March 26, 1997 was a bad day for a lot of people. It was a bad day for the family and friends of 39 Heaven’s Gate cult members, who learned that their loved ones had died in a mansion in…[Continue Reading...]
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Back in 2020, news broke that prominent evangelical Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife Becki were involved in a sex scandal.…[Continue Reading...]
Back in February I reported on trouble at Zrii -- the Deepak Chopra-endorsed multi-level marketing concern that peddles a "miracle juice" through a network of independent distributors. The company had terminated seven of its top distributors after a failed boardroom…[Continue Reading...]
Spotify Technology SA removed some podcasts of “The Alex Jones Show” from its service because they violated the streaming company’s hate-speech policies and subscribers complained about the content. The online music company, which relies on subscription revenue from its customers,…[Continue Reading...]
Based on nothing but the fact his two highest-grossing movies were released this side of 2018 and he’s been a fixture of the industry A-list since the summer of 1986, it would be fair to say Tom Cruise remains as…[Continue Reading...]
After years of allegations of forced labour, slavery, and sexual and physical abuse, the future of Gloriavale is being considered by its former residents. The Gloriavale Leavers' Trust has released a discussion document, where it asks what needs to happen…[Continue Reading...]
A leading journalist on cults doubts Gloriavale can be reformed and says it needs to be closed down. Anke Richter has been researching cults for more than a decade and is the author of Cult Trip: Inside the world of…[Continue Reading...]
Records show it was started as some kind of religious group by two school employees and a few former students. Gabriel Fielder has requested a chance to resign in lieu of termination after a report was made to Leesburg police…[Continue Reading...]
After experiencing a reckoning with her religious upbringing, Olivia Plath is doing her best to pick up the pieces. Olivia, 25, has starred on all five seasons of TLC’s Welcome to Plathville, a reality series about the Plath family in…[Continue Reading...]
To call L. Ron Hubbard a prolific writer is an extreme understatement. From 1934 to 1940, he regularly penned 70,000 to 100,000 words per month of pulp fiction under 15 different pseudonyms published in various magazines. Not to be constrained…[Continue Reading...]
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