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Scientology whistleblower dies after health battle

Published January 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged death, former Scientologist, Mike Rinder, Scientologists, Scientology, whistle blower

A former senior Scientologist who became one of the Church's fiercest critics has died, his family revealed - following a battle with cancer. Mike Rinder, 69, passed a year-and-a-half removed from his advanced esophageal cancer diagnosis, and shortly after sharing…[Continue Reading...]

Decades of debunking: One man’s quest to explain UFOs without aliens

Published January 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged debunking false claims, UFO, UFO believers

He has been dedicated to UFO research for decades. The first thing Hansjurgen Kohler insists on clarifying as we begin our conversation is that at his place of work, the Central Research Network for Extraordinary Celestial Phenomena (Cenap), they don't…[Continue Reading...]

Israeli military enlists first group of ultra-Orthodox recruits into brigade

Published January 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Israel, military draft, ultra Orthodox Jewish sects

The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service. By the end of the day, about 100 additional ultra-Orthodox recruits will…[Continue Reading...]

January 2025 marks 35 years since ‘Kirtland Cult Killings’

Published January 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal convictions, cult leader, Jeffrey Lundgren, Kirtland cult murders, Ohio

KIRTLAND, Ohio — January 2025 marks 35 years since the gruesome discovery of the bodies of a family of five from under a local barn. The case, known as the Kirtland Cult Killings, was the worst mass murder in the…[Continue Reading...]

Teens were wrongly jailed for ‘satanic’ murders of boys for bizarre reason… before ‘real killers’ found 18 YEARS later

Published January 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arkansas, false charges, murders, Satanic panic

When the mutilated bodies of three eight-year-old Cub Scouts were found in a ditch in West Memphis, Arkansas, locals were convinced it was a satanic ritual killing. But the manhunt that followed ruined three more young boys lives, as a…[Continue Reading...]

James Arthur Ray, self-help guru & convicted felon, dies, family says

Published January 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged convicted felon, dead, James Arthur Ray, self-help guru

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — James Arthur Ray, the self-help guru who served prison time for causing the deaths of three people during a retreat in 2009, has died, according to a family member who posted the news on X, formerly known…[Continue Reading...]

More than 2,000 S’pore investors lost over US$10m in MLM forex scheme, 2 M’sians jailed and fined

Published January 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal conviction, Leong Koon Wah, multi level marketing scam, Singapore, Singliworld

He was the managing director of a firm called Singliworld which lured more than 2,000 investors in Singapore into an “investment scheme” that promised trading returns as high as 13 per cent per month. But the scheme turned out to…[Continue Reading...]

The cult apologist mafia (Part I)

Published January 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult apologies, cult apologists, defending cults

In July 2020, my self-esteem flinched. The annual report on religious freedom in the world by the U.S. Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) closed with recommendations to U.S. President - then Trump - on how to protect this fundamental…[Continue Reading...]

Herbalife Vietnam fined $8,000 for violating multi-level marketing rules

Published January 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged fines, Herbalife, multi-level marketing, Vietnam, violation of marketing rules

The National Competition Commission has fined Herbalife Vietnam, a U.S-invested dietary supplement company, VND205 million (over $8,000) for its violations in multi-level marketing. According to a decision by the commission, Herbalife Vietnam, headquartered at No. 26 Tran Cao Van street,…[Continue Reading...]

OneTaste felt like an ‘orgasm cult’ — this is how I escaped

Published January 4, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Nicole Daedone, OneTaste, survivor story

One summer’s evening in 2003, my partner Bill and I attended a workshop at a house just south of San Francisco. The event was designed to help you tap into your true, instinctive sexual desire. It was there that I…[Continue Reading...]