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Author Sarah Strohmeyer On Her Favourite Cults

Published July 1, 2025 By admin

Guest post written by A Mother Always Knows author Sarah Strohmeyer Sarah Strohmeyer is a bestselling and award-winning novelist whose books include We Love to Entertain, Do I Know You?, The Secrets of Lily Graves, How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True, Smart Girls Get…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell says in jailhouse interview that she never hurt anyone and will be freed

Published July 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged convicted murderer, cult mom, interview, Lori Vallow

PHOENIX — Lori Vallow Daybell is still in love with her husband, believes the two will be exonerated and says she did not know her children were buried on Chad Daybell’s property. The convicted killer spoke with EastIdahoNews.com on her…[Continue Reading...]

Dossier of information about protestors sent to council by Church of Scientology, says leader

Published July 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Scientology protests, Scientologists, Scientology, UK

The Church of Scientology sent personal information to Mid Sussex District Council about a number of people who have protested outside its East Grinstead HQ. During a meeting of the cabinet on Monday (June 30), Robert Eggleston, leader of the…[Continue Reading...]

Russia jails ‘Jesus of Siberia’ sect leader for 12 years for harming followers

Published July 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Church of the Last Testament, criminal conviction, cult, cult leader, prison sentence, Russia, Sergei Torop, Vissarion

A Russian sect leader who claimed he was Jesus Christ reincarnated was sentenced to 12 years in a prison camp on Monday after being convicted of harming his followers' health and financial affairs. Sergei Torop, a former traffic policeman known…[Continue Reading...]

Cook County jury faults polygamist cult leaders for $834,000

Published July 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, debt collection, FLDS, Minnesota, personal infjury judgement, Polygamist cult, Warren Jeffs

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — The imprisoned leader of a notorious polygamist sect fraudulently transferred $834,000 to his brother in an effort to hide the money from one of his victims. That was the verdict reached Friday afternoon by a seven-member…[Continue Reading...]

Who are the Zizians?

Published July 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult, cult leader, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Zizians

A cult-like group referred to as the Zizians is linked to a string of violent deaths across the U.S. It has its roots in Silicon Valley – and a movement called Rationalism. Who are these groups and what do they…[Continue Reading...]

Search expands for two missing Idaho teens, feared to be with the FLDS

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged FLDS, Idaho, missing children, Polygamist cult

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — The search for two missing Idaho teens, who are the subject of an Amber Alert, has expanded into Colorado and South Dakota. Rachelle Fischer, 15, and Allen Fisher, 13, were last seen on the evening of…[Continue Reading...]

Clearwater seeks clarity on possible downtown road sale to Scientology

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Clearwater, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology

CLEARWATER — City Council members agreed June 25 to seek a legal opinion on what terms they can attach to the proposed sale of city-owned land downtown to the Church of Scientology without opening themselves to legal liability. The request…[Continue Reading...]

‘Jesus of Siberia’ Cult Leader Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, cult leader, prison sentence, Russia, Sergei Torop, Vissarion

A court in Novosibirsk on Monday sentenced a Siberian cult leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ to 12 years in prison for harming the mental and physical health of his followers. Sergei Torop, a former traffic…[Continue Reading...]

Cults and Coercive Control

Published June 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

For over 65 years, the Geelong Revival Center, an extremist Pentecostal network led by founder Noel Hollins, has faced accusations of being a cult. With Hollins’ death in 2024, the church remains under strict leadership, sparking calls for investigations under…[Continue Reading...]