In the "Edge of Night" storyline, there have been intimations of fraudulent activities within the cult, scenes of initiation rites, and a half dozen drowned bodies surfaced and have been assumed to be suicidal former Children members. The fictional Children of the Earth is a pseudo-religious cult devoted to the greening of the land.
Instead, "Edge" finds itself in the center of a sensitive controversy. If the tragedy of the People's Temple in Guyana hadn't occurred, a storyline on ABC's "The Edge of Night" involving a group of people called the Children of the Earth would undoubtedly have been ignored by the non-serial public.
The Coincidence of "Edge's" Cult by John-Michael Reed The abrupt ending of Edge's "Children of the Earth" storyline: