An actor has spoken about his family's experience in a cult after landing a role as a cult leader on Coronation Street. Emrhys Cooper, who grew up near Totnes in Devon, has been playing sinister guru Rowan Cunliffe on the…[Continue Reading...]
It's scary to think about, but you might fall for a cult. Just ask "One Tree Hill" actress Bethany Joy Lenz. Lenz spent 10 years in a religious cult she calls the "Big House Family" – something she recounts in her…[Continue Reading...]
Now, we're no stranger to what cults can do and the brainwashing effects some of them can have. In fact, it makes for pretty good Netflix documentary series, and we're not against hearing about them through our own TV, but…[Continue Reading...]
When Gillie Jenkinson was in her early 20s she ended up in a religious group that developed into a cult. She says it was in the 1970s and creating 'community' was very popular, but one man soon took over the…[Continue Reading...]
HBO's latest true crime docuseries Breath of Fire is another saga of a spiritual community accused of cult-like behaviors. Based on Haley Phelan's Vanity Fair article "The Second Coming of Guru Jagat," the four-part series—which premiered on October 23, 2024,…[Continue Reading...]
With cloudy gray skies and autumn neigh, students flocked to Claremont McKenna College’s Athenaeum on Oct. 16 for Michelle Dowd PZ ’90’s talk “What I Learned from Foraging (And Surviving a Family Cult).” A Pitzer College alumna, Dowd is a…[Continue Reading...]
For four months, 7NEWS journalist Nick Overall has been investigating the secretive religious movement Shincheonji (SCJ), which originates in South Korea and has a growing presen ...view more[Continue Reading...]
"One Tree Hill" star Bethany Joy Lenz said that the cult she was part of for 10 years took $2 million from her checking account, leaving her with $220,000 and struggling to make ends meet. Lenz wrote about her experience…[Continue Reading...]
The Charity Commission has taken action against a Scientology-linked addiction charity with “a range of shortfalls”, according to reports from the Observer. Narconon UK, which runs a private drug and alcohol addiction rehab facility in rural East Sussex, has been…[Continue Reading...]
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