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The Thuggee: India's Cult That Strangled 2 Million People

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For over 600 years, travelers on India's roads vanished without a trace—strangled with silk scarves by a secret brotherhood that worshipped the goddess Kali through ritual murder. British colonial officer William Sleeman claimed he discovered the Thuggee, a vast underground cult responsible for killing over 2 million victims across centuries, operating with religious justification and secret codes. From 1829 to 1850, the British arrested over 3,000 suspected Thugs, executed hundreds, and declared the cult destroyed—one of history's greatest victories over organized evil. But in this Cult Files investigation, we uncover a shocking twist: modern historians examining the trial records, confessions, and evidence now believe the "Thuggee death cult" may have been largely a British colonial fabrication—exaggerated highway robbery turned into a sensational conspiracy to justify imperial control and the execution of thousands of marginalized Indians. Was the Thuggee really the deadliest murder cult in history, or was it one of colonialism's most successful propaganda campaigns?
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This video examines historical sources about the Thuggee of India, including British colonial records, trial confessions, and modern historical scholarship. The episode discusses allegations of ritual murder, strangulation, and mass executions that may be disturbing to some viewers. Many details about the Thuggee come from coerced confessions extracted under colonial interrogation and should not be taken as objective historical fact. Modern historians debate whether the Thuggee existed as described or were largely a British colonial fabrication used to justify imperial control. This documentary is intended for educational purposes to explore how colonial powers constructed narratives about "dangerous cults" to justify violence against colonized populations. We do not endorse stereotypes about Indian culture, religious intolerance, or colonial violence.
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Highway Men
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thuggee cult india, kali death goddess, indian stranglers history
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