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Sarah Paulson to Play Cult Leader Gwen Shamblin in ‘The Way Down’ Scripted Adaptation at HBO Max

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, diet guru, Gwen Shamblin, HBO movie

Sarah Paulson is no stranger to playing real people: Among other roles, she won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Marcia Clark in 2016’s “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” and was recently nominated for an…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones Could Face Arrest After Defying Court Order—Again

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, Bankruptcy Court, InfoWars

InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones could soon face a warrant for his arrest, after defying a court order Thursday ordering him to sit for a deposition. For the second day in a row, Jones failed to appear at a deposition…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones Vacations at “Ritzy” Kauai Resort as Bankruptcy Proceedings Advance

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, Hawaii vacation, InfoWars

Conspiracy and misinformation-spreading broadcaster Alex Jones reached a whole new audience last week, when The Truth vs. Alex Jones made its debut on HBO and Max. The documentary about the lawsuits against the InfoWars host featured heartbreaking interviews with those…[Continue Reading...]

Kabbalah, the religion beloved by celebrities in the noughties

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leader, Kabbalah Centre, Madonna, Philip Berg

In the early 2000s, it was rare to see celebrities like Madonna, Ashton Kutcher and Lindsay Lohan without a piece of red string tied around their wrists. The bracelet signalled that they followed the mystical religion known as Kabbalah. The…[Continue Reading...]

Allison Mack Files for Divorce From Wife Nicki Clyne Amid NXIVM Case

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Allison Mack, convicted felon, cult leader, divorce, Keith Raniere, NXIVM, sex cult

The Smallville alum, 38, submitted the paperwork to the Orange County Superior Court in California on Friday, December 11, according to court records obtained by Us Weekly. Mack and the Battlestar Galactica alum, 37, tied the knot in 2017. The…[Continue Reading...]

I Grew Up In The Children Of God, A Doomsday Cult. Here’s How I Finally Got Out.

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Children of God, cult, cult leader, Moses David Berg, survivor story

Flor Edwards is an author and lives in Los Angeles, California. By age twelve, Flor had lived in 24 different locations across three continents. Always on the move to escape the Antichrist and in preparation for the apocalypse supposedly arriving…[Continue Reading...]

Synanon rehab center turned from helping to brainwashing with ‘communal living experiment,’ docuseries reveals

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Charles Dederich, cult, cult documentary, Synanon

A California rehabilitation foundation for people addicted to heroin transformed into a "communal living experiment" with cult-like tendencies in the 1950s, according to a new documentary series. Charles Diedrich, a former alcoholic, initially founded his storefront rehabilitation center in Santa…[Continue Reading...]

I fled Twin Flames cult – I was brainwashed into being their ‘poster girl’ & forced my sister into abusive relationship

Published April 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leaders, Jeff Divine, Shaleia Divine, survivor story, Twin Flames Universe

A SURVIVOR of a dating "cult" has told how she forced her sister into an abusive relationship after being brainwashed. Keely Griffin escaped Twin Flames Universe (TFU) - an organisation that claims to help people find their "harmonious union" but…[Continue Reading...]

Church of Scientology Accused of Harassing Prosecutor to ‘Derail’ Danny Masterson’s Rape Trial

Published April 6, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged convicted rapist, Danny Masterson, Los Angeles, prosecutor, rape trial, Scientology, Scientoogists

The Church of Scientology has been accused of trying to “derail” actor Danny Masterson’s rape trials, according to legal documents filed in December 2023 and obtained by TheWrap. He was convicted in those trials for raping two women in 2001…[Continue Reading...]