Bibliograph

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Cults that kill, probing the underworld of occult crime, Larry Kahaner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 269-271

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cults that kill

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

17677910

Responsibility statement

Larry Kahaner

Sub title

probing the underworld of occult crime

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Chapter 1. The cult cops -- Chapter 2. The education -- Chapter 3. The heat -- Chapter 4. The roots of Satanism -- Chapter 5. The three faces of Satan -- Chapter 6. Witchcraft and Satanism -- Chapter 7. Hispanic witchcraft -- Chapter 8. The rituals -- Chapter 9. The physical evidence -- Chapter 10. The Lucas County incident -- Chapter 11. The Gamble murder -- Chapter 12. The occult survivors -- Chapter 13. The future -- Glossary -- Occult symbols -- Santeria gods -- Santeria tattoos -- Bibliography -- Index

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