Barbara Hoyt once belonged to one of America’s most infamous “families.” Hoyt was a follower of charismatic cult leader Charles Manson in the late 1960s. The Manson Family, as the group was often called, though they had no relation to…[Continue Reading...]
The late great Philip Seymour Hoffman once said, "You can look at anything as a cult." And while that is probably true, the actual definition of a cult according to the American Psychological Association does have more information. A cult…[Continue Reading...]
The trial of Eligio Bishop, suspected leader of what prosecutors label an abuse-ridden cult known as Carbon Nation, is reaching its climax in DeKalb County, with the prosecution wrapping up its case. Bearing witness to the gravity of the accusations,…[Continue Reading...]
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The trial for an accused cult leader in DeKalb County will recess until Thursday morning because a courtroom official tested positive for COVID-19. Eligio Bishop is accused of raping a female follower and posting…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros is not backing down on her move to subpoena Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” and leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC). Hontiveros, in a statement on Tuesday, insisted…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Kenyan magistrate Tuesday ordered the main suspect in a doomsday starvation cult and 94 of his followers to receive emergency care after some of the suspects had to be carried into the courtroom to answer manslaughter…[Continue Reading...]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - After three full days of testimony, the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office rested its case Monday night in the rape trial of an accused cult leader. Prosecutors accused Eligio Bishop of assaulting a woman who tried…[Continue Reading...]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Court TV) — Testimony is underway in the trial of a man accused of heading up a polygamist cult. Eligio Bishop faces charges of rape, false imprisonment, and sending sexually explicit electronic transmissions without consent. Bishop, 41,…[Continue Reading...]
Cults are not unique to the United States, but there is a long history of cults in America. "Compared to other developed nations, the U.S. does have this consistent relationship with cults," Amanda Montell, author of "Cultish: The Language of…[Continue Reading...]
Mothers of children feared to have been 'abducted' by the followers of Warren Jeffs' radical polygamous cult say they have been given renewed hope of finding their loved ones as private investigators chase leads in Utah. The distraught moms, themselves…[Continue Reading...]
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