In 2013, three women escaped from a small flat in Brixton, South London, after decades of captivity in a bizarre cult. The cult, led by charismatic student Aravindan Balakrishnan, began as a left-wing political group in the 1970s but evolved into a pseudo-religious sect that worshipped Balakrishnan as a god.
The Cult Next Door
The astonishing tale of a Maoist cult's metamorphosis from a small political group in the 1970s to a bizarre religious sect unfolded in 2013, as three women emerged from a Brixton flat in South London.
