it immediately. It’s a horrible deliberate process.

@hwgray

Ай бұрын

@@stevenandcarminabeedle9089 In other words, cults operate the same way that missionaries of the various churches do.

so i saw some people point the fact that the videos 28 minutes for just top 10 was i the only one who realized that this is a complitation of multiple top ten videos lol and not just a really long video

@malpal1213

7 күн бұрын

Right! Ppl here sound like they didn’t really watch/listen if they think they only heard about 10 cults in 30mins. This is multiple 10s compilation lolol

There is a documentary on The Rajneeshpuram and their issues with the locals; turns out the locals were super racist towards many of its members and even shot at them and tried to get them forcefully removed from the country multiple times. The Rajneeshpuram tried to get authorities to help but they were as bad as the locals, so they took law into their own hands and fired back with the poisoning of the locals. Most of the attacks on the locals were set up not by the leader but his second in command.

This is some classic watch mojo content

Unsurprisingly, the Teslamic faithful have managed to have their messianic leader Ego Muskrat removed from the list...🤭

I always wonder if cult leaders really believe in what they say. There is one thing that people usually don't know about LDS. It is less obvious now since it has been segregated on a different website and rebranded but they have impressive genealogical data. In fact, they go around the world scanning public and religious registers. And all of that is because they believe that someone who has not been baptized in their faith will not go to eden. So they use the genealogical records to baptize dead people.

Jonestown shows us what a destructive and doomsday cult can do.

Hope people can escape this craziness and twisted beliefs thanks for bringing light to this

I hate that Sharon Tate was taken, but the others are rarely mentioned by name. I wish they were listed out of respect too when mentioning what Manaon commanded.

@LucyLioness100

Ай бұрын

Sharon was the most famous name in the mass murder at Ciello Drive, but Jay Sebring was one of the top stylists of the time and Abigail Folger was of course the heiress to the Folger empire

Tony Alamo needs to be on the list.

Any cultleader arrested should be charged with Domestic Violence. Because each member technically have a "relationship " with the leader. No different from a romantic relationship.

@Emily-cw7tj

Ай бұрын

Agreed

You missed Synanon, founded by Charles Dietrich in the 1950’s. This cult was fashioned after AA, purporting sobriety

I think Westboro Baptist should be considered a cult. And MAGA.

Very unusual. 🎉

In the Philippines, we have a wanted criminal claiming to be the son of God.

@circleancopan7748

Ай бұрын

And a preacher who dodges the law. And also a man who claimed that Jesus is only a man who acts as a middle man while their founder is an Angel sent by God Hinself.

@slytherinmember1009

Ай бұрын

Yeah and It was Quiboloy.

@circleancopan7748

Ай бұрын

I forgot that also there's a preacher who escaped abroad due to legal cases.

@chandro9415

Ай бұрын

Self-proclaimed appointed son of god PACQ

@Grumpygrumpygrumpy

Ай бұрын

Yet, all of you still believe in Jesus Christ or God lol

I lived in Synanon for a few years; I was there when she was beautiful then I watched her change. I went in because I was a druggie at the age of 14. Synanon worked with getting people off the drugs and alcohol. The day Synanon changed broke my heart because I loved living there. I lived on 5 different properties each property had if own atmosphere and beauty. If Synanon stayed the same nonviolent ways I would still be there.

Matamoros... I've a feeling that's going to be a future 'Mad Lad' on Dank's channel.

Years ago, I heard the Phoenix brothers parents were missionaries. What an interesting way to spin it.

@LucyLioness100

Ай бұрын

It’s true though that their parents were missionaries for the cult; Joaquin and River even backed that up

Nice

Can you do a video on top 20 Secret Societies?

@RichO1701e

25 күн бұрын

there's only 19

The world is crazy

The second half of the video - is it another list altogether?

