Manic Cadence

The Order of the Solar Temple was a international esoteric secret society that was founded in Geneva, Switzerland 1984. The ideas and beliefs of the OST led to the murder or suicide of 74 people in 3 countries over a 2.5-year span (‘94-‘97). The OST claimed to be in a direct line with the Knights’ templar and preached ideas like reincarnation, the hollow earth, eugenics, and the impending apocalypse. It had over 1000 members across France, Switzerland and Canada at it largest, including many prominent members of industry and government. The membership trended upper middle class to wealthy and most all of them carried out seemingly normal lives. That is, until the fires of 1994 shined a new light on The Solar Temple.

On July 1, 1981, in a high end neighborhood in Hollywood, CA called Laurel Canyon, a moving crew was shuffling furniture into a home when they were interrupted by the distressing and seemingly pained moans coming the house next door. The prolonged harrowing cries coming from 8763 Wonderland soon became too much to ignore and at 4pm the movers called the police to alert them to the noises seeping out of the home into the streets. When the police got to the residence and made their way inside, they had no idea what kind of nightmare they would be walking into. Immediately upon entering they could see blood everywhere, covering the furniture, soaking the carpet, and cast onto the walls and ceilings. The crime scene was spread throughout the entire two story residence, as were the victims laying lifeless where they’d been mauled to death.

Dean Corll, the Candyman of the Houston Heights, was a true monster. Corll even pulled others into his twisted game as accomplices. Over 3 years, he was responsible at least 30 murders in the Houston Heights neighborhood. Edit. Thank you to everyone who pointed out it was David Brooks who died of Covid. I think I overlooked it because nothing of value was lost.