Those who survived were arrested, but after being released from federal prison, some still believe Koresh will be resurrected and that God will intervene on behalf of his chosen people, if perhaps belatedly. The cult was famously wiped out in the botched 1993 ATF/FBI operation in Waco, following suspicions that Koresh was hoarding weapons and explosives, committing polygamy, and sleeping with underage girls. The Branch Davidians, under Koresh, had doctrines reflecting the long history, from unremarkable practices like observing the Sabbath, vegetarianism, and abstinence from alcohol, tobacco and drugs, to more cultic ideas like seeing Koresh as the Lamb of God and Jesus Christ Himself. Houteff invented the name "Davidian," as he believed he was the latter-day equivalent of the biblical David, destined to establish a holy kingdom when Christ came back and shooed the Arabs and Jews out of the Middle East. As Hale-Bopp won't be back until the year 4380, there's still plenty of time to chat with them, and check out the cult's creepy videos too. TELEH fully expects to be picked up themselves, but aren't sure when. Whoever it is calls themselves "we" or TELAH: "The Evolutionary Level Above Human," claims to be the group's communication center, and was apparently asked to stay behind on Earth to look after the cult's digital space. But it isn't, and in fact, its administrator still answers emails. In March 1997, he and 39 of his cult members committed suicide via vodka and Phenobarbital-laced applesauce/pudding, while others helped them shed their physical shells by tying plastic bags around their heads.Īfter a mass suicide, you'd expect the cult to be gone, or at least their website to be down. Applewhite, in his grief, decided the Hale-Bopp comet was a spaceship piloted by Nettles, coming to pick him up along with their followers. They weren't, and Nettles died of cancer in 1985. Nettles and Applewhite fully expected to be martyred by a government wetworks squad, fulfilling a prophecy in Revelations about two witnesses killed for spreading the word of God. Russia has pronounced Aum Shinrikyo an illegal terrorist group, but prosecutors estimate there could be as many as 30,000 adherents in the country. It appears the cult has been attracting Russian converts by holding conferences in nearby holiday destinations, like the Ukraine and Turkey. Of the group, only four were Japanese - the majority were Russian. In March 2016, a cult conference was raided by police in Danilovgrad, Montenegro, and 58 attendees were expelled for visa violations. Bizarrely, the original cult seems to have survived in Russia, of all places. The cult remains active today as " Aleph." It's distanced itself from its former leader, though people remain suspicious (plus, any business that was already using the name "Aleph" quickly suffered a significant crisis in consumer confidence). Pretty heavy charges for a Christ-Buddha. Twelve members of the cult were arrested and placed on Death Row, while Asahara was charged with the sarin attack, several murders, and the manufacture of illegal drugs.
The attack incapacitated thousands and killed twelve people, and was the largest terrorist attack in Japanese history. In 1995, ten high-ranking members of the cult boarded Tokyo subway trains with packages containing liquid sarin, which they punctured with umbrellas.
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