Cult-related violence is posing serious security challenges to schools, communities and businesses, leading to the death of many people, including a senior police officer working in the Niger Delta region.Investigations by LEADERSHIP Sunday show that the violence is mostly confined…[Continue Reading...]
FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho (Court TV) — Prosecutors preparing their case against Chad Daybell have asked a judge to reconsider his decision, for a third time, to move the trial out of Fremont County. Chad Daybell is charged with murder and…[Continue Reading...]
After graduating from college and claiming to have found enlightenment, in 1970, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh introduced the practice of "dynamic meditation" and became a spiritual teacher and began to attract a significant following. When his controversial teachings put him repeatedly…[Continue Reading...]
TAMPA, Fla. - Nov. 18 is always a dark day on Olga Booker's calendar. "Nov. 18, 1978, they all committed suicide with the Kool-Aid lacing," recalled Booker. They, meaning the 900 followers of the People's Temple, led by the smooth-talking…[Continue Reading...]
On November 18, 1978, an inexplicable act of evil occurred in the remote Jungles of Guyana, South America, resulting in the deaths of 913 people; including 276 children, 40 of them infants. It is never too late in life or…[Continue Reading...]
A female sect leader has been jailed for life for the murder of a four-year-old boy who she believed was the reincarnation of Hitler. The woman, who is now aged 76, was handed the sentence after the Frankfurt district court…[Continue Reading...]
The lawyer for Nathan Chasing Horse has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to drop all charges against the “Dances With Wolves” actor and self-described medicine man. Chasing Horse has been jailed in Las Vegas since his January arrest in southern…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors in the Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow-Daybell triple murder case filed a motion on Monday stating that there is no court order restricting contact between the married couple. In January, the court denied Vallow-Daybell and Chad Daybell from meeting face…[Continue Reading...]
The 'evil' head of a paedophile cult who preyed on young children for more than a decade could be freed in a parole hearing earmarked for the new year. Sexual predator Colin Batley, then 48, was given an indeterminate sentence…[Continue Reading...]
What is it that draws people into the sinister depths of cults? Is it the allure of the unknown, the promise of enlightenment, or the hypnotic charisma of a leader? While it’s hard to believe that anyone could fall victim…[Continue Reading...]
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