Sebastian Shemirani thinks back often to the warning he gave five years ago. Speaking on a BBC podcast he called his mother, the British former nurse and conspiracy theorist Kate Shemirani, a danger to society. “I said someone is going…[Continue Reading...]
Cults have been known to hide in the shadowy recesses of society, offering promises of enlightenment and solidarity to the most vulnerable. These promises are certainly compelling, but behind the facade of unity and purpose lies a darker reality–a complex…[Continue Reading...]
A cult typically consists of a group of people who follow a strong leader or strict beliefs, and its members are heavily controlled. This includes everything from how they think, act, and even who they talk to. People describe being…[Continue Reading...]
Police arrested a Manhattan woman for allegedly stealing nearly $90,000 through the seldom enforced crime of fortune telling, according to police and court documents. And a former New York cop-turned-psychic-hunter said he was instrumental in the arrest. Pamela Ufie, 29,…[Continue Reading...]
NESBIT, Miss. - Authorities arrested a priest in training in DeSoto County as part of a child exploitation operation, according to DeSoto County Sheriff Thomas Tuggle. Tuggle said detectives with the department's Internet Crimes Against Children Division executed a search…[Continue Reading...]
The 14 mayors in the Twente region have issued an urgent letter to the national government, calling for stricter regulations on cults. Among other things, they want cult leaders and abuse to be dealt with more firmly and are calling…[Continue Reading...]
Imagine you’re a pregnant teenager in 1972. Abortion isn’t an option, and you’re not ready to get married … so you might turn to a maternity home for unwed mothers. You’ll live there until the baby is born, then give…[Continue Reading...]
The daughter of a New Jersey police chief claims he repeatedly raped her for more than a decade as part of a “ritualistic” cult allegedly involving their neighbors, according to a shocking lawsuit she filed. Courtney Tamagny’s allegations against Leonia…[Continue Reading...]
MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal jury was right to convict Canadian fraudster Patrice Runner, a Second Circuit panel ruled Wednesday, rejecting Runner’s argument that it was his customers’ fault for believing false claims of “magic” from his astrology business. The…[Continue Reading...]
WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PA — A Pittsburgh-area man has been accused of sexually assaulting two children in an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual abuse by members of Jehovah's Witnesses congregations in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced that Timothy Willochell,…[Continue Reading...]
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