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My favorite insane cult from the 1980s is the CHURCH UNIVERSAL AND TRIUMPHANT, led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet. Her books were in the weirdo section and I was always fascinated. There was something about St. Germain, and new Christian prophecies, and aliens, and everything.

Like everyone else they had a compound. Theirs was by Yellowstone and they stockpiled weapons waiting for the inevitable pseudo-Christian apocalyptic disaster.

Ms. Prophet had a unique preaching style, and fortunately a recording of one service at least survives. This is from my 20th birthday! Many of you will have heard one of these tracks ("invocation for Judgement") because it's an attack on rock music that lists a long series of popular bands in 1984 that must be destroyed, and are comically mispronounced (Cindy Looper, etc.).

Decree 12.10 is only for completists, as it's basically 27:57 of deranged cattle auctioneer/martian hoedown/speaking in tongues. The others are great though. If you just get one, get #4, the Great Divine Rector's Call. Please download rather than streaming, and mirror if you want to share.

The Sounds of American Doomsday Cults: The Church Universal and Triumphant

1. Dedication To The Tackling Of The Beast And The Dragon — The Momentum Of Rock'n'roll
   
   
2. Call For Protection
   
   
3. Video Shorts With Two Announcements (Excerpt)
   
   
4. Preamble — Great Divine Rector's Call
   
   
5. Invocation For Judgement Against And Destruction Of Rock Music
   
   
6. Decree 12.10
   
   
7. Decree 10.05

This one is flying around myspace, etc. You put in your name in a quoted string followed by "looks like" and see what Google says. My first result:

"On the surface, Conrad looks like a cute kid — like Opie from Mayberry."

Even better, it's from this news story: ( I assaulted someone with a knife )