The Family, led by Charles Manson, a cult of death and destruction which terrorized Los Angeles in the 1960s. The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh, a doomsday cult that ended in a tragic shootout with the authorities. The Peoples Temple, led by the Reverend Jim Jones, who orchestrated a mass murder-suicide after convincing his followers to relocate to a remote commune in the Guyana jungle. Aum Shinrikyo, founded by Shoko Asahara, which carried out a number of terrorist attacks in Japan in the late 20th century.