Jodi Hildebrandt — the business partner of mommy YouTube vlogger Ruby Franke who was arrested alongside her and accused of child abuse — once spilled details about a therapy patient to the Mormon Church, according to Utah state documents. Hildebrandt…[Continue Reading...]
A recent survey finds an increasing number of churchgoers in the United States subscribe to beliefs associated with the prosperity gospel. “In the last five years, far more churchgoers are reflecting prosperity gospel teachings,” says Scott McConnell, executive director of…[Continue Reading...]
For the Cult issue, it’d be pretty weird if we didn’t interview a cult specialist to find out how to start a running cult. That was the planned approach for this interview with cult deprogrammer Rick Ross: make out like…[Continue Reading...]
Cristiano Ronaldo promotes the Herbalife brand, whose “products have been linked to serious negative health effects.” This is perhaps the only positive news on Twitter, or rather on X, since Elon Musk took control of the social network. From now…[Continue Reading...]
Catherine Oxenberg spent seven years desperately trying to rescue her daughter from a cult. Finally when her daughter was safe, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief - but the trauma took an extensive toll on her body. It all started…[Continue Reading...]
The co-hosts of a popular podcast about cults and cult-like behavior have parted ways after one dropped a lawsuit against the other. Amanda Montell, the author of Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism, and her co-host, comedian Isa Medina, released a…[Continue Reading...]
Stranger Things touched on the Satanic Panic that took hold in the 1980s. It was about more than D&D – here’s the real history. When Satanic Panic comes up in gaming circles, it’s usually a joke about the overreaction to D&D in…[Continue Reading...]
A leader of the Proud Boys who led the far-right organization’s infamous march to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison – among the longest sentences handed down yet for a convicted…[Continue Reading...]
On the same day that six parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy asked a judge to put Alex Jones on a budget for his “egregious spending” during his bankruptcy case, Jones himself asked the court for a…[Continue Reading...]
You can now include the Church of Scientology alongside big tech firms like Apple and tractor makers John Deere for groups that have opposed the right to repair. Earlier this month, Authors Services, Inc., the organization that represents the late…[Continue Reading...]
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