Documentaries On Cults?

verslibre wrote: Snicolette wrote: We were talking about this the other day, not her involvement, but the cult. Wiley Brooks, in this article, lived in Santa Cruz for a time (during the 80's, when I did as well), and lots of locals fell for his schtick and lost a ton of money along the way.  Stupid is as stupid does. Nice to know Brooks "supplemented" his lifestyle/belief with frequent late night runs to convenience stores.  I bet all those Cheetos and fountain drinks helped him focus.

verslibre wrote: A new, short article a few slides long about Michelle Pfeiffer's brief involvement in the early 1980s with a cult started by a couple who founded "'Breatharianism' — the belief that humans can train themselves to live on light and air and have no need for food or water." The Moment Michelle Pfeiffer Realized She Was 'In a Cult' (msn.com)

I've had a history of being subjected to the occult. I find some of that history to be an intrusion on my life as a musician. Imposed upon would be a better description. All my time went into learning an instrument while being surrounded by people who generally followed the left hand path.


From 1972 onward, ( until I lost track in the 90s), several cults practiced the Menantico cult ritual. During the early 70s in Vineland NJ there were rumors along with people involving the police to take action.


I believe they were teenagers belonging to their own Satan cults. Some of them claiming to have a copy of the Satanic Bible. The Church Of Satan supposedly had little to do with your spirit or Judeo-Christian concepts, demons or Gods..unless you wanted to be a God. Perhaps they were picking apart the Satanic Bible to apply it to their own agenda.


Everything I experienced was ridiculously drastic and is best represented on the first 10 minutes of the film Menantico Blues. The film is free on YouTube. The actors are portrayed as Hillbillies during the narration. In a sense this distracts any notion of taking the story seriously. ..however every detail they give about the ritualistic killing is accurate.

Particularly when they point out that there were cults...with an S...different groups assembled in these places. That's what I witnessed and it's definitely accurate to say so on film during this 10 minute documentary on the Menantico cult.

This being the first time the case was covered on film.


Shortly after the Menantico cult killing police found several dolls tied to trees in Franklin Township which borders with Vineland NJ. On the dolls were notes with local women's names attached. The notes read they would die via magic. The State Troopers assembled a investigation team and searched for what the newspapers were calling a "Voodoo Cult" The investigation was terminated after a few months based on lack of physical evidence. This supposedly had nothing to do with the Menantico Cult.


Charles Pangburn was interrogating members of the Chestnut Assembly Of God church insisting that they were either behind or tied into many of the strange and disturbing events that took place in Vineland NJ during the early 70s

In the 90s someone set fire to the Chestnut Assembly Of God church and when the police arrived they discovered a pentagram on the basement floor and black candles. This incident was covered in the Vineland Daily Journal and can be found on the internet. It reflects the dark history of that church during the early 70s , but could merely be teenagers having some fun. I guess we'll never know.


In the late 90s a vampire cult was arrested and convicted for the molestation of a young boy in North Vineland. The cult leader was a man well into his 60s who wore a cape in court. He was taken to a mental hospital. Several of the cult members were advised for psychiatric evaluation. 😃 😲

The on going interest to form these cults in Vineland was possibly fueled by the past. These groups revolved around individuals that desired power or control. What occurred in 1971 involving a much larger organized group inspired to follow a dark path no doubt.

Trane, we all know you vied to be an extra in Battlefield Earth. 

Hugh Manatee wrote: darksinger wrote: it is not mere "not taking criticism": when we do not choose people you want as our leaders, Europe depicts us as drowning Nazis in natural disasters, holds parliamentary sessions to insult us and try to figure out what to do with us, people write about how to remove the person you do not like-why are we allies with people who think we are dumb af?  It's a little easier for the rest of the world to see the US as "dumb af" when they look at who the US has elected as their president these last 50 years. America, the great experiment, a shining beacon of demoracy and the example for the rest of the world to follow, is getting it wrong. "They're sellin' independence, Actors in the White House." Ramble Tamble John Fogerty 1970

Edited by Atavachron - April 18 2022 at 16:17

timothy leary wrote: back in the day in Hollywood sunset strip......https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-creepiest-cult-leader-you-probably-didnt-know-tony-alamo-862ed00bd8f7

Btw, does anyone know of someone who was in a modern "creepy" cult?

darksinger wrote: it is not mere "not taking criticism": when we do not choose people you want as our leaders, Europe depicts us as drowning Nazis in natural disasters, holds parliamentary sessions to insult us and try to figure out what to do with us, people write about how to remove the person you do not like-why are we allies with people who think we are dumb af?