At an asking price of up to $1.65 million, the listing for the property in Victoria’s Dandenong Ranges boasts about three hectares of land, exotic European trees and “so many possibilities” – but there’s an unspoken catch. At one time,…[Continue Reading...]
The Ferny Creek property includes a hall formerly owned by a cult named The Family. Children in the religious group had their hair dyed blonde, as detailed in the ABC documentary series titled The Cult Of The Family. Right picture:…[Continue Reading...]
A 97-year-old man from central Japan has donated about 1,400 photos taken during his years of confronting the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. The former village of Kamikuishiki, currently the town of Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture, was once home to…[Continue Reading...]
In April, the so-called ‘Doomsday Mom’ was found guilty in April of conspiring with her brother, Alex Cox, to kill Charles Vallow. Charles was Vallow-Daybell's former husband at the time of the murder. For her second trial, Vallow Daybell is…[Continue Reading...]
SEATTLE — A woman charged in the January killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a Vermont traffic stop fired the bullet that struck him in the neck, authorities say in a new report. Another agent fired back during…[Continue Reading...]
Almost a month after the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult unleashed a devastating nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system on March 20, 1995, dozens of abused, famished children were rescued from its compound in Yamanashi Prefecture. The deadliest terrorist attack…[Continue Reading...]
Those of you with a penchant for the macabre, like me, might be pretty familiar with some of the more infamous Texas cults throughout history. We have seen many of them come and go, sometimes with tragic stories ending in scandals, shootouts, and…[Continue Reading...]
The Police in the Lake Zone City of Mwanza, in Tanzania, have once more apprehended ‘King Zumaridi,’ a lady who is a self-declared ‘God!’ Lady God Zumaridi, whose real names are Diana Edward Bundala, aged 42, was arrested at her…[Continue Reading...]
Guatemala's interior ministry confirmed on Thursday morning the release of four children from the grip of Lev Tahor, an ultra-orthodox Jewish sect known for its extreme and insular practices, residing in a compound in the Santa Rosa district. Interior Minister…[Continue Reading...]
On March 20 this year, people in Tokyo observed the 30th anniversary of the doomsday cult Aum Supreme Truth's nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Writing in Shukan Shincho (May 15), reporter Koji Kiyota relates the Aum's activities…[Continue Reading...]
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