Deception 4 steps
Staging a Massacre to Weaponize Ariel's Memoir
Moretti murders his guests and stages the compound as a mass-suicide scene, while secretly orchestrating sole survivor Ariel's escape so that her bestselling memoir about the experience inadvertently promotes Levelism as the presumed-dead cultists reintegrate into society.
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Mass-suicide scene is staged
Alfred Moretti · The Levelists
What it looked like: The authorities believe the cult members are dead and that a mass-suicide has taken place.
When authorities arrive, they find the cult members seemingly dead and Moretti calmly playing the piano amid the bodies, creating the illusion of a mass-suicide.
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Ariel's escape is secretly arranged
Alfred Moretti · Ariel Ecton
What it looked like: Ariel's escape looks accidental, a genuine flight and police rescue rather than part of Moretti's plan.
Ariel appears to flee the compound and is rescued by the police, but Moretti had secretly orchestrated her escape to make her the unknowing vessel for the Levelists' message.
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Ariel writes a bestselling memoir
Ariel Ecton
Two years later, Ariel's book about the experience becomes a bestseller, publicizing the story of the massacre and the Levelists.
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Levelism spreads through society
Alfred Moretti · Ariel Ecton · The Levelists
The book inadvertently promotes Levelism, while the Levelists, actually alive, remain scattered through society continuing their mission underground; Moretti is imprisoned for the murders but the propagation proceeds.