@fourwingsweepa1705

Ай бұрын

Yes and it's an old video

Please do Top 10 Games Yet To Receive An Adaptation (God or War, Bioshock, Strider, Fire Emblem, etc.)!!

Nice branding by Heaven’s Gate using the Packer’s “G” for their t-shirts…haha

Anybody notice how so many of these cults began during the chaos of the 60's. With the chaos of current day maybe we should keep our eyes open to similar ones popping up today.

I really can't believe that these cults actually existed

@Emily-cw7tj

Ай бұрын

Me either

Catholic church?

@RichO1701e

25 күн бұрын

not a cult, a dreadful, sickening organisation that is a world religion, not a cult. Please read a fucking dictionary before using words you clearly don't understand.

I would include the Jim Roberts Brethren.

Those Heaven’s Gate people look nuts, bonkers

Antaras de la luz should be on the list, his cult ended a baby's life, They said he had the should of satan and burned him in a bonfire, The Baby was only 3 days old

RIP To All The Dead Mentioned 🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

I would feel like such a damn fool marching around in some asinine robe bowing to a gold thing. What a load of bs.

What about the cult of “La Santa Muerte”? 💀

Most of these I’ve never heard of before and I (former cult member) watch a lot of cult related material, good job Mojo

YIKES 😵‍💫

The stupidity of people never ceases to amaze me.

@Emily-cw7tj

Ай бұрын

And the gullibility

Heyy

I saw Nxium on A&E special .

It's something wreck with us, as humanity...

18:17 .. I’m listening to this one….

New drinking game: drink every time she says "...however,...."

Nothing about Gloriavale ?

I'm no psychiatrist, but these poor souls sound like they were predispositioned anyway with thoughts of suicide, and these cults gave them the opportunity to go through with it without the guilt they may have felt for leaving their loved ones.

Don't drink the coolaid

You didn't add Pazuzu's house?? 🤔🤔

And people wonder why attendence is low across the country

Embrace your uniqueness

Not very cool WatchMojo for including the same stories in one video. We know you can do better than that 🙃😉

This one time, a cult leader put the Constitution In a grimoir and Tome of ultimate cherry picking.

Eligio the nature boy just got life

YAY REBECCA!!! 🙂

@Funny.Man101

Ай бұрын

You: What cartoon mouse walks on two feet? Them: Mickey Mouse You: What duck walks on two feet? Them: Donald Duck You: No, all ducks do!

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

@@Funny.Man101 you do realize that you can get reported for your spamming

Didn’t want to touch Scientology?

@RichO1701e

25 күн бұрын

famously litigious, that's why

Scientology is worse than almost all of these

@veronicavatter6436

Ай бұрын

Idk, hard to top the People's Temple 😕

How ironic that so many supposed paths to enlightenment are really paths to evil.

What is is about the mid-80s to mid-90s that brought so many disturbing cults out of the woodwork?

@Emily-cw7tj

Ай бұрын

Drugs? 😂

This is why.i avoid the salad bar

My mother's cousin was part of that Matamoros cult.

No Jan.6th capitol building incident?

Hello good nights 🎉🎉😮

@Jennvlogcrazy

Ай бұрын

It's fucking morning and I'm about to write an exam on relativity

@Funny.Man101

Ай бұрын

Why are crabs so bad at sharing? Because they’re all shellfish.

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

​@@Funny.Man101 reported for spam

Thank you. 👏🏻 I was going to ask about MAGA too. 💙

I live near a 12 tribes ranch... its fucked how they have some people convinced that theyre not so bad and that theyre actually good people... which is not correct at all... theyre so fucked

I looked up Happy Science and immediately found their website and my local office/church. It's very weird but the fact that he's selling books that supposedly tell you about the 'structure' of the spirit world, how Hell works and explaining the teachings of Buddha is just wrong. He's no divine being, just a con man, convincing people to donate their money and give it to his 'church', aka him.

