Believing in conspiracy theories can trigger a ‘significant breakdown’ in romantic relationships, a study suggests. Researchers have found that obsession with conspiracies such as QAnon, Flat Earth and Covid vaccine misinformation can fundamentally change a person's behaviour. This leaves partners…[Continue Reading...]
Ample evidence supports the conviction of sect leader Madani Ceus, who was convicted of fatal abuse in the 2017 deaths of young sisters Hannah Marshall and Makayla Roberts in Norwood, the Colorado Supreme Court’s majority held in a Monday order.…[Continue Reading...]
The School of Practical Philosophy sounds harmless enough – affordable, non-academic courses that draw inspiration from Eastern, Western and Hindu philosophical traditions. There’s meditation and learning the ancient language of Sanskrit. They even have a devoted poster boy in A-lister…[Continue Reading...]
On July 3rd, The New York Times published an article titled “The Site of the Jonestown Massacre Opens to Tourists. Some Ask Why.” In it, Genevieve Glatsky reports on the mixed reception the tour received from Guyanese locals, those who…[Continue Reading...]
The earth didn’t give way easily as Mayor Brad Miller drove his shovel into the sod on Saturday. A fitting reminder that even as the Village of Richmound, Sask., turns the page on years marked by the presence of the…[Continue Reading...]
Brooks Poston followed Paul Crockett up the canyon wall, trying to keep his balance as loose stones shifted under his boots. Below them stretched Goler Wash, a narrow desert canyon carved into the western edge of the Panamint Mountains, one…[Continue Reading...]
Key points Like torturers with captives, cult leaders use coercive control tactics to force members to submit. Cult tactics include isolation, degradation, exhaustion, occasional indulgences, threats, and other abuses. Biderman's chart of coercion—adapted for cults—helps us understand cult tactics of…[Continue Reading...]
“People have this idea that voodoo is used for harm,” says guide Andersen Gabrych, plunging a needle through the unblinking button eye of his feathered voodoo doll. “But these workshops are helping to change that narrative by showing how voodoo…[Continue Reading...]
Jay Taylor’s bed is empty as the door swings open on the second storey of the 13-year-old’s home in the picturesque maritime city of Gig Harbor, southwest of Seattle. It’s 6am on January 17, 2022 and the teen should be…[Continue Reading...]
Senior pastor Greg Laurie didn’t say why two top leaders at his Riverside, California, church left suddenly in the early 2020s. No one acknowledged pastors Jeff Lasseigne and Brad Ormonde’s absences to the 15,000 people at Harvest Christian Fellowship’s three…[Continue Reading...]
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