Aum Shinrikyo and Cults that Went Wacko

The Branch Davidians
Leader: David Koresh

Raised as a Seventh-Day Adventist, Vernon Howell became enamored of the teachings of an off-shoot of the sect called the Branch Davidians, which had moved to Waco, Texas to await the end of the world. After assuming leadership of the cult, Howell changed his name to David Koresh and began preaching apocalyptic confrontation with unbelievers...

Cult of Death

• The 1992 Waco Standoff