Jim Heller is a former Canadian ashram premie. Currently, he is a criminal lawyer in Victoria, B.C., Canada, and a guitarist in a band called Gravel. He has critiqued Maharaji’s past claims and his followers’ evasion of accountability. Heller looks…[Continue Reading...]
Professional cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about cults. What makes a cult a cult exactly? What are some signs you’re in one? How do cults differ from religions? Can a family be…[Continue Reading...]
An ex-Shen Yun performer brought a proposed class action against the dance company Monday, claiming the organization, run by Falun Gong religious leaders, engages in forced child labor. Chun-Ko Chang’s complaint against Shen Yun Performing Arts Center and its leaders…[Continue Reading...]
A psychic's tarot cards and crystal balls were seized by police after she was accused of being involved in a crime group that allegedly scammed multiple people out of their savings. Tina Montana, 47, was arrested in Sydney, Australia, and…[Continue Reading...]
Israel’s military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service. Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb announced…[Continue Reading...]
An Arizona judge ordered a new competency hearing for convicted killed Lori Vallow Daybell last week after she refused to attend a hearing on the issue the week before. Vallow Daybell, convicted in the deaths of two of her children…[Continue Reading...]
Lisa Marie Presley was born into one of the most famous families in the world. As the only child of Elvis Presley, she was under constant public scrutiny. However, few knew that her life was also being watched by the…[Continue Reading...]
Edo State police operatives have apprehended Osakpolor Edebor, a 32-year-old alleged leader of a violent cult group, following his involvement in a series of heinous crimes and a dramatic escape that led him to a fraudulent operation in Auchi. Edebor,…[Continue Reading...]
A new investigative podcast from New Zealand examines how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints handles reports of abuse. Driving the news: "Heaven's Helpline," produced by the New Zealand Herald, topped the island nation's podcast charts upon its…[Continue Reading...]
After more than two years of separation, a mother is finally reunited with her three children in Utah. Authorities successfully recovered the children, originally from American Fork, Utah, in a small town about four hours away on the Arizona border…[Continue Reading...]
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