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Kenyan suspect in religious cult deaths dies in custody after hunger strike

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MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan accused of involvement in the deaths of hundreds of members of a starvation cult has died after a 10-day hunger strike in police custody, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Joseph Buyuka was among 30…[Continue Reading...]

Allison Mack Files for Divorce From Wife Nicki Clyne Amid NXIVM Case

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The Smallville alum, 38, submitted the paperwork to the Orange County Superior Court in California on Friday, December 11, according to court records obtained by Us Weekly. Mack and the Battlestar Galactica alum, 37, tied the knot in 2017. The…[Continue Reading...]

Synanon rehab center turned from helping to brainwashing with ‘communal living experiment,’ docuseries reveals

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A California rehabilitation foundation for people addicted to heroin transformed into a "communal living experiment" with cult-like tendencies in the 1950s, according to a new documentary series. Charles Diedrich, a former alcoholic, initially founded his storefront rehabilitation center in Santa…[Continue Reading...]

Shocking differences between Doomsday author Chad Daybell & cult mom Lori Vallow murder trials as he risks death penalty

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THE trials of Doomsday husband and wife Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow face some stark differences that could have major consequences. Chad started his trial for the 2019 murders of his ex-wife Tammy Daybell and Lori’s two children on April…[Continue Reading...]

Emotional funeral for family of Kenya cult victims

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STORY: The bodies of more than 400 members of the Good News International Church were found and exhumed from the Shakahola forest in southeastern Kenya last year, in one of the world's worst cult-related tragedies of recent decades. Only 35…[Continue Reading...]

Inside the Murderous Plot of a Stockbroker Turned Killer Cult Leader

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In affluent Marin County, California, violent crime was seldom seen. But on Aug. 3, 2000, police responded to a secluded studio apartment tucked behind a family home after reports of gunshots. Inside, two bodies lay in the bedroom: Jenny Villarin,…[Continue Reading...]

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