Robert Jay Mathews was an average American boy when his family moved from Marfa, Tx to Phoenix, AZ in 1957. A product of his times, beset on all sides with fear monger from both the media and the government. At age 11 he discovered the John Birch Society and plunged headlong into a new world.

The Order, also known as The Silent Brotherhood, was born from the members of two prominent American hate groups: The National Alliance and The Aryan Nations. From 1983 thru 1984 they would go on a spree of crimes ranging from targeted assasinations to bank robberies before everything went up in a flash of fire. In this episode we begin to examine the groups that led to its formation and the twisted ideologies that they embraced.

On the morning of April 12, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp returned home after spending the night at a friends house. Upon opening the door she was greeted by a grisly scene: her mother, older brother, and his friend’s savaged corpses.

in the fall of 1980, Glena “Sue” Sharp and her five children moved from the small trailer they were renting in Quincy, California to the neighboring village of Keddie. Taking up residence in Cabin number 28, the family continued with their lives, unaware that by April of the following year three of them would be found murdered, along with a friend of Sue’s oldest son.

With the arrest of Little Serafin and rest of the Hernandez family, Adolfo and the core members of the cult flee as Mexican and American authorities desperately look for clues as to their whereabouts.

As 1989 dawns, Constanzo’s bloodlust continues unabated. With each new victim the feeling of invincibility grows, and with it, so too does his arrogance.

With Sara Aldrete at his side, the Cult sets its sights on the border town of Matamoros and the burgeoning drug trade there.

In the spring of 1987, Adolfo Constanzo sets his sights on the boarder town of Matamoros and its burgeoning drug trade. Along the way, he meets a 22 year old college student who is destined to become as important a part of the cult as he himself is.

In September of 1986 Adolfo Constanzo is introduce to members of the Calzada family who operate a fairly successful drug smuggling operation in Mexico City. Constanzo, working as the family’s palero, soon sees his financial power skyrocket and dreams of still greater power.

In 1984 a 21 year old Cuban-America man named Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo immigrated from Miami, Florida to Mexico City. At first it appeared that he was a simple card reader, divining people’s fortunes from a deck of Spanish cards and the toss of some shells. Claiming to be an adherent of the Santeria religion, Adolfo began to attract a devoted following, drawing the attention of powerful cartels who he was eager to share his true role with; that of a palero in Mayombe and a practitioner of its darkest arts.