ritualistic murder
Sacred bloodshed act
Ritualistic murder is killing performed according to prescribed ceremonies or symbolic acts, often associated with occult practices, cult activity, or religious sacrifice.
The term appears in criminal investigations and moral panics alike: Police suspected ritualistic murder when they found candles arranged around the body.
It may describe actual ceremonial killings or sensationalized claims about satanic cults.
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- human sacrificeRitual offering of life
- cultFervent fringe group
- occultConcealed from view
- black magicEvil supernatural practice
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