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Religious Leaders in Crime & Notoriety

43 people, across 4 fields.

Charles Manson 1934–2017Notorious FiguresCult leader whose followers’ murders became a lasting symbol of violence and the collapse of 1960s countercultural idealism.Jim Jones 1931–1978Notorious FiguresPeoples Temple founder whose 1978 Jonestown murder-suicide killed over nine hundred followers.David Koresh 1959–1993Notorious FiguresBranch Davidian prophet whose 51-day standoff with federal agents ended in fire at Mount Carmel.