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Looks like Tom Cruise may have hooked another celebrity for the “cult” of Scientology

Published October 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Ana de Armas, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is said to be preparing to marry Ana de Armas, with insiders telling RadarOnline.com the actress is embracing his infamous devotion to Scientology – and is happy to be welcomed into the controversial faith. The 63-year-old actor and…[Continue Reading...]

Doomsday cult leader talked followers into deadly ritual while still in jail, police say

Published October 2, 2025 By admin

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

Doomsday cult preacher Paul Mackenzie contacted his followers while in jail and convinced them to starve themselves to death in a fasting ritual, preliminary police investigations indicate. More than 450 graves were discovered in the Shakahola Forest, Malindi, in 2023,…[Continue Reading...]

Cult leader denies grooming six-year-old girl for sex

Published October 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, criminal charges, cult leader, Little Pebble, pedophile, William Kamm

A cult leader and self-professed prophet will fight allegations that he and his wife groomed a girl for several years, starting when she was only six. William Kamm, known to his followers as 'Little Pebble', allegedly called the child, wrote…[Continue Reading...]

Mother calls for ‘brainwashed’ daughter living with ‘cult’ in Scottish wood to be deported back to Texas

Published October 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, cults, Kingdom of Kubala, Kofi Offeh, Scotland, UK

A Texas woman has told Sky News an African "cult" brainwashed, lured and coerced her daughter to move 4,000 miles away to a Scottish forest by preying on her vulnerabilities. Aspiring lawyer Kaura Taylor, 21, was reported missing from Dallas…[Continue Reading...]

Is Wayward a True Story? Inside the Real-Life Cults and Troubled Teen Institutes That Inspired the Netflix Thriller

Published October 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged abuse, coercieve control, Troubled Teen schools

The only thing more chilling than Wayward is the fact that it is based on reality. Following its release on Sept. 25, the eight-part Netflix series quickly rose to the streaming platform's Top 10. The show was created by Mae…[Continue Reading...]

At a cult compound in rural Iowa, death prayers and doomsday prep gave way to ‘natural’ health grifts and costly tests of faith

Published October 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, John Robert Stevens, Living Word Fellowship, The Walk

On Dec. 12, 1972, cult leader John Robert Stevens made a big announcement: he was a time traveler. “I had a real meeting with the Lord,” Stevens told his followers in the Living Word Fellowship (LWF), also called the Walk.…[Continue Reading...]

‘Camp Nowhere’: the Disney children’s movie that starred two cult leaders

Published October 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Allison Mack, Andrew Keegan, cuilts, NXIVM, The Circle

Hollywood history is littered with unusual coincidences, and they don’t come much stranger than two stars of a family-friendly Disney movie ending up holding positions in organisations that were later alleged to be cults, although one is admittedly much clearer…[Continue Reading...]

Nicole Kidman’s brutal split with Tom Cruise and truth behind that divorce photo

Published September 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged divorce, Nicole Kidman, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Nicole Kidman's almost two decade long marriage to Keith Urban is rumoured to be coming to an end, but before that, she was married to another famous face. Her 11 year marriage to Tom Cruise ended in a brutal divorce…[Continue Reading...]

Impact of high-control groups revealed

Published September 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged coerecive control, cults, survivors

Victorians with lived experiences of cults and organised fringe groups have bravely shared the impact its had on them and others as part of a parliamentary inquiry. The Legislative Assembly Legal and Social Issues Committee conducted an anonymous questionnaire to…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church Leader Han Hak-ja Requests Detention Review

Published September 30, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cults, detention, Hak Ja Han Moon, South Korea, Unkification Church

Han Hak-ja, the Unification Church leader detained on the 22nd, reportedly requested a review of detention legality from the court on the 29th, arguing that the detention decision was unjust. The court must decide on release or dismissal within 48…[Continue Reading...]