EVIL CULT KILLERS (True Crime)

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It is estimated that in the US alone around five to seven million citizens have been involved in a ‘cult’ at some point in their lives and approximately 180,000 new members are recruited every year. Numbers are much lower in the UK. Cultic statistics are rather ambiguous as firstly it is extremely difficult to define what a cult actually is and secondly many groups are underground associations that do not make their membership numbers available or do not even record them. Nevertheless every country has groups and movements that worry the non-involved inhabitants, but the question is, is there a need for concern?

DEFINING THE WORD ‘CULT’

The word cult and the usage of such a word can be highly controversial as it is always people on the outside of the specific group or movement who deem it a ‘cult’.

The word has many meanings, and a dictionary definition shows just how intricate it really is. The Oxford Modern English Dictionary defines the word as:

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