Bad news for Scientology members with a penchant for pageantry – their annual ball is in danger of being canceled. It’s a pretty big deal considering the event is the highlight of the Church’s calendar and is attended by poster…[Continue Reading...]
A former pastor of an ultra-strict Pentecostal sect operating in Australia, one described by former members as having cult-like practices as part of a news.com.au investigation, has broken his silence. Adam*, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is…[Continue Reading...]
We have a morbid curiosity with dark tourism, and while places like Turkmenistan and Cyprus' walled-off Famagusta were the focus of Netflix's Dark Tourist series in 2018, there's a reason journalist David Farrier visited America twice on his travels. The…[Continue Reading...]
We were in the smoking area, a place where strangers pull out their secrets and present them to the group, to an echo of, ‘Babe, I’ve been there.’ It was a ‘girls’ afternoon’ that was rapidly turning into a girls’…[Continue Reading...]
Yesterday, a reader sent me a Belfast Telegraph article about a woman (a fully qualified doctor from Northern Ireland), who was subjected to severe physical and psychological violence by her abusive boyfriend. He strangled her repeatedly, spat at her, called…[Continue Reading...]
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - A police witness has told the court that controversial preacher pastor, Paul Mackenzie, secretly ate in police custody while his followers continued fasting, believing it would help them evade criminal charges. Testifying before Principal Magistrate…[Continue Reading...]
Court hearings are expected to end in November over an order to dissolve the Unification Church, which allegedly inspired the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three years ago. The Tokyo High Court is examining an appeal against…[Continue Reading...]
Someone I know became a conspiracy theorist seemingly overnight. It was during the pandemic, and out of nowhere, they suddenly started posting daily on Facebook about the dangers of covid vaccines and masks, warning of an attempt to control us…[Continue Reading...]
Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis are taking part in a protest in Jerusalem against changes to a legal exemption for religious students from conscription in the military. Almost all sects and factions of the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, community…[Continue Reading...]
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