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These Are the 15 Most Compelling Cult Documentaries and Docuseries Available to Stream Now

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult documentaries, cults, streaming

Not all true crime documentaries have to end (or start, really) in murder. Just a hop, skip and a jump away from the whodunnit genre is a smaller, though just as powerful subgenre all about dangerous cults and extreme religions.…[Continue Reading...]

Expanding clergy sexual abuse probe targets New Orleans Catholic church leaders

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged clergy abuse, Diocese of New Orleans, Roman Catholic Church, sexual abuse

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have expanded an investigation of clergy sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans to include senior church officials suspected of shielding predatory priests for decades and failing to report their crimes to…[Continue Reading...]

These famous cults got their start — or end — in Colorado

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Colorado, cult leaders, cults

From a silver woman mummified and entombed in Christmas lights to a naturally formed spire rumored to be the landing site of a UFO, there has been no shortage of fringe religious movements or self-proclaimed deities and reincarnates to grace…[Continue Reading...]

Warrants reveal search history before murder and burial of Lori Vallow Daybell’s children

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial, search for children

BOISE, Idaho (ABC4) – Prosecutors in the Chad Daybell murder trial showed more law enforcement bodycam footage Friday morning, this time of Officer David Stubbs walking through the Rexburg, Idaho, apartments of both Lori Vallow Daybell and her niece, Melani…[Continue Reading...]

The chilling truth about the ‘stay-at-home daughter movement’: Woman who was raised in a cult reveals what it was like to be ‘forced into submission’ by her father after being deemed ‘DEMON-possessