Gangs. They might seem appealing to outsiders who’ve listened to too much gangsta rap and seen Goodfellas and Scarface too many times, but in real life? These things are extreme. Life’s no movie in a gang. It’s tough. You gotta be strict. You’ve got to earn, adhere to the rules and respect your elders. Mess up and you’ll pay with your life. This is serious sh*t right here…
They’re not easy to get into, either. You’ve got to pay your dues. Prove you’re worthy. And the way to do that? An initiation. Do something terrible or vile to prove yourself to the rest of the gang.
Here are our ten top gang entry rituals…
The Aryan Brotherhood – To join this hated white supremacy gang in prison, it’s simple – you’ve got to kill two people. Be they fellow inmates or prison guards…
Hell’s Angels – Hunter S. Thompson reveled in his research that many chapters of the Hell’s Angels greet newbies by giving them a kicking and then dumping urine and animal dung over them. They’re then expected to wear those clothes without washing them for the rest of the day.
MS-13 – Female inductees have to let a group of members have sexual intercourse with them to become a paid-up member.
Chinese Triads – New Triads are expected to drink a concoction of bloods mixed together from all other gang members. Nice.
Ku Klux Klan – The infamous crucifix burning…
United Blood Nation – As their name suggests, they want blood. New members are slashed about the face until they bleed.
‘Bombarding Master Handan’ – This weirdly-named practice sees new members of a particular Taiwanese crime syndicate subjecting to having hundreds of firecrackers thrown at him at the Taiwanese Lantern Festival.
Numbers Gang – This prison gang welcome new people by forcing them to attack and beat prison guards. but without making a sound…
Latin Kings – Nice and simple this – drive by shootings of rival gangs…
La Familia Michoacana aka the Knights Templar Cartel – Legend has it you need eat a human heart to be inducted. Some even say a child’s heart…
Still wanna be in a gang?!
