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My abusive ex-girlfriend banned me from eating or showering, forced me to drink mouthwash and scratched me until I bled – I’m speaking out so other men don’t face the same abuse

Published August 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control, personal story

A man who escaped an abusive relationship after nine months of hell has revealed how his ex-girlfriend forbade him from eating or using the toilet and branded him 'worthless'. Gareth Jones, 41, now based in Cheshire, was subject to coercive…[Continue Reading...]

‘I stayed in a toxic marriage for 20 years. This was the moment I finally handed my ring back.’

Published August 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, Narcissistic abuse, personal story

Sienna* had been with her husband for 10 years before she started to realise who she had really married. By that time, they shared three teenage children together and their lives were so intertwined. Their relationship was slow to unravel.…[Continue Reading...]

A missing Texas mom was found living with a lost ‘African’ tribe. Now, her family speaks out

Published August 24, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, King Atehene, Kingdom of Kubala, Kofi Offeh, missing girl, Scotland, UK

A missing Texas woman found living with the self-proclaimed leaders of a lost “African” tribe in a Scottish forest insists she is there by her own free will, despite her family’s fears she is lost to the sect forever. Kaura…[Continue Reading...]

Roblox, one of the world’s most popular gaming platforms, bans hate speech. Users have found a way to spread it anyway.

Published August 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged hate groups, hate speech, Robolox

In Roblox, one of the world's largest online gaming platforms, users join to play, create, and be themselves in a virtual world — but some might be there for a more insidious purpose: to expose youth to hate speech. Players…[Continue Reading...]

Famous Celebrities Who Were Part of the Children of God Cult

Published August 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged celebreties, Children of God, cult, cult leader, Hollywood, Moses David Berg

The Children of God, later known as The Family International, began in the late 1960s and spread through communal homes around the world. It mixed apocalyptic teachings with aggressive proselytizing and drew in thousands of followers, including families who worked…[Continue Reading...]

North Korea glorifies soldier suicides as Kim cult dominates war celebrations

Published August 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged . soldier suicides, Kim cult, North Korea

North Korean soldiers during drills at the Kangdong training grounds in March 2024 | Image: KCTV (March 16, 2024) North Korea has confirmed a policy of requiring soldiers to commit suicide on the battlefield to avoid capture while fighting in…[Continue Reading...]

Rave culture, lycra ‘nuns’ and ‘sexual healing’: Inside the evangelical cult left unchecked in the Church of England

Published August 22, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Christopher Brain, church movement, criminal convictions, cult leader, sexual abuse, UK

Typed neatly on headed notepaper, the instructions for Reverend Christopher Brain’s “homebase team” were clear. The group of predominantly young, attractive women, who had devoted themselves to a church movement they believed was changing the world, were “to do anything”…[Continue Reading...]

Five bodies recovered at suspected site of cult deaths in Kenya

Published August 22, 2025 By admin

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

At least five bodies have been recovered from shallow graves at a site in Kenya where victims of a religious cult are suspected to have been buried, according to authorities. Excavations were continuing on Friday at the site on the…[Continue Reading...]

Extremists are targeting young Australians who crave belonging. What can we do?

Published August 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged children targeted online, online recruitment, radicalization

Vulnerable young Australians are being targeted and recruited into extremist organisations. Sometimes, adult recruiters use grooming and coercion. Young people are seen as easy targets because they are looking for a place to belong, rather than holding deep-seated ideological beliefs.…[Continue Reading...]

Influential US evangelical leader James Dobson dies aged 89

Published August 21, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Christian fundamentalist, deatd at 89, Focus on the Family, James Dobson

Dr James Dobson, a prominent and influential evangelical leader who advised four US presidents, has died aged 89. Dobson was a fixture in conservative US politics for decades and most recently served on Donald Trump's advisory board for evangelical affairs.…[Continue Reading...]