BROOKLYN (CN) — On a drizzly Brooklyn Monday, potential jurors filed into a federal courtroom where sat Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz, two California women accused of abusing staff at a controversial organization that promoted sex acts — namely women’s…[Continue Reading...]
At 14, James* would lie awake at night, scrolling through forums that told him what he already feared: that he was broken, and no girl would ever want him. He started shaping himself into someone he thought they would notice.…[Continue Reading...]
WHEN Fiji was sold to disciples as the "promised land", they had no idea they were being indoctrinated into a "mind-controlling" cult. One that has allegedly encouraged its members to beat each other, and whose leader has been found guilty…[Continue Reading...]
Reddit users are pissed—and rightfully so. A group of AI researchers from the University of Zurich just got caught running an unauthorized psychological experiment on r/ChangeMyView, one of the site’s biggest debate communities, and no one who participated had any…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell says there were multiple problems with her Maricopa County, Arizona trial last month and she wants it redone. A jury found Daybell guilty of conspiracy to commit the murder of her fourth husband, Charles Vallow,…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors investigating allegations that shaman Jeon Seong-bae, known as “Geon Jin,” made illicit requests to former President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee are expanding their investigation to focus on a man surnamed Yoon, a former director-general…[Continue Reading...]
The Edo State Police Command has arrested 95 individuals in connection with a fresh surge of cult-related violence that has claimed multiple lives across the state in recent weeks. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s Public…[Continue Reading...]
It was only a matter of time before Churchome — the buzzy, Beverly Hills-based church led by Justin Bieber’s longtime spiritual advisor, Pastor Judah Smith — landed back in the headlines. On May 2, Smith found himself ambushed by paparazzi…[Continue Reading...]
Incredible moment when century-old family mystery was solved stunned experienced investigator A POLICE officer who uncovered a sick sex cult made an even more remarkable discovery 12 years later — by solving the 1886 killing of his great-great-grandmother. Utah-based Mike…[Continue Reading...]
In March 2025, the Tokyo District Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification — formerly the Unification Church — following decades of controversies surrounding its business practices and ‘spiritual sales’. While the Church has…[Continue Reading...]
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