The woman adopted 28 children but controlled them with drugs

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If you just look at the photo below, you may not be able to imagine the horror behind it — a few similarly dressed, mostly blonde children standing in a row, smiling at the camera.

Children from the Australian cult "The Family" are pictured preparing to be baptized. The cult's leader, Anne Hamilton-Byrne, bleached their hair to make them look alike

In Australia in the 1960s and 1970s, Eastern mysticism, new age philosophy and the occult flourished in the wealthy districts. Anna's original profession was a yoga instructor for housewives, and in their eyes, yoga was a magical and mysterious sport, and Anna herself, who taught the course, was also overshadowed with a mysterious color. Anna had blond hair, looked beautiful and dignified, and her voice was full of majesty. She wandered through the villas of various wealthy areas, and used her superb social skills to obtain a lot of wealth and networking resources.

As her yoga students grew, Anna came up with a new "community activity": taking LSD — a strong semi-artificial hallucinogen and mental stimulant that not only hallucinates the experiencer, but also makes them unconsciously feel close to those around them.

After Anna asks her students to take hallucinogens, she will suggest that they hand over their money, property, and even children. Anna has a crazy obsession with children, not only adopting the children of the members, but also adopting many children from the orphanage.

In Australia between 1950 and 1980, it was easy to adopt a baby from a young mother, and once the government determined that the young mother had mental health or drug abuse problems, these women had little chance of raising their children. Anna herself has a good relationship with nurses and midwives in many clinics, and these hospital insiders are willing to help her find a suitable young mother, and even issue fake "drug abuse certificates".

With the help of these people, Anna and her 14 children live in a place called Kelama near Lake Eldon in Australia. Here, day in and day out, these children are subjected to strict management. The girls wore identically dignified skirts, their long hair tied behind their heads with ribbons, and the boys wore identical uniforms, and their hair, whatever color, was eventually bleached to the same blond color. All the kids were blonde and they all looked the same. Only eat vegetarian and do a lot of yoga and other exercises. Anna tries to train them to be perfect people to be the ones who take over when the end of the world comes.

Anna then recruited from Leeds a prominent physicist, Dr Raynor Johnson, who was a master's degree from Queen's College at the University of Melbourne. In the 20th century, idealism grew in popularity in the scientific community, and nearing retirement, Johnson, eager to explore unconventional territory, became obsessed with Anna, a woman who claimed to have extrasensory perception. Johnson recruited more wealthy professionals for Anna, including doctors, psychiatrists, lawyers, nurses, and social workers. They hold a weekly meditation session, accompanied by LSD inhalation.

As Anna's following grew, the number of children eventually grew to 28, including babies born to some sect members who were educated at home. Anna cast herself as a perfect mother with perfect children, but she had no interest in raising them, and the children were taken care of by some middle-aged female followers. Children also often starve for days because of minor irregularities, such as getting their clothes dirty or forgetting to turn off the lights.

In addition to starving them, Anna was given a large amount of LSD for several days, usually at the age of 14. These effects can be catastrophic for teenagers, causing them to suffer from depression, personality changes, nightmares, etc., becoming their unfortunate childhood trauma.

In 1987, an adopted child of Anna was expelled for quarrels and rebellious acts. With the support of a private investigator and others, australian police have finally come to the fore to pay attention to this terrible cult.

It wasn't until the police broke into the area that the children learned anna's true background. However, despite the destruction of the site, the police were unable to find evidence of abductions, substance abuse or child abuse.

In 2019, Anna died in a nursing home. It can be said that this notorious cult leader has never been punished by law.