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The strange tale of Elspeth Buchan, the 18th-century cult leader who convinced her followers she would never die – Susan Morrison

Published June 27, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 1700s, cult leader, Elspeth Buchan, Scotland

Elspeth Buchan must have been spell-binding. Like many people with towering self-belief, she exerted an incredible power over her followers, to whom she promised eternal life and an assured place in the Kingdom of Heaven. She would make their souls…[Continue Reading...]

The murderous saga of a 1700s Lexington County religious sect

Published April 11, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 1700s, cult leader, Jack Weber, Lexington County, murders, South Carolina, Weberites

One of the strangest and most notable events to take place in what would become Lexington County during the colonial period occurred in the years of 1759, 1760, and 1761 in the Dutch Fork. That is when the notorious and…[Continue Reading...]

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The strange tale of Elspeth Buchan, the 18th-century cult leader who convinced her followers she would never die – Susan Morrison

The murderous saga of a 1700s Lexington County religious sect