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Zizians: Blog Suggests Ziz Ordered Follower to Kill Her Romantic Partner

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, historical background, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, murders, Zizians

Another detail has emerged in the complicated, sordid, and violent saga of the Zizians, and it is the first to draw a direct link between Jack "Ziz" LaSota and an order compelling someone to murder. If you have not heard…[Continue Reading...]

Scottish children being ‘brainwashed’ by Neo-Nazis through popular video game Minecraft

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged extremists, Minecraft, neo nazis, video game

Experts have warned that Scottish children are being 'brainwashed' by the far right on the world's most popular children's video game. Concerns have been raised that neo-Nazis are exposing young people to vile propaganda on Minecraft with the aim of…[Continue Reading...]

Coroner condemns Jehovah’s Witness blood transfusion rules after follower’s hospital death

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged blood transfusions, needless deaths

The NSW Deputy State Coroner has found a Jehovah's Witness bled to death in hospital after refusing blood in 2019. He said instructions written by the organisation in America did not take into account when acceptable blood products were not…[Continue Reading...]

Jessica Joan: Where is the NXIVM Cult Survivor Now?

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, cult leader, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, survivor story

In Hulu’s ‘How I Escaped My Cult: NXIVM / The Vow,’ the focus is on Keith Raniere and the NXIVM, which was a sex cult under the guise of a personal development organization. By manipulating women, the cult leader used to…[Continue Reading...]

Belize to send Lev Tahor Jewish sect leader, 2 others to Guatemala

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Belize, cults, Guatemala, leaders, Lev Tahor, sects

Belize on Tuesday said it was sending three men, including a leader of the Jewish sect Lev Tahor, back to Guatemala after arresting them at the Central American countries' shared border. Avraham Dinkel, a Canadian citizen who has acted as…[Continue Reading...]

3 Lev Tahor Members Abduct 8 Children To Belize On Shabbat, 3 Other Children Rescued

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged children kidnapped, cults, Guatemala, Lev Tahor, sects

NEW YORK (VINnews) — As rabbis, religious leaders, and activists work to dismantle the dangerous Lev Tahor cult, whose leaders abuse children, force marriages at age 13, and commit numerous other crimes, three men of the cult escaped last Saturday…[Continue Reading...]

Where is Yedidiyah Hawkins now? All about the House of Yahweh member from How I Escaped My Cult

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged doomsday cult, House of Yahweh, Texas

Season 1 episode 9 of How I Escaped My Cult on Hulu titled The House of Yahweh focuses on the crimes committed by Yedidiyah Hawkins. Hawkins was an elder of the religious sect, who molested a 11-year-old girl, by pretending…[Continue Reading...]

Japan AUM cult web archive opens ahead of sarin attack’s 30th anniv.

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Aum Shinrikyo, cult leader, doomsday cult, Shoko Asahara, subway gas attack, Tokyo

The Japanese government has opened a new website on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult responsible for the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack nearly 30 years ago, featuring testimonies from victims' families and photos of the group's guru as part of…[Continue Reading...]

‘Justice’: Sister speaks as killer cult jailed

Published February 26, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, Brendan Luke Stevens, criminal convictions, cult, cult leader, faith healing death, medical neglect, sentences, The Saints

The sister of a young girl killed at the hands of religious fanatics – who left her to suffer and die for days after her insulin was taken away – says justice has been delivered for her “bright girl with…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control – warning signs and where to turn for help

Published February 25, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse controlling relationships, coercive control, coercive persuasion, research, warning signs

Domestic abuse isn’t always physical. In fact, coercive behaviour is often at its heart. According to the latest statistics, there were 43,774 recorded offences of coercive control in England and Wales in the year ending March 2023 – a significant…[Continue Reading...]