OSAKA (TR) – Earlier this year, law enforcement arrested female fortuneteller Yoshie Hamada, 63, who calls herself “the Creator,” for allegedly instigating two of her male followers to commit suicide by drowning in Wakayama Prefecture five years ago. The trial…[Continue Reading...]
At first glance, Netflix’s The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies doesn’t have a clear, specific framework. The eight-episode docu-series is a follow-up to 2023’s In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal, expanding its focus beyond Korean cults to…[Continue Reading...]
Human rights groups have sounded the alarm over delays in the exhumation of bodies in Kwa Binzaro Village, Kilifi County, warning they will seek legal action if the government goes ahead with plans to bury victims of the first Shakahola…[Continue Reading...]
A man in his 30s hanged himself inside his home in central Nasiriyah, on Friday, according to a security source. Preliminary investigations link the suicide to the outlawed “Qurban” cult, whose members promote extremist beliefs and rituals, including self-sacrifice. Authorities…[Continue Reading...]
Something we know all too well is that Mormonism and queerness just don’t mix. We’ve talked about “ex-gay” mormons before—who aren’t actually ex-gay at all—as well as Mormons who remain married to their wives, despite openly cruising other dudes. But…[Continue Reading...]
Nearly 13 years after a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 children and six adults dead, the far-right media empire that falsely claimed it was a hoax may finally be headed for a sale. On Wednesday,…[Continue Reading...]
Hearings for an Australia-first parliamentary inquiry into cults wrapped up on 31 July after submissions from Victorians all over the state, including one influential case from the Yarra Ranges. The inquiry will investigate the recruitment methods and impacts of cults…[Continue Reading...]
Kilifi County Criminal Investigations Officer (CCIO), Robert Kiinge, confirmed that the operation will be led by the Homicide Division of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). On Thursday, homicide and forensic officers met in Malindi and confirmed that the exercise…[Continue Reading...]
The Justice Department said Thursday it will seek the death penalty against a member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont in the latest Trump administration push for more federal executions. Teresa…[Continue Reading...]
A family of 12, including two parents and 10 children, has left the extremist Haredi sect Lev Tahor in Guatemala and arrived safely in Israel, authorities said Thursday. The family is receiving support from social services and other relevant government…[Continue Reading...]
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