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Lori Vallow Daybell plans to rest her case at Arizona trial without putting on witnesses, evidence

Published April 17, 2025 By admin

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

PHOENIX (AP) — Lori Vallow Daybell plans to rest her case at the Arizona trial where she is charged with conspiring to murder her estranged husband. The case’s prosecutor on Wednesday finished presenting the state’s case against Vallow Daybell, who…[Continue Reading...]

Two by Twos: NZ police confirm ‘several’ new investigations into alleged sexual abuse within church

Published April 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal investigation, cults, New Zealand, sect, two by twos

Twenty-seven New Zealand-based people have reported allegations of sexual abuse within the secretive Two by Twos church, police have confirmed today. As a result, police have launched “several” new criminal investigations – and there may be more to come. The…[Continue Reading...]

Two by Twos: MP Hamish Campbell ‘deeply embedded’ in religious group under investigation by FBI, police

Published April 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Hamish Campbell, National MP, New Zealand, sect, two by twos

National MP Hamish Campbell has been accused of downplaying his “connection” to a secretive religious movement under investigation by the FBI and New Zealand police over allegations of sexual abuse, the Herald can reveal. Multiple sources have claimed that Campbell…[Continue Reading...]

Dundee parents of Scotland’s biggest family on life after leaving ‘cult’ – and ‘chaos’ of having 13 kids

Published April 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Mormons Tagged former members, Mormon Church, personal story, Scotland

As Scotland’s biggest family, the Hanns are no strangers to the spotlight. Emma and Roy are parents to 13 children. The huge family starred in BBC documentary Scotland’s Biggest Families in 2022, and they’re well-kent faces wherever they go. Emma…[Continue Reading...]

Cult leader eyes deal over child grooming claims

Published April 17, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child abuse, convicted criminal, cult leader, Little Pebble cults, sexual abuse, William Kamm

Negotiations are under way to speed up court proceedings against a cult leader and self-professed prophet accused of grooming a girl since she was six.William Kamm, known to his followers as 'Little Pebble', allegedly called the child, wrote her letters,…[Continue Reading...]

Inside ‘anti-vaxx’ US town being overwhelmed by world’s most infectious disease

Published April 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-vaccine movement, anti-vaxxers, deaths, measles outbreak, Texas

An anti-vaxx town in the US is currently being gripped by the world's most infectious disease - a horror measles outbreak that has so far killed two children. But residents in Seminole, Texas, are standing firm on their decision to…[Continue Reading...]

The Oklahoma City bombing was 30 years ago. Some survivors worry America didn’t learn the lesson

Published April 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-government extremists, conspiracy theories, Oklahoma Bombing, Timothy McVeigh

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thirty years after a truck bomb detonated outside a federal building in America’s heartland, killing 168 people in the deadliest homegrown attack on U.S. soil, deep scars remain. From a mother who lost her first-born baby,…[Continue Reading...]

Is your workplace a cult?

Published April 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged corporate cults, cults, workplace cults

Apple TV's hit show "Severance" depicts what could arguably be defined as a corporate cult, with the employees under an authoritative power and denied access to the outside world. But are cult-like cultures possible in a real-life workplace? If you…[Continue Reading...]

Daughter of slain Pennsylvania couple says she’s falsely accused in cult-linked deaths

Published April 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal chares, cult leader, cults, Jack "Ziz" LaSota, Michelle Zajko, murders, Zizians

Michelle Zajko’s denial was part of a 20-page handwritten “Open Letter to the World” her attorney provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Dated March 9, the letter also attempts to defend Jack LaSota, also known as Ziz, whom authorities…[Continue Reading...]

JMS cult leader indicted on further sexual assault charges

Published April 16, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, cults, indicted, Jeong Myeong-seok, Jesus Morning Star, JMS., South Korea

An 80-year-old religious cult leader already serving 17 years for raping and sexually assaulting his followers has been indicted on charges of assaulting four more victims. Jeong Myeong-seok, the leader of the Christian Gospel Mission religious cult, otherwise known as…[Continue Reading...]