A respected nurse’s spiritual teachings attracted hundreds of followers worldwide, but beneath her claims of divine insight lay a deadly cult that would ultimately consume those closest to her.

A respected nurse’s spiritual teachings attracted hundreds of followers worldwide, but beneath her claims of divine insight lay a deadly cult that would ultimately consume those closest to her.
Between 1939 and 1950, a Greek monastery that promised free tuberculosis treatment and spiritual salvation became a house of horrors where Abbess Mariam Soulakiotis—dubbed “Mother Rasputin”—systematically tortured and murdered wealthy converts who had surrendered their fortunes to join her religious sect.
A Florida mother told police that God commanded her to exorcise demons from her 6-year-old son’s body — and when little Ra’myl Pierre stopped breathing, she believed the boy had finally been set free.