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52 Former Cult Members Share How They Knew They Were In A Cult

Published May 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, former members, survivor stories

A few years ago, hundreds of people religiously followed their pastor into the woods, where they built a village. It had seemed like a no-brainer for many of them, who were offered parcels of land for less than $100. Little…[Continue Reading...]

22 People Who Woke Up One Day And Said, “Oh My God, I Think I’m In A Cult” Are Sharing Their Stories

Published May 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cul survivors, cults, pesonal stories

Warning: Some stories in this post mention mental health struggles, trauma, suicide ideation, child abuse, and abortion. 1."I was at a band rehearsal and dropped to the floor, all but screaming in pain from what turned out to be gallstones,…[Continue Reading...]

Death at the cross: Secret burials, ‘cult-like’ practices at Kenyan church

Published May 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, deaths, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

Opapo, Kenya – Perched in the grass alongside the Rongo-Homa Bay Road in Kenya’s Migori County, a rusted sign announces the Melkio St Joseph Missions of Messiah Church in Africa. Beyond it, a sandy path meets big blue and purple…[Continue Reading...]

‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Case Raises Question of What Constitutes Coercion

Published May 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged coercive control, criminal trial, cults, leaders, New York, Nicole Daedone, OneTaste, Rachel Cherwitz

The women arrived with dreams of rebirth, community and climax. Instead, they said, their twenties were ruined by working at OneTaste, a buzzy San Francisco company that billed itself as a health and education start-up promoting female empowerment via “orgasmic…[Continue Reading...]

Philly Anti-Scientology Lawyer Suspended for Sexual Relationship With Client

Published May 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brian Kent, lawyer, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Scientologists, Scientology, suspension

Philadelphia lawyer Brian Kent has spent his entire career investigating sex crimes and allegations of sexual abuse. Before entering the private sector, he was a Montgomery County prosecutor who focused on sex crimes. At his Center City firm Laffey Bucci…[Continue Reading...]

Brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate face rape and trafficking charges in the UK

Published May 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Andrew Tate, rape charges, sex trafficking charges, UK

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been charged in the UK with rape, human trafficking, and other offences, British prosecutors said on Wednesday. The Crown Prosecution Service stated that a European arrest warrant had been issued last year, and…[Continue Reading...]

‘A complete subversion of a personal relationship’

Published May 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control, criminal law, domestic abuse, UK

A victim of domestic abuse has spoken out, a decade after coercive control became a criminal offence in the UK, about how long it took her to realise her ex-husband was abusing her. Alice, which is not her real name,…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell: ‘Doomsday Mom’ files motion to remove judge from her Arizona case

Published May 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal trial, cult mom, cults, Lori Vallow

PHOENIX - Just days ahead of her second trial in Arizona, the so-called ‘Doomsday Mom’ has made another move aimed at removing the judge who is presiding over the case. According to legal documents we received, Lori Vallow Daybell has…[Continue Reading...]

This 1800s mansion housed America’s most successful cult; then things went wrong

Published May 29, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cults, John Humphrey Noyes, mansion, New York, Oneida Community

In the late 19th century, in this impressive New York State home, the utopian Oneida Community thrived for 30 years. This implausible Protestant Perfectionist community had hundreds of members; worldly possessions were universal, living quarters were shared, and everyone in the society raised…[Continue Reading...]

Inside dark anti-natalist ‘cult’ – suicides, ‘brainwashing’ and IVF clinic bomb

Published May 28, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged anti-natalist cult, bombing, California, cults, Palm Springs, Richard Barktus

An anti-natalist accused of bombing a fertility clinic wrote a chilling manifesto where he promised to “sterilise this planet of the disease of life.” Guy Bartkus, 25, was named as a suspect by the FBI in the horrific car bomb…[Continue Reading...]

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