False allegations that COVID-19 vaccines turn children gay or trans are spreading rapidly on Telegram, the messaging-based social-media app. Ayatollah Abbas Tabrizian, an Iranian cleric who is known for spreading false medical claims, appeared to be the first to popularize…[Continue Reading...]
It’s one of Netflix’s newest and hottest true crime documentaries. With bombshell revelations about the company and the church, there has been a renewed interest in the 7M members and their ties to the company and Shekinah Church after the…[Continue Reading...]
Being a TikTok celebrity has exciting benefits: Viral videos can make you famous, and the brand deals that follow can make you rich. For many up-and-coming dancers, figuring out a successful social media business strategy can be daunting. In that…[Continue Reading...]
The story behind any alleged cult always has at least two sides: The ex-members who say it was a cult and the people still in the group who maintain they are in no way part of a cult. Robert Shinn, the founding…[Continue Reading...]
Miranda Derrick is still dancing. Two days after Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult was released on Netflix, the doc's main subject is posting like nothing happened. On May 31, the influencer largely believed to be deeply embedded…[Continue Reading...]
Please excuse the typos. These are live updates from the courtroom. 7:47 a.m. Just got word that the jurors have decided to retire for the night. Court will resume at 8:30 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Still no updates! We’ve been waiting…[Continue Reading...]
A cult doomsday survivor is warning others about the red flags she missed after being recruited in Sydney when she was 21. Carli McConkey spent 13 years working for nothing, even enduring medical sterilisation while part of a doomsday cult…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors said Daybell, 55, lusted for "money, power and sex" and - together with his lover Lori Vallow - were involved in the deaths of two of her children and his wife Tammy Daybell. Now after two months of trial,…[Continue Reading...]
Shekinah Church International, founded by Robert Shinn in 1994, continues to operate despite numerous allegations of abuse and "cult-like" behavior. The church, originally established as a religious community for Korean Americans. In 2009, Lydia Chung filed a lawsuit against Shekinah…[Continue Reading...]
An Australian has shared a heartbreaking plea after revealing they were “one of the last Anne Hamilton-Byrne child survivors” — a reference to the notorious doomsday cult that operated outside Melbourne between 1963 and 1989. The survivor posted anonymously in…[Continue Reading...]
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