It started with one family. Then another arrived, then another. Soon there were enough of them to begin clearing a section of the forest, cutting down the moringa and acacia trees, and uprooting thick shrubs. The forest, known as Shakahola,…[Continue Reading...]
A year after school teacher Francis Wanje lost eight family members to a Kenyan doomsday cult, he is still reckoning with the horror and haunted by unanswered questions. His daughter was one of 429 people whose bodies were exhumed last…[Continue Reading...]
In April 2023, following a missing-person report filed by a man whose wife and daughter had left their home to join a church owned by preacher Paul Mackenzie, Kenyan police raided Mackenzie’s 800-acre commune in Shakahola forest on Kenya’s coast…[Continue Reading...]
BOISE, Idaho — Melanie Gibb, the former best friend of Lori Vallow Daybell, testified Thursday about multiple disturbing conversations she had with Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell in the months before and during the murders of Vallow Daybell’s husband and…[Continue Reading...]
In 1991, the Church of Scientology was made aware of the fact that a 16-year-old girl was being regularly sexually abused by a 26-year-old Sea Org member. Naturally, instead of reporting this to police, the CoS told the girl that…[Continue Reading...]
Tom Cruise has banned his ex-wife Nicole Kidman from the wedding of their son Connor, who they adopted in the mid-1990s, during their marriage. When Kidman split from Cruise in 2001, she also left the Church of Scientology, of which…[Continue Reading...]
The Real Housewives of New York City may have found its most controversial cast member yet in fashion designer and avowed Scientologist Rebecca Minkoff. The 43-year-old's entry into the franchise is a shock considering Bravo's recent efforts to sanitize the series…[Continue Reading...]
This story discusses details of sexual abuse. A victim advocate says police are investigating multiple reports of historical child sexual abuse within a secretive house-church that has operated in New Zealand for over a century and is being investigated by…[Continue Reading...]
A year after school teacher Francis Wanje lost eight family members to a Kenyan doomsday cult, he is still reckoning with the horror and haunted by unanswered questions. His daughter was one of 429 people whose bodies were exhumed last…[Continue Reading...]
A former Yeezy staffer told Rolling Stone the culture at the company was like a cult. More than a dozen former Adidas and Yeezy employees spoke to the publication about their experiences at Yeezy. The collaboration between West and the sportswear…[Continue Reading...]
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