CultFacts: “What You Need to Know: The Work (Brother Julius) A wealthy cult that chopped the leader into pieces, believing it was the will of God” https://www.cultfacts.com/cults/the-work

Find a Grave: “Claimed to be the Messiah. Wore a long beard and donned a white robe.” https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68805653/julius-schacknow

MyRecordJournal: "THROWBACK THURSDAY: Remembering ‘The Work’ and its leader Brother Julius" https://www.myrecordjournal.com/News/Lifestyle/Features/history-of-the-Brother-Julius-and-The-Work-cult-based-out-of-meriden.html

People.com "Inside a Connecticut Sex Cult Overseen By a Man Who Claimed to Be Jesus: Brother Julius Schacknow claimed to be God, and forced his female members to have sex with him" https://people.com/crime/brother-julius-schacknow-the-work-connecticut-cult-people-magazine-investigates/

YouTube: Produced by Steve Sattler 1975

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrbBJs3pf28

“During the 1970s and 1980s, Julius Schacknow ran a disturbing apocalyptic cult in the Connecticut suburbs. Schacknow, who called himself "Brother Julius," proclaimed that he was the Messiah.

The Messiah has returned to Earth and is preaching in New England, according to about 200 people who call themselves the followers of Brother Julius.

They live in central Connecticut and their savior is "Brother Julius" Schacknow, 68, a doomsday prophet also known as a "sinful Messiah." He says he intentionally demonstrates the evils of the world so they can be overcome.

Former cult members say these sins include polygamy, sexual abuse of women and labor fraud. They call him a blasphemer, a charlatan, an exploiter, and worse.

production by stevesattlerfilms.com”

Investigation Discovery: “The 'Sinful Messiah' & 'The Work' Cult: Multiple Wives, Exploitive Labor & A Murder” https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/sinful-messiah-the-work-cult-multiple-wives-exploitive-labor-murder

BelieversWeb.org: "CULT LEADER”S PROBLEMS GROW AS FOLLOWING SHRINKS" https://believersweb.org/CULT-LEADERS-PROBLEMS-GROW-AS-FOLLOWING-SHRINKS/

Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Connecticut History features fifteen short profiles of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Nutmeg State. Book by Ray Bendici https://www.amazon.com/Speaking-Ill-Dead-Connecticut-History-ebook/dp/B008ZXRJRG

ISBN-13: 9780762772155

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Publication date: 09/18/2012

Who is Brother Julius?

“News program which examines the group known as "the work" and the founder, Julius Schacknow, who exploited members of the group and who referred to himself as the "Sinful Messiah"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nurasyd5-z8

Courant.com “Cult Leader Brother Julius Dies at 71”

https://www.courant.com/1996/07/30/from-the-archives-cult-leader-brother-julius-dies-at-71/

Hartford Courant: “Former Member of Brother Julius’ Cult Describes Life of Manipulation, Fear, Abuse” https://www.courant.com/2018/08/05/former-member-of-brother-julius-cult-describes-life-of-manipulation-fear-abuse/

The Journal Times: “In Connecticut Another Savior Reigns” https://journaltimes.com/news/in-connecticut-another-savior-reigns/article_2006703f-6879-5181-88dc-415346cd2aa6.html

ChildrensHealthcare.org - The Work Settles Case of Child Sexual Abuse: “In the spring of 1970, Brother Julius told the Roe family that God had orda in ed a special work of mate swapping between their families . Brother Julius moved in and began sleeping with Roe's mother. Two months later the plaintiff's father ordered Mary to submit sexually to Brother Julius as another facet of "God's plan. 11 The plaintiff was then fifteen years old and a virgin. She became pregnant by Brother Julius and had an abortion at his insistence. She was put through the trauma of sharing Brother Julius as a lover with her own mother and other group members.” http://childrenshealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/1987_Spring-fnl.pdf

i95Rock.com: “Brother’s Keeper: The Tale of a CT Cult Leader Who Said He Was God” https://i95rock.com/brothers-keeper-the-tale-of-a-ct-cult-leader-who-said-he-was-god/

RNS Religion News Service: "NEWS STORY: Reclusive leader of `Juliusite’ sect dies at 71"

https://religionnews.com/1996/08/01/news-story-reclusive-leader-of-juliusite-sect-dies-at-71/

BIBLIO: "What appears at first to be a Christian evangelical retelling of the Gospels takes on a a bit more character when one knows the history of TAMPCO, the propaganda arm of a polygamist cult in Connecticut from the 1970s-1990s. The nameless cult (sometimes called the "Juliusites") was founded by Brother Julius Schacknow, who can be seen on the cover of this book reflected in the eye."

https://biblio.com.au/book/walk-me-modern-english-tampcos-version/d/1111364627

The Connecticut Cult: The Broken Cross (Paperback) by Michael C. Bouchard (Author)
"In 1970 an extremist religious cult called "The Work" moved into Connecticut from Dover, New Jersey. Its leader Brother Julius Schacknow believed himself to be the divine reincarnation of Jesus Christ. The book explores many darker sides of the cult's inner workings and criminal activities.”

https://www.amazon.com/Connecticut-Cult-Broken-Cross/dp/1795103620