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My Search for Krishna Venta

Who was Krishna Venta, the California cult leader who said he was The Christ? Did he really say he came to Earth in a rocket ship? Why, in the 1940s, did this ex-convict wear long hair? Why did his followers wear robes but no shoes? Had he truly been in an insane asylum? Was he, as some allege, a "precursor" to Charles Manson? Why did he & nine others die in 1958 in what proved to be a suicide bombing? These were but a few of my questions when I began my search for Krishna Venta...

Friday, December 10, 2010

161. December 10, 1958...52 years ago today

See http://krishnaventa.blogspot.com/2008/12/43-in-memoriam.html
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Shawn Sutherland
Shawn Sutherland is a graduate of Abilene Christian University. He lives in the Dallas, Texas area, where he has worked as a paralegal since 1994. He is also a freelance writer and researcher. His essays on cults have been published by the International Cultic Studies Association and the Jonestown Institute. His first book, "This Night Wounds Time," which the Carrollton, Texas Police Department credits with revitalizing its investigation into a 1988 cold case involving two teenage girls, was released in 2009. He is currently at work on "Barefoot Messiah of the Atomic Age," the definitive biography of Krishna Venta (Francis H. Pencovic).
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