Five extremists were sentenced for their connection to a young child’s death and terrorism plot against the United States. Four of them — Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, his sisters Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhanah Wahhaj, and Subhanah’s husband, Lucas Morton — must…[Continue Reading...]
Those of you with a penchant for the macabre, like me, might be pretty familiar with some of the more infamous cults throughout history. We have seen many of them come and go, sometimes with tragic stories ending in scandals,…[Continue Reading...]
A chilling cult convinced 39 people to end their lives to "board an alien spaceship" for a new life among the stars. The leader of Heaven's Gate filled the minds of his followers with strange beliefs and, after an anonymous…[Continue Reading...]
Today is Tuesday, March 26, the 86th day of 2024. There are 280 days left in the year. In 1997, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate techno-religious cult who committed suicide were found inside a rented mansion…[Continue Reading...]
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday began releasing the bodies of victims of a doomsday starvation cult, almost a year since the discovery of mass graves in a grisly case that shocked the world. One family received four bodies that were loaded…[Continue Reading...]
A New York judge has ruled that Reddit and YouTube must confront lawsuits accusing them of contributing to the radicalization of an 18-year-old who perpetrated a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. The tragic incident, which resulted in the loss of…[Continue Reading...]
The teenager who seriously wounded an Orthodox Jewish man in an antisemitic stabbing attack in Zurich earlier this month was radicalized on the internet while living in Tunisia, Swiss police announced on Monday. The 50-year-old victim, who has not been…[Continue Reading...]
Kody Brown is the bane of Sister Wives existence due to his seemingly narcissistic ways. During Season 1, the patriarch bragged about how great it was to be a practicing polygamist, but his children never seemed enamored by the practice.…[Continue Reading...]
When it comes to The Church of Scientology, you’ve most likely heard about both its celebrity followers and its wacky ideas about space battles (for example, Lord Xenu, the intergalactic warrior you can only get the full scoop on once…[Continue Reading...]
Whether you’re a first time watcher or a veteran, there’s no denying it: cult documentaries are wildly fascinating. That’s probably why the genre — much like the meteoric rise of its cousin, true crime — has grown so rapidly in…[Continue Reading...]
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