Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-36772767-20180831051828/@comment-36772767-20180831175150

Banned In CP wrote: Just another thought I had, is that I would definitely look up on cults. I'd start with Jim Jones, honestly, seeing as he led hundreds of people to kill themselves, so he's definitely a strong cult leader in history. Charles Manson, too (not really a leader of a huge cult, but definitely had some of those characteristics). The MOVE organization would be good to read up on, too. And there's countless others, too. They may even give you some inspiration :)

“Helter Skelter” by Vincent Bugliosi was one of the very first books I read as a teenager. I remember seeing all kinds of merchandise in my Rockabilia & Old Glory catalogs had with Charles Manson’s face and wondered who it was. 20 years later, I’m still wondering. Lol. He was one crazy dude. Anyhow, I also became interested in the lives of the people he got to do his bidding. They seemed to be just your average teens. Tex Watson was a football hero, Leslie Van Houten was a homecoming queen, Susan Atkins and Pat Krenwinkle came from broken homes. How could they go from seemingly normal lives to dying in a California penitentiary.