Over the holiday season, many tune in to fuzzy Hallmark romances or Christmas classics. I watch documentaries about cults. The Heaven’s Gate “UFO Cult” became famous in the 1990s after 39 members quietly overdosed themselves in a California mansion, believing…[Continue Reading...]
It’s common when a year comes to an end that people look back and reflect on where they’ve been, what they’ve been through, and where they hope to go in the future. In doing that herself, soap alum Melissa Archer…[Continue Reading...]
TOPEKA — Susan Leighnor expressed frustration on Wednesday state law enforcement agencies had yet to release findings of an investigation launched nearly four years ago by the attorney general into alleged sexual misconduct by members of the Catholic clergy in…[Continue Reading...]
Two more people have filed lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by a Roman Catholic clergy member and a nun — both deceased — raising the number to over a dozen since Maine loosened the statute of limitations last year. One of…[Continue Reading...]
The House January 6 committee released a transcript of its January 2022 interview with far-right conspiracist theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones on Wednesday, confirming that he had extensively asserted his Fifth Amendment rights under questioning from investigators. Jones attended…[Continue Reading...]
A Google contractor settled a lawsuit that claimed he suffered religious discrimination from a sect that had gained a foothold in Google’s workplace, The New York Times reported. The suit involved a worker in a business unit called Google Developer…[Continue Reading...]
A Tokyo court has given a guilty verdict to five members of a group claiming to be the Japanese arm of U.S. conspiracy cult QAnon, for forcing their way into local coronavirus vaccination sites earlier this year. On Thursday, the…[Continue Reading...]
KINGSTON, Piute County — A nephew of imprisoned cult leader Warren Jeffs is accused of taking his sister's young daughter and not allowing her to be returned to her biological parents. Heber Pearson Jeffs, 54, of Kingston, Piute County, was…[Continue Reading...]
Tampa -- A young bride and a self-proclaimed psychic have been accused of conning $1 million from the bride’s 78-year-old husband back in 2017. The bride, Lin Halfon, was being told by her psychic, Jaycee Wasso, that horrible things would…[Continue Reading...]
When it comes to predicting conspiracy beliefs, much of the literature focuses on political partisanship. But new research published in American Politics Research, suggests that there are other more important factors. The national study revealed that anti-social personality traits, anti-establishment orientations,…[Continue Reading...]
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