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Possible Suicide Cluster Linked to Zizian Group, on Top of Killings

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

With more stories emerging of individuals whose lives were impacted by the so-called Zizian cult in the Bay Area and beyond, it's become clear that there were more victims besides the six people who were killed at the hands of…[Continue Reading...]

This Village In America Still Practices Polygamy

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, Polygamists, Short Creek

In a quiet corner of the American Southwest lies a village where one man having three or more wives is not an anomaly; it’s expected. In this community, dozens of children may share the same father, and everyone seems to…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control to become a criminal offence in Queensland

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, Australia, coercive control, criminal law

Frontline workers in Queensland are welcoming new laws that make coercive control a criminal offence as the state grapples with the ongoing scourge of domestic and family violence. Source: The Catholic Leader. The new offence, which comes into effect on…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church leader banned from leaving country as gov’t investigates bribery scandal

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged bribery investigation, political inflrence, South Korea, Unification Church

A religious leader has been barred from leaving the country on suspicion of bribing former first lady Kim Keon Hee with luxury gifts. Prosecutors investigating allegations that Jeon Seong-bae — a shamanic figure linked to allegations of political peddling by…[Continue Reading...]

Vietnam police dismantle mushroom-based MLM ring involving 9,000 people

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal charges, MLM, multi level marketing scam, Nguu Chuong Chi mushroom, Vietnam

A trillion-VND scheme promoted a health supplement while secretly operating a transnational pyramid structure. Lang Son Provincial Police have dismantled a massive multi-level marketing (MLM) network operating across Vietnam and internationally, arresting 12 suspects and seizing a large quantity of…[Continue Reading...]

COURTROOM INSIDER | New court docs, surveillance videos, Lori and Brandon

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, attempted murder trial, cult mom, Lori Vallow

Tonight on “Courtroom Insider,” Lori Vallow Daybell has filed several new motions. Nate Eaton breaks them down, plus a closer look at pivotal surveillance videos and an explanation of Brandon Boudreaux’s case. Watch in the video[Continue Reading...]

Spoof — “New Mission Impossible film to feature Tom Cruise escaping from Church of Scientology”

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

The latest instalment in the Mission: Impossible franchise features Tom Cruise escaping from the Church of Scientology, we can report. The film opens with Cruise discovering the Church is a shadowy organisation devoted to global domination and sets out to…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola Horror: Children’s Officer Testifies to Shocking Abuse, Starvation, and Radical Indoctrination

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court testimony, criminal trial, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

A senior children’s officer painted a harrowing picture in court this week of the abuse children suffered inside Shakahola Forest under the control of pastor Paul Nthege Mackenzie and his acolytes. Principal Children’s Officer Sebastian Muli Muteti took the stand…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola Horror: Children’s Officer Testifies to Shocking Abuse, Starvation, and Radical Indoctrination

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged court testimony, criminal trial, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

Coercion, control and worship: Where do we draw the line between a religion and a cult?

Published May 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cults, sects, survivor stories

Is a cult a misunderstood religion? Or something much more dangerous? The line between high-control religions, new religious movements, and 'cults' is as grey as ever. But the fascination we have with these groups is only getting stronger. What counts…[Continue Reading...]