#13 - The Cult Next Door

How did a man, born in Kerala, western India, become a leader of a Maoist Cult in Lambeth London in the 1970s, yet managed stay so far under the radar that for over 30 years his crimes, namely rape and indecent assault along with allegations of brainwashing, domestic slavery and even an unexplained death, or two, were not noticed by anyone in authority?

This week we discuss:  Cults, Manipulation, Abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Marxism, Fanatics, Brainwashing, Domestic Slavery, Sexual Assault

Sources:
https://www.worldatlas.com/what-is-maoism.html

https://theconversation.com/inside-the-paranoid-maoist-cults-of-1970s-britain-20739

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambeth_slavery_case

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3315318/Cult-leader-known-Comrade-Bala-brainwashed-raped-young-women-kept-prisoners-Maoist-collective-30-years.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3343095/How-Comrade-Bala-s-daughter-escaped-police-station-2005-sent-father-BANK-HOLIDAY-force-won-t-investigated-blunder.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/comrade-bala-aravindan-balakrishnan-cult-leader-stockholm-syndrome-a6761246.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/maoist-cult-chief-aravindan-balakrishnan-claims-challenge-his-leadership-caused-space-shuttle-disaster-a6750691.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/comrade-bala-how-brutal-cult-chief-chronicled-every-detail-his-tyranny-a6761236.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/maoist-cult-leader-beat-his-imprisoned-daughter-singing-twinkle-twinkle-little-star-a6742231.html

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