Joaquin Phoenix’s life has always been unconventional. Born in Puerto Rico, the 50-year-old actor was raised by parents, Arlyn and John Lee Bottom, who shared a strong countercultural spirit. The couple met while hitchhiking, married soon after, and, disillusioned with…[Continue Reading...]
A MAN who fled an alleged religious cult when he was just 15 years old has revealed what life inside the group was like. It's been nearly five decades since Richard Kiers fled The Move with just a shoebox of…[Continue Reading...]
Four members of a "conspiracy group" that believed they could overrule the judicial system in England and Wales, have been found guilty of conspiring to kidnap a coroner. Watch video news report.[Continue Reading...]
ADAMS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A woman who police said posed as a psychic and got over $10,000 for readings in Butler County is facing charges. Court documents say the victim met Sophia Ashley Williams, 37, at the Thistlewaite Vineyards in…[Continue Reading...]
The assets belonging to the Islamic cult of Adnan Oktar were transferred to the state, online news outlet T24 reported on Oct. 26. In July, the Court of Cassation upheld an 8,658-year prison sentence given to Islamic televangelist cult leader…[Continue Reading...]
An Arizona judge granted a request to evaluate Lori Vallow's competency. The so-called "Doomsday Mom" has been in the Maricopa County Estrella Jail for nearly a year after being extradited from Idaho. She is serving multiple life sentences in Idaho…[Continue Reading...]
In the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, an outlandish conspiracy theory about the Federal Emergency Management Agency that has percolated for decades started to reappear online. Now, the government agency is making one of its strongest pushes against the…[Continue Reading...]
The Council of Oron Traditional Rulers (COTR) has threatened to invoke traditional sanctions against perpetrators of cult-related killings in the Oron federal constituency of Akwa Ibom State. Scores of youths have recently been gruesomely killed in clashes between rival cult…[Continue Reading...]
At the age of 13, Luke Evans faced an impossible choice – either be true to himself and embrace his sexuality, or stay true to God. If he told his Jehovah’s Witness parents that he was gay, they would be…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former followers of an arrested Filipino televangelist confronted him in a Senate hearing Wednesday, accusing him of repeatedly abusing them sexually by portraying the assaults as their religious duty to the “appointed son of God.” Apollo…[Continue Reading...]
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