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Victims of 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack still suffering aftereffects: survey

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

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

TOKYO -- About 60% of victims in the March 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system had the persisting condition of their "eyes getting tired easily" as of 2023, according to a nonprofit group's survey. It is…[Continue Reading...]

Daystar TV President Joni Lamb Owns 7 Homes Worth $11.7 Million

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Televangelists Tagged Daystar TV, Joni Lamb, mega rich evangelist, real estate holdings

For years, the public has known that Daystar TV President Joni Lamb lives a life of great wealth and luxury. But last month, the Trinity Foundation reported that Lamb owns six residential properties in three states, worth about $11 million…[Continue Reading...]

Montana community divided by Mormon doctrine, land rights and tithing

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Apostolic United Brethren, Monatana, Pinesdale, polygamist sect

When a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalists founded the town of Pinesdale more than 60 years ago, the hundreds of acres in the Bitterroot Valley were seen as a secluded haven, a place where its followers could live communally and…[Continue Reading...]

Top court paves way to dissolve Unification Church

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged court ruling, cults, Japan, Unification Church

The Supreme Court upheld a ruling against the Unification Church and pushed the scandal-ridden religious organization closer toward dissolution. In a decision dated March 3, the Supreme Court ruled that the church, now officially called the Family Federation for World…[Continue Reading...]

‘Doomsday’ mom Lori Vallow insists she, husband Chad Daybell will be ‘exonerated’ in murder of her 2 kids: ‘Jesus showed me’

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murder trials

Idaho “doomsday” mom Lori Vallow believes she and her murderous husband will be cleared and freed from prison — because “Jesus showed” her so, she said in her first interview since being convicted of killing her two youngest children. “We…[Continue Reading...]

Book details life inside Gloriavale

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, cult, Gloriavale, New Zealand, survivor story

A former member of the high-profile New Zealand sect Gloriavale has written a book about her life and she’s launching it at an event in rural east Auckland. Theophila Pratt, who was named Honey Faithful at birth, was born and…[Continue Reading...]

Europol warns of growing online cults dedicated to child abuse

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, online recruitment, targeting children online

The internet has revolutionized the way we connect, but it’s also opened the door to darker corners of society—especially when it comes to online groups targeting vulnerable children. Recently, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) issued a…[Continue Reading...]

Where is Habiybah Washington now? Details about the victim from How I Escaped My Cult explored

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, Nuwaubians, sexual abuse, survivor story

The former member of the Nuwaubian Nation, Habiybah Washington, managed to escape the cult, and her story is the focus of the fifth episode of How I Escaped My Cult. The leader of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, Dwight…[Continue Reading...]

Who is Debby Hopkins and what happened to her? All about the victim from How I Escaped My Cult

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, House of Yahweh, survivor story

Debby Hopkins, a member of the House of Yahweh, made her journey from a devotee to a free woman after twenty years with the group. The House of Yahweh was known to be a sect of people who enforced strict…[Continue Reading...]

Nurse who fled 1,500-person polygamous cult speaks out about everything she experienced growing up

Published March 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged FLDS, Polygamist cult, survivor story

Angela Johnson revealed what her childhood in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) was really like A nurse has told how she managed to flee a notorious polygamous cult which makes members completely 'isolated from the…[Continue Reading...]