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Zizians group member pleads not guilty to murder and other charges in Vermont border agent’s death

Published September 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Teresa Youngblut, Zizians

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A member of the cultlike Zizians group accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges Friday in her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the…[Continue Reading...]

Pamela Jones Escaped a Polygamous Mormon Cult in Mexico. But That Was Just the Beginning

Published September 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Polygamists, survivor story

I woke early, long before the sun was even a suggestion on the horizon. I’d barely slept all night, mind and heart racing in fear, preparing for this day that would change everything. When the day ended, I would be…[Continue Reading...]

‘Queen of Canada’ remanded in custody, will represent herself at bail hearing Monday

Published September 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Canada, criminal charges, cult leader, QAnon, Romana Didulo

The self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada" cult leader arrived, cuffed and shackled, as she made her first appearance at Swift Current provincial court on Friday. As Romana Didulo, 50, stepped out of the police van, she delivered a simple message to…[Continue Reading...]

Cult member charged in officer’s murder

Published September 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, death penalty case, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Zizians

A member of the cult-like Zizians group made her first court appearance Friday in the killing of a US border patrol agent after prosecutors announced they would seek the death penalty. Investigators say Teresa Youngblut, 21, is among a group…[Continue Reading...]

Robert Jay Lifton, Psychiatrist Drawn to Humanity’s Horrors, Dies at 99

Published September 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cult formation, obituary, Robert Jay Lifton, thought reform

Robert Jay Lifton, a psychiatrist who peered into some of the darkest corners of contemporary history, including Hiroshima, the Holocaust and the Vietnam War, in search of lessons about individual and collective consciousness, died on Thursday at his home in…[Continue Reading...]

Harnessing the Power of Repetition, for Good and Evil

Published September 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged indoctrination, propaganda, Psychology of repetition, research

I’ve been mentoring people in public speaking for more than 30 years. The one piece of advice I have given all of them is this: “Rehearse! Rehearse! Rehearse!” I give this advice because no one taught it to me; I…[Continue Reading...]

‘Queen of Canada’ rearrested, charged with violating conditions of release

Published September 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, Canada, cult leader, Romana Didulo

Romana Didulo, the so-called "Queen of Canada," was rearrested on Thursday a day after she and 15 of her followers were taken into custody and promptly released following a police raid on her cult's compound in rural Saskatchewan. All 16…[Continue Reading...]

Japan to keep restricting Aum Shinrikyo successor group’s activities

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Aleph, Aum Shinrikyo, cult leader, cults, Japan, Shoko Asahara

The Public Security Examination Commission has decided to extend restrictions on the activities of Aleph, a successor group of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, for another six months. The decision, made Wednesday, marks the sixth time the recurrence prevention…[Continue Reading...]

‘Exmo’ Influencers Mount a TikTok War Against the Mormon Church

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged ex-Mormons, former Mormons, LDS, Mormon Church

When Madeline Woodward discovered ex-Mormon influencers on social media, it was her first glimpse of people finding joy after leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Woodward, a descendant of church pioneers, had struggled for years to reconcile…[Continue Reading...]

I lost 12 Relatives to Mackenzie’s Cult, Witness tells court

Published September 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, cult eader, cults, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 4 – A 60-year-old man on Thursday gave an emotional testimony before Tononoka Children’s court on how he lost nearly his entire family to the Shakahola massacre orchestrated by Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie of the Good News…[Continue Reading...]