Tag: Strange Religion

Child Witchcraft & The Murder Of Kristy Bamu

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The adults in the flat decided that an exorcism must be performed on the children, and so the torture began. The siblings were severely beaten, threatened with a knife, and one of the sisters was forced to eat a lightbulb. Eric’s reasoning for this torture was to get the siblings to confess; he even insisted that the children jump out of a window to see if they could fly. Eventually most of the kids admitted to bringing witchcraft with them, and their torture was mostly over; at that point they were all forced to help torture their brother, Kristy…

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Haitian Voodoo Zombies

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In Haiti voodoo is practiced by at least 50% of the population. There is a type of sorcerer Haitians call Bokor, he is a Voodoo doctor who uses his power for both good and evil. It is said that if you upset someone, they may pay a Bokor to come sprinkle zombie dust on you. The victim will fall what is perceived to be dead, with no detectible pulse. The grieving family will have a funeral, and the victim is buried in the ground.

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Jim Jones & The Murder Of The People’s Temple

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In his personal life, Jim and his wife fostered/adopted black and Korean children, creating what he referred to as his “rainbow family”. The man really seemed to practice what he preached; people just loved his ideas, they loved him. Jim took donations, of course; the elderly who followed him often signed over their entire social security/pension checks, others handed him everything they owned, often their homes. With all of the money he’d made from his followers, a chunk of land in South America’s Guyana was purchased; it was beautiful, enchanting land surrounded by rain forest. After receiving a good deal of negative media attention, Jim concentrated on sending his people there and building Jonestown, a place which his followers believed would be a peaceful religious utopian commune where they’d sit and sing Kumbaya all day…

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Sokushinbutsu Monks and Self-Mummification

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In North Japan, by the Yamagata Prefecture, are almost 2 dozen mummified Japanese monks called Sokushinbutsu. They are unique, each caused their own death and mummified themselves. The act of mummification would take around ten years to complete. It is believed that hundreds of monks have tried to mummify themselves, but less than two dozen actually succeeded…

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The Savage King Henry VIII

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As an American I can’t explain my obsession with Tudor England, except that there’s so much scandal and murder involved. And y’all already know that I do love me some scandal and murder!

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The Hand Of Voodoo

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CAUTION, CRIME SCENE PHOTOS It was 1997 in Bradenton, Florida when a waterlogged severed human hand was discovered in the Manatee River. This was mysterious, and police honestly didn’t know what to make of it. After much care, the medical examiner was finally able to get prints off the hand. It belonged to a 70…

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