It's scary to think about, but you might fall for a cult. Just ask "One Tree Hill" actress Bethany Joy Lenz. Lenz spent 10 years in a religious cult she calls the "Big House Family" – something she recounts in her…[Continue Reading...]
Now, we're no stranger to what cults can do and the brainwashing effects some of them can have. In fact, it makes for pretty good Netflix documentary series, and we're not against hearing about them through our own TV, but…[Continue Reading...]
When Gillie Jenkinson was in her early 20s she ended up in a religious group that developed into a cult. She says it was in the 1970s and creating 'community' was very popular, but one man soon took over the…[Continue Reading...]
HBO's latest true crime docuseries Breath of Fire is another saga of a spiritual community accused of cult-like behaviors. Based on Haley Phelan's Vanity Fair article "The Second Coming of Guru Jagat," the four-part series—which premiered on October 23, 2024,…[Continue Reading...]
With cloudy gray skies and autumn neigh, students flocked to Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum on Oct. 16 for Michelle Dowd PZ ’90’s talk “What I Learned from Foraging (And Surviving a Family Cult).” A Pitzer College alumna, Dowd is a…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — Apollo Quiboloy ordered the killing of some of his followers who had left the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) because “they knew too much” about his alleged sex crimes, such as grooming girls as young as 11…[Continue Reading...]
Two Thai families are attempting to take legal action against the leader of a “rainbow cult” in the Isaan province of Sisaket for allegedly promoting explicit behaviour and operating an investment scam. Members of two families visited Prang Ku Police…[Continue Reading...]
For four months, 7NEWS journalist Nick Overall has been investigating the secretive religious movement Shincheonji (SCJ), which originates in South Korea and has a growing presen ...view more[Continue Reading...]
A Malaysian conglomerate under investigation for child abuse and money laundering eluded authorities for years by hiding behind a thriving global Islamic business network, according to police and the company's now-offline website. Horrific allegations of child sexual assault came to…[Continue Reading...]
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