Born in Synanon is the story of Cassidy Arkin’s history with California’s Synanon cult—or as she describes it in footage from 2001, “alternative community.” Arkin is not just the subject of director Geeta Gandbhir’s four-part Paramount+ docuseries (Dec. 12) but…[Continue Reading...]
Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called “cults,” has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church (“Moonies”) founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story…[Continue Reading...]
A Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) pastor was seen reciting what looked like so-called "strong prayers" to rid the boy of a demon. BBC Panorama was also told by a gay ex-member he was given "strong prayers"…[Continue Reading...]
There are more than 250 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy or other church staff, according to officials. They are planning to file in March of 2024.[Continue Reading...]
Lately, people have been wondering even more about Tom Cruise’s relationship with his youngest daughter, Suri Cruise, whom he shares with his ex-wife, Katie Holmes. Many theorized he even went as far as to leave the Church of Scientology after…[Continue Reading...]
Catherine Bell believes the Church of Scientology gets a bad rap. “People don’t really understand what Scientology is,” the “JAG” star told Page Six exclusively at the New York premiere of the Hallmark Channel movie “Christmas on Cherry Lane” Thursday…[Continue Reading...]
“It’s insane, it’s just insane,” Valerie Haney kept saying as she emerged from her first day undergoing the Church of Scientology’s top-secret “religious arbitration” process. Haney’s outfit that day—a tight black minidress and thigh-high leather boots complementing her long, curly…[Continue Reading...]
Welcome to the secret Australian cult where members live under shocking rules including being told what to eat and to exercise for two hours a day. A new investigation by The Courier-Mail has revealed the shocking details of daily life…[Continue Reading...]
The newly released Netflix documentary series Escaping Twin Flames has brought a fresh wave of global attention to the Twin Flames Universe (TFU), a controversial community headed by Jeff and Shaleia Ayan, aka Jeff and Shaleia Divine, that some have…[Continue Reading...]
The cut leader had his followers carry out several notorious murders in the late 1960s - something that has been told in the best-selling book Helter Skelter (1974). Twenty-three years after orchestrating the murders of pregnant actor Sharon Tate and…[Continue Reading...]
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