The Cult

 Above is a picture of the Krisna Temple near my hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia. Kadizzle has written about it in the past. The story is unbelievable. Murder, sex trafficing, drug trafficing, and a host of other crimes were committed by the Krisna, yet the cult still thrives. If you want to read more go to a site called Weelunk. Also if you want to really get the story a local police officer wrote a book called " Monkey on a Stick", about the corruption. My older brother was a contractor with heavy equipment. He did work for Swami. Swami invited Tom to discuss some work he wanted done. My brother sat with Swami and was fed grapes. Swami wanted Tom to lower the bottom half of a concrete septic tank into Wheeling Creek so the compound could pump water from the creek. It was a heavy piece of concrete and Tom told Swami it might fall and break and he could not guarantee the success of the project.  With a backhoe Tom tried to lower the concrete vault. Sure enough it tipped and broke into pieces. Turning to Swami Tom said " That's the way it goes Swami".

When our children were very small, we took them to the temple. It is an insane edifice in the hills of West Virginia. It is like a golden palace from India. It is all marble and gold paid for with the criminal activities.  Our children were scared by the strange building, and rightfully so. Kadizzle will always remember one thing about the palace, there was a shrine to Swami who passed away. The shrine had Swami's high top Converse tennis shoes on a velvet cloth. The tennis shoes were encased in a glass container. 

Another bizarre part of the temple was an elaborate kitchen where food was prepared for the dead Swami. In front of the dead man's marble statue food is placed every day. Religion allows insanity to run rampant. If you ever want to know how off the rails people can get study this cult in the hills of West Virginia.