😱😰

The January 6ers! Their leader have them buying bibles from him, ironically he can’t say his favorite scripture 😂 he had them destroy the capital for him because he believed if I can’t be there, no one should.

@letshaveacuppa_official

Ай бұрын

Like I just told somebody else why don’t you please stop do you mean all the Biden followers that bow down before him this has nothing to do with politics. I don’t know why people can’t keep politics out of their mouth for five minutes grow up. Aside from that why don’t you do your research and see what really happened on January 6? like I said this is not about politics. Must love Donald Trump so much that you can’t stop talking about him.

@staleypharmaceuticals2071

Ай бұрын

​@@letshaveacuppa_official Please. You just admitted to being a sheep in that cult. What really happened on January 6th was devotees of a certain man went and tried to overthrow democracy. You can lie to yourself and think what you are told happened by the other Kool aid kids, but that cult tried a coup. Shameful.

@kimarmstrong2010

24 күн бұрын

​@@letshaveacuppa_official they can't because TDS runs rampant in their tiny bird brains

@kimarmstrong2010

24 күн бұрын

You might want to see a dr for your TDS

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms!!? WTF

@LucyLioness100

Ай бұрын

The ATF is often tagged with the Bureau moniker since they’re part of the FBI

Why is NEXIVM on here twice?

And Zonism.

You missed carbon nation

I am extremely disappointed that the ‘tough titties’ quote in the 60 Minutes interview wasn’t used. This is legendary in Oz.

RiverValley Ranch taught me all rock and roll was evil

Heaven's Gate was worst

@QW3N

Ай бұрын

Na Jonestown is

@chancehendrix7139

Ай бұрын

@QW3N Aren’t they basically the same type of incident?

@BrianJNelson

Ай бұрын

@@chancehendrix7139 Not really. All of Heaven's Gate, to my understanding, willingly sacrificed themselves. A lot of the people at Jonestown were actually forced into "drinking the kool aid", literally. I would say Jonestown was less "mass departure from life" and more "forced departure".

@QW3N

Ай бұрын

@@chancehendrix7139 heavens gate was consensual but people were forced at gunpoint in Jonestown they also killed a US Congress man and his team the day before there were also children and babies who were killed

what about the crimes of the Roman Catholic church throughout the history?

Did they deep fake her voice

They forgot Maga and the kkk

You said the name of the leader of NXIVM wrong.

@BorislavVeselinov

Ай бұрын

That matters because?

@mbc264

Ай бұрын

@@BorislavVeselinov I'm an English major and on the Autism spectrum. I notice things like this. Since it doesn't matter to you, you could have just scrolled past my comment......

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

@@mbc264 he literally got hurt over my comments because I called someone else out for spamming pointless jokes in the comments. Get this , he thinks he can tell to stop taking. He can't.

@Reaperguy67

Ай бұрын

@@BorislavVeselinov still crying over others comments. Stay triggered 🤡

Watch mojo why didn't you include Scientology are you SCARED? call them out.

LDS Church could alone make this list but didn't, I am disappointed.

@LizzyLovesGames

Ай бұрын

Because they are still around and on another list.

@billybobjoe1335

Ай бұрын

Because they are viewed as “legitimate.” Scientology, despite what they want to believe, are on the less legitimate side of the spectrum, especially now.

@mbc264

Ай бұрын

The FDLS yes, the regular LDS church isn't a cult. I am LDS and I've never done anything really different from other churches I attended as a child. We use water for communion, tithe(though I never have, because I don't have a regular job and no one has ever said anything about it,) have missionaries(other churches do also.) The mainstream LDS church doesn't practice polygamy, we don't abuse our members, and you aren't forced to do anything.People think we are the same as the FDLS and we are NOT. They split off after the mainstream banned polygamy.

@missrhib

Ай бұрын

FLDS is on the list at about 23 min

@timzuch4212

Ай бұрын

FLDS just wear clothing styles from a hundred years ago, and still practice polygamy. Otherwise, not really that different.