A quarter-century after 6-year-old Haley Zega vanished in the Ozarks, her cousin revisits the story in a new book that connects the disappearance to a 1978 murder. The big picture: Part folksy family tale, part journalistic deep dive and part…[Continue Reading...]
For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and South Australia have now criminalised coercive control, other states and territories…[Continue Reading...]
A former Cabinet minister has admitted to lobbying in support of the Unification Church’s controversial 2015 name change, telling The Asahi Shimbun he acted because the group had provided him with crucial election support. Yoshiaki Harada, 81, a former environment…[Continue Reading...]
Tom Cruise's first wife Mimi Rogers cut a glamorous and radiant figure when she surfaced in Los Angeles in a rare recent sighting. Rogers was married to Cruise from 1987 to 1990, and during the time they were together she…[Continue Reading...]
Once dubbed America's "most hated family" thanks to their shocking hateful views on the LGBTQ+ community, some of those who starred on Louis Theroux documentary Surviving America's Most Hated Family in 2019 have completely transformed their lives. The family within…[Continue Reading...]
Like everything to do with Charles Manson, there probably wasn’t a real reason that he called his followers his “family”; he just made a bunch of shit up, and people bought it, hook, line and sinker. That’s the open secret…[Continue Reading...]
The Irish authorities are liaising with the FBI as part of a widening international investigation into alleged sexual abuse within a Christian sect founded in Ireland. The sect, commonly known as the Two by Twos, is facing documented allegations via…[Continue Reading...]
A middle-aged man was reportedly killed on Friday following a violent clash between suspected rival cult groups at the popular Oja-Oba Market in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. PUNCH Online reports that the incident, which occurred in the busy commercial…[Continue Reading...]
On March 4, the Tokyo High Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) under the Religious Corporations Act, following a request by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and…[Continue Reading...]
Milledgeville Mayor Mary Parham-Copelan is facing flack on social media this week about what was to be a proclamation honoring Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The proclamation was to be presented at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, but since the…[Continue Reading...]
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