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Death By Lightning Depicts Assassin Charles Guiteau In a Sex Cult. It Really Happened.

Published November 7, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV

WITH A STACKED cast that includes Michael Shannon, Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin, Shea Whigham, and Matthew Macfadyen, Death By Lightning arrives with a bang as one of Netflix's best and most exciting limited series of 2025. Across four episodes, the…[Continue Reading...]

8 Signs That Long Island Medium Is Fake

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged fake, Pychics, Theresa Caputo, warning signs

Back in 2012, when "Long Island Medium" was at the height of its popularity, "Inside Edition" set out to see if Caputo really was connecting with the other side. Working with former psychic Mark Edward, they attended live readings and…[Continue Reading...]

Jehovah’s Witness elder jailed for 3 years for sexual abuse

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses

A woman who was sexually abused by a Jehovah’s Witnesses elder in County Mayo has told a court that he destroyed her childhood, adulthood, motherhood and her whole life. Jorge Paris (62) of Monastery Heath Court, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, was…[Continue Reading...]

Kenai man indicted for sex crimes during time as church leader

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged Aaron “Scott” Merritt, Alaska, child abuse, criminal charges, sexual abuse

On Oct. 30, a Kenai grand jury indicted 45-year-old Aaron “Scott” Merritt on multiple counts, charging him with sexually abusing four girls between the ages of 5 and 14 who were congregants of Kenai’s Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. According…[Continue Reading...]

Judge denies Romana Didulo’s request to move Swift Current case

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Canada, criminal charges, cult leader, Romana Didulo

Romana Didulo’s bid to move her case out of Swift Current Provincial Court was denied Wednesday, as she sought disclosure on more than 100 items. Didulo, 51, told the court that travelling to Swift Current is difficult because she is…[Continue Reading...]

Parliamentary inquiry probes experiences of children in high-control religious groups

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cults, Scientologists, Scientology, survivor story

At eight years old, Mirriam Francis remembers locking herself in the bathroom to avoid "auditing" — a series of intense interviews in which she was asked intrusive and sexual questions. Fighting back tears, she recounted these sessions and her experiences…[Continue Reading...]

Inside Sharon Tate’s Sister’s Campaign to Keep Manson Family in Prison After She Stared Into Bloodthirsty Cult Leader Charles’ ‘Dead, Black, Shark-Like Eyes’ As a Teen

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, Charles Manson, cult leader, cult murders, Manson followers, parole hearings

Debra Tate has spent more than five decades reliving one of the most infamous crimes in American history – the murder of her sister, actress Sharon Tate – in her tireless campaign to keep the remaining members of the Manson…[Continue Reading...]

Mombasa: 2 women linked to Zion Fire Anointing Ministries arrested over suspected religious cult

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrests, cults criminal charges, Kenya, Zion Anointing Ministries

Police in Mombasa have arrested two women linked to the controversial Zion Fire Anointing Ministries Church in Changamwe. The arrests come following allegations that the institution has been operating like a cult with extreme teachings. Their arrests came days after…[Continue Reading...]

What a Pet Parrot Taught a Woman About ‘Love, Compassion and Patience’ After Leaving a ‘Cult’ as a Teen

Published November 6, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bill Gothard, cults, Institute in Basic Life Principles, survivor story

Jen Taylor-O’Connor grew up in what she calls a “garden variety Christian” home, though things changed when her family enrolled her in the Institute in Basic Life Principles, led by disgraced minister Bill Gothard, as a teen. And now, decades…[Continue Reading...]

Former first lady admits she received Chanel handbags from shaman linked to Unification Church

Published November 5, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bribery allegations, criminal charges, South Korea, Unification Church

Former first lady Kim Keon Hee has acknowledged for the first time that she received two Chanel handbags from a controversial figure allegedly linked to the Unification Church, her legal team said on Wednesday. “Kim admits to receiving two handbag…[Continue Reading...]