A Malaysian online series about a fictional Islamic cult has topped a billion streams across local users and in Indonesia, with its disturbing depiction of a predatory cult leader igniting strong emotions and debate among Muslims in Southeast Asia. Bidaah…[Continue Reading...]
For fans of true crime or those who were around when Charles Manson became the infamous cult leader he is known as today, Manson’s involvement in the music industry is pretty wild. Before people realized just how horrible he was,…[Continue Reading...]
A Wisconsin teenager accused of murdering his parents followed a neo-Nazi “cult” and hoped to further a plot to overthrow the U.S. government, including killing President Donald Trump, prosecutors say. Nikita Casap, 17, is accused of killing his mother Tatiana…[Continue Reading...]
In the ongoing second trial of Lori Vallow Daybell in Arizona, Rachel Smith, a veteran prosecutor who played a key role in securing the first conviction against Vallow Daybell in Idaho, has weighed in on the proceedings. Representing herself, Vallow…[Continue Reading...]
Doctors in Argentina were already on high alert when a pregnant Russian woman showed up at the hospital on March 21 with two other women to give birth. Hospital staff in the Patagonian city of Bariloche had seen them before…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX (CN) — Witnesses in the murder trial of Lori Vallow Daybell say the defendant preached “bizarre” spirituality before her ex-husband was murdered. “Lori told me she was in the process of transferring from a mortal human being to an…[Continue Reading...]
In a quiet courtroom in Guatemala, the fate of 140 Jewish children—described by their relatives as “hostages”—hangs in the balance. Rescued from the radical Jewish sect Lev Tahor in a dramatic police operation in December 2024, these minors are now…[Continue Reading...]
It's been thirty years since the sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway by the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo in 1995. When police raided Aum's facilities, more than 100 children were found living in terrible conditions. Records obtained by…[Continue Reading...]
The world’s largest Christian youth missionary organization, Youth With a Mission (YWAM), is facing allegations of spiritual abuse in a new investigation from The Observer. The British publication alleges the ministry has significant safeguarding failures, regular occurrences of public shaming,…[Continue Reading...]
Panamanian authorities rescued 11 children from a remote indigenous community in the Ngäbe Buglé region on Tuesday, uncovering what appears to be a disturbing case of abuse linked to a religious sect. The operation, conducted by the National Aeronaval Service…[Continue Reading...]
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