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di-kot-o-me:

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\u201cWe went deep on the Los Angeles obsession with cults, cultists, cult-like groups, organizations we\u2019d never refer to as cults for legal reasons, organizations that are definitely not cults but are kinda weird, and other related subjects. You don\u2019t have to go into a trance or commune with any ancients to relive it\u2014here it is, in all its alien superbeing glory:

An introduction:

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\u00b7\u00a0An Introduction to the Long History of Los Angeles Cults
\u00b7\u00a0Ask the Experts: Why Does Los Angeles Attract So Many Cults?
\u00b7\u00a0How to Start Your Own Los Angeles Cult in 14 Easy Steps

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The buildings:
\u00b7\u00a08 Notorious Los Angeles Cult Locations: Then and Now
\u00b7\u00a07 of LA\u2019s Most Magnificent Examples of Masonic Architecture

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The juicy stories:
\u00b7\u00a0The Pasadena Haunts of the Occultist Who Cofounded JPL
\u00b7\u00a0The Earliest and Weirdest LA Cult Stories: 1700s to 1940s

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The Manson Family:
\u00b7\u00a0The Story of the Abandoned Movie Ranch Where the Manson Family Launched Helter Skelter
\u00b7\u00a0Mapping 13 Key Locations in the 1969 Manson Family Murders

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The health-obsessed:
\u00b7\u00a0How Cultists, Quacks, and Naturemenschen Made Los Angeles Obsessed With Healthy Living
\u00b7\u00a0The Respectable LA Houses of 1970s Hippie Cult The Source
\u00b7\u00a0Caf\u00e9 Gratitude and the Cult of Commerce

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-\u00a0Curbed LA\u2019s\u00a0Cults Week

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