The Cult News Network

The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo

Published March 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, doomsday cult, gas attack, Japan, Tokyo

On the morning of Monday, March 20, 1995, publishing house employee Junichi Sugiyama had planned to head to Tsukiji, a Tokyo district served by the Hibiya Line subway station of the same name. He had a meeting with a major…[Continue Reading...]

Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack

Published March 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, doomsday cult, gas attack, Japan, Tokyo, victims

Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin. Before that a glass screen had always separated…[Continue Reading...]

Pyramid of lies: how MLM lures the desperate

Published March 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, multi level markeing, scams, schemes

Two years ago, when flipping her graduation cap at her convocation ceremony, Ayesha Ali was self-confident that getting a degree from one of the most reputed business schools would land her a good job. Her dreams and expectations were shattered…[Continue Reading...]

People Are Sharing The Final Straws That Made Their Ex-QAnon Loved Ones See The Light, And I’m Truly Shocked By Some Of These

Published March 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, ex-believers, former members, QAnon

If you also haven't heard that name since way back when (well, 2020), let me refresh you. It's a conspiracy theory alleging that President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against the "deep state," or "a cabal of Satan-worshipping…[Continue Reading...]

Sect leader in trouble for sex with minor

Published March 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Harare, Marvelous Tunha, sect, sect leader, sexual abuse allegations, St Joshua Apostolic Church, Zimbabwe

A self-styled prophet from Harare, who had a sexual relationship with a minor, was exposed after the girl’s mother stumbled on explicit WhatsApp messages between the two. Marvelous Tunha from Glenview appeared before Harare magistrate Jacqueline Gara last week facing…[Continue Reading...]

The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram: Inside a Global Online Hate Network

Published March 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged hate groups, online hate network, Terrorgram, terrorists

On Jan. 19, 2024, the sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida, released a 27-page manifesto left behind by Ryan Palmeter, a 21-year old white man who had murdered three Black people at a Dollar General store before turning the gun on himself.…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church faces dissolution in Japan

Published March 15, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult leader, Japan, Sun Myung Moon, tax-exempt status, Unification Church

The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace. Authorities said in October 2023 they were seeking to dissolve the influential sect, founded…[Continue Reading...]

Utah Legislature cracks down on youth marriage amid polygamy lawsuits

Published March 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged marriage, Polygamists, polygamy, teenage marriages, Utah

At the age of 15, Lu Ann Cooper became the fourth wife of her 23-year-old cousin as part of the Kingston polygamous group in Utah. Now, as the president of Hope After Polygamy, Cooper said a bill passed during the…[Continue Reading...]

Court denies Quiboloy’s petition for house arrest

Published March 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Apollo Quiboloy, criminal charges, cult leader, cults, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — A Pasig court has denied the request of detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy to be placed under house arrest. In a four-page order, the Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 159 said it found no compelling justification to…[Continue Reading...]

Financial MLMs: how to spot the difference between a scheme and an actual business

Published March 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, multi level markeing, scams, schemes

Between rising interest rates, a shaky stock market and the threat of a trade war with the U.S., it’s no surprise that financial uncertainty has instilled fear in people in recent years. And unfortunately, this financial uncertainty makes people more…[Continue Reading...]