Official dictionaries define “cult” as a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, such as satanic cults. Another definition is a misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing. In many of the more extreme cults, a charismatic leader…[Continue Reading...]
(NewsNation) — Ellen Huet, the first journalist to break the news about allegations that OneTaste was an abusive organization, discussed differences between NXIVM and OneTaste followers during a Monday appearance on NewsNation’s “Banfield.” NXIVM was a sex cult run by Keith Raniere.…[Continue Reading...]
MORE than 300 bodies have been discovered in a Kenyan forest after a doomsday cult starved themselves to death to "meet Jesus Christ" in April. Cops say the butchered and buried remains belong to followers of Paul Mackenzie, a taxi…[Continue Reading...]
Like many who read it, Zach Heinzerling was stunned by a 2019 New York magazine article that exposed the bizarre, cult-like control asserted by an ex-convict named Larry Ray over a group primarily of Sarah Lawrence College students he met…[Continue Reading...]
A burial permit dated January 28, 2022 and obtained by the Nation has revealed how Mackenzie was allowed to conduct burials for his murderous cult. The burial permit, with serial number 1722406, was issued to one Evans Sirya and also…[Continue Reading...]
The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. Two hours drive from Kenya’s coastal tourist town of Malindi, forensic teams turn off the tarred road into a thicket of thorn bush, entering a crime…[Continue Reading...]
Hundreds of bodies have been found in a Kenyan forest as part of an investigation into a religious cult that pushed its members to starve themselves. CNN's David McKenzie reports.[Continue Reading...]
A set of twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Adeleke, and a suspected cult leader, Ibrahim Qudus, arrested for the death of one Abiodun Apalara, said to be a member of Alora Confraternity and allegedly killed by some suspected members of Black…[Continue Reading...]
A Kenyan court has ordered 64 followers of a controversial starvation cult to undergo psychiatric evaluation as they continue to refuse to eat. The followers were charged with attempted suicide on Monday after persistently refusing meals offered to them following…[Continue Reading...]
BOISE, Idaho — East Idaho News reports that Lori Vallow Daybell was back in court on Thursday. Her attorneys filed a motion calling for a new trial based on three arguments. The first argument made by the defense is that…[Continue Reading...]
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