We Need to Overthrow Heaven

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Presented by: Cristina
Category: Cult

Content Warning: Murder, Suicide, Sexual Assault of Minors

Angel's Landing Commune was a short-lived, but nonetheless horrifying cult from the area of Wichita, Kansas.

A man going by the name Lou Castro arrived with his circle of friends in Kansas in the early 2000s. He arranged the purchase of a house from a real estate agent named Jennifer Hutson, whom he charmed into leaving her husband and bringing her two daughters with her. Despite having no clear source of income, the family lived lavishly.

Castro claimed to have died and been reincarnated with angelic spirits, including an angel of death. He used this an the threats of divine reprisals to keep control of his family. At the same time, he manipulated Hutson's daughters in submitting to assault from him.

In 2003, Castro's former lover Patricia Hughes died in and apparent drowning. Around two and a half laters, Hughes's widower died in what was ruled an accident, but was believer by his friends to be a suicide. Hutson would also kill herself at the same interval later.

Castro was discovered when Hutson's eldest daughter, Sarah, invited her boyfriend over and saw Castro grope Sarah's sister. He wrote a letter to the FBI and the case was finally taken seriously. Lou Castro, ultimately discovered to be named David Perez, was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison.

Takeaway: Any system that sustains itself on human suffering needs to be destroyed.

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