I don't know how to heal religious trauma. How do you begin to piece through decades of devotion? When the house of your belief is burned to the ground, the work of turning over the rubble, looking for valuables is…[Continue Reading...]
These days, the world of true crime is vast, expansive and seemingly never-ending. We have grisly murders and thieves, white collar crimes and cover ups, stings and mysterious cold cases. But if there’s one particular corner of true crime that…[Continue Reading...]
Earth's greatest minds have known our world is round since at least as far back as the day Pythagoras made his calculations in ancient Greece over 2,000 years ago. But as you might have guessed from fighting with relatives and…[Continue Reading...]
Geoff and Robbie Levin were living the rock ‘n’ roll dream in the late ‘60s. Their San Jose band People! was opening shows for The Doors and The Who, and had appeared on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” while their catchy…[Continue Reading...]
Cults are equally fascinating and terrifying for many people, so it’s no wonder they are one of the most explored phenomena in our media. But what are some of the best? That’s what one film fan looking for movies about…[Continue Reading...]
Tava Zahorka Nicholson cannot recall many details of her upbringing. “I did not and still do not remember my childhood to this day, I remember bits and pieces,” she said. Zahorka Nicholson’s family was part of a largely unknown Christian…[Continue Reading...]
Multi-level marketing companies sometimes face allegations of operating as pyramid schemes, in part because of how they’re structured. In both illegal pyramid schemes and legal multi-level marketing companies, sales representatives sell products or services while recruiting people to join them.…[Continue Reading...]
“It’s a messed-up world,” a minor character observes near the start of Sound of Freedom, Alejandro Monteverde’s piously sensationalised thriller about the battle against child sex traffickers. Thankfully, there are men who have what it takes to clean up some…[Continue Reading...]
A former principal of an Australian ultra-Orthodox Jewish School has been jailed for 15 years for sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer was in April found guilty of 18 sexual offences against sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper. They include…[Continue Reading...]
When I was a kid, my big brother Chris was my universe. He was handsome, musically gifted and an A student ― the complete package. Our cultural differences marked our age difference. Chris was The Beatles and The Band; I…[Continue Reading...]
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