Sometimes, desperation can lead people into trouble. This isn’t to say that desperation is a negative trait, because it’s something you genuinely feel at a specific moment due to your circumstances. For example, when I was in school, I was…[Continue Reading...]
The Cult Education Institute has assembled one of the largest archives of information about controversial groups, some called "cults," and related information on the Web. This archive contains thousands of press articles, court documents, and essays. Collections of articles pertaining…[Continue Reading...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Amare Global Holdings Inc., its chief executive officer, a founding distributor, and the company’s former chief science officer, alleging the multilevel marketing company falsely promoted dietary supplements as…[Continue Reading...]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Defense Department slashed its religious designations list from over 200 choices to only 31 — a major reduction in the number of religious affiliations it officially recognizes. In doing so, the department reclassified The…[Continue Reading...]
The art critic who died surrounded by pills and a liquor bottle in a Brazilian hotel room was traumatized from her time in a hellish boarding school where she was forced to eat her own vomit during stomach-churning humiliation rituals.…[Continue Reading...]
Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe has agreed to file charges against Buddhist monks arrested over various crimes under the names listed on their birth certificates, provided the respective sect (nikaya) of such monks take steps to disrobe them. The agreement between…[Continue Reading...]
There is a delicacy and there is a purpose to making a movie that tells the story of a cult, especially when telling the story of Heaven’s Gate, the cult that is responsible for the highest casualty rate by mass…[Continue Reading...]
When Catherine McDougall visited her daughter for the last time, she knew something was wrong. In 2007, Chantelle McDougall, 27, and her six-year-old daughter Leela were living in an isolated farmhouse in Nannup, a three-hour drive south of Perth, with…[Continue Reading...]
British women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape, assault and coercive control have questioned why the self-professed misogynistic influencer has appeared in Russia as UK authorities continue to hold off on seeking his extradition. Tate admires Vladimir Putin and…[Continue Reading...]
A 29-year-old IIT graduate has been arrested in Mathura for posing as a spiritual guru, sexually exploiting young women, and using photographs and videos of the acts to blackmail them and their families. The accused, identified as Abhishek Mishra of…[Continue Reading...]
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