Caty Reay was brought up in a cult known as the Curly Thornton Ministries, started by evangelist and politician Emmett "Curly" Thornton who reportedly beat and sexually abused his followers. Reay experienced sexual abuse at an early age. For Reay…[Continue Reading...]
The phrase “not an obvious cult” doesn’t really get thrown around too much. Something either is a cult, or isn’t. And yet .. .there always seems to be some sort of grey area, especially when it comes to the self-help…[Continue Reading...]
A Kenyan court has charged cult leader cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 94 suspected accomplices with manslaughter over the deaths of more than 200 people. Mackenzie and his co-accused – including the self-proclaimed pastor's wife – pleaded not guilty to…[Continue Reading...]
Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.…[Continue Reading...]
A woman has candidly revealed what life was like inside a polygamist Mormon cult after she became the 65th wife of its polygamist pedophile leader Warren Jeffs. Briell Decker appeared on a recent episode of the Cults To Consciousness podcast to discuss…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, Kenya — Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 30 of his followers were presented in a Kenyan court in the coastal town of Malindi on Wednesday to face charges of murdering 191 children. Mackenzie and the other suspects did…[Continue Reading...]
Faith Bistline grew up a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and there’s something she wants everyone to know about it. “I hope that they see that the FLDS is a criminal organization. Straight up,”…[Continue Reading...]
A chilling revelation has been made by former members of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) Church, Sam and Melissa, on the ‘Cults To Consciousness’ podcast. The duo shed light on how the sect’s leader, Warren Jeffs, continues to command…[Continue Reading...]
ST. ANTHONY — Chad Daybell’s lawyer will remain on his client’s case after a judge denied a motion Thursday by the attorney to withdraw. John Prior has been Daybell’s defense attorney since May 2021 after a grand jury indicted Daybell…[Continue Reading...]
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected Nathan Chasing Horse's request for another hearing to have the sex abuse case against him dismissed. Chasing Horse's attorney, Kristy Holston, filed a petition for a rehearing on Jan. 2,…[Continue Reading...]
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