Chess.com's Chief Chess Officer and co-founder, IM Danny Rensch, has released his first book, Dark Squares, a raw and deeply personal memoir about growing up in an abusive cult, how chess became his lifeline, and the journey that helped him…[Continue Reading...]
NEW DELHI: In a major relief to Bollywood actor Alok Nath, the Supreme Court on Tuesday in its order protected him from arrest in connection with a fraud case related to an alleged shady marketing scheme in Haryana. "No coercive…[Continue Reading...]
Deranged killer mum Constance Marten suffered months of sheer torment in a twisted Nigerian cult where a warped preacher compelled frightened followers to address him as "daddy" after delivering the bone-chilling warning: "I'll be your new father now." Shocking footage…[Continue Reading...]
Decades before Charles Manson’s followers spread terror in Los Angeles and Jim Jones orchestrated mass suicide in Guyana, a bearded mystic named Thomas Lake Harris preached salvation in the hills above Santa Rosa. He claimed to speak with spirits, rewrote…[Continue Reading...]
It started out as a routine workday at the buttoned-up offices of Dream Exchange, a fledgling stock exchange outside Chicago. Then Charlie Bills showed up. In flip-flops. Bills was there last summer to see Joe Cecala, the company’s founder and…[Continue Reading...]
A psychotherapist says she believes there are potentially cult-like characteristics to the life Tom Phillips created on the run with his children. Phillips died in a shootout with police in the early morning of 8 September, and one of his…[Continue Reading...]
Han Hak-ja, leader of the Unification Church allegedly connected with the delivery of luxury gifts to ex-first lady Kim Keon Hee in exchange for favors, will voluntarily appear for questioning by a special counsel team this week after not heeding…[Continue Reading...]
Iraqi intelligence forces on Saturday detained three members of the outlawed “Qurban” sect, including a senior figure, in southern Dhi Qar province, a source told Shafaq News. Known also as al-Allahiya, Qurban is a fringe sect that venerates the first…[Continue Reading...]
A North Korea expert has analyzed that Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, should be regarded as designated successor to the North Korean leader. Kim Ju-ae previously attended the military parade for China’s Victory Day, making her official debut on a…[Continue Reading...]
The first trial of Jeon Seong-bae, nicknamed "Geonjin Bapsang," accused of receiving various requests and bribes from the Unification Church, will take place on the 23rd. The 33rd Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Lee Jin-kwan) has…[Continue Reading...]
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