Netflix has commissioned Raël: The Alien Prophet, a four-part docuseries exploring how a UFO-inspired religion spiralled into a controversial cult. Produced by Banijay France label KM, the series launches on the streamer on 7 February. Through investigative work and recovered…[Continue Reading...]
Recently, we asked the BuzzFeed Community to share their stories of friends and family members who were radicalized by QAnon, Trumpism, and the far right. Here's what they had to say."Like many, I have that one uncle. He strongly believes…[Continue Reading...]
A Kenyan court has charged cult leader cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 94 suspected accomplices with manslaughter over the deaths of more than 200 people. Mackenzie and his co-accused – including the self-proclaimed pastor's wife – pleaded not guilty to…[Continue Reading...]
TikToker Kate Kowalczik (@lcswkate) recently uploaded a viral clip that’s accrued over 781,000 views in which she delineates how, on several occasions, she’s been approached by multi-level marketing employees while shopping in “discount stores.” Kowalczik highlights how these individuals will…[Continue Reading...]
In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Mondays our Tech Reporter Mikael Thalen debunks the most wild conspiracy theories swirling around the web in his “One Dumb Conspiracy” column. If you want to read…[Continue Reading...]
Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.…[Continue Reading...]
“Based on what I’ve been through, I should be in prison or dead,” Cameron Black ’25 said. Born into a cult led by his father, who proclaimed himself to be God, Black’s early life in Sedona, Ariz. was anything but…[Continue Reading...]
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing the world in the 21st century. It has also been identified as a threat to global security by organizations such as the U.S Department of Defense. In addition to its environmental…[Continue Reading...]
Crystal Hefner is ready to tell her story. As the 37-year-old model prepares for the release of her memoir, Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself, the former Girls Next Door star is grappling with the "mixed" feelings…[Continue Reading...]
A woman has candidly revealed what life was like inside a polygamist Mormon cult after she became the 65th wife of its polygamist pedophile leader Warren Jeffs. Briell Decker appeared on a recent episode of the Cults To Consciousness podcast to discuss…[Continue Reading...]
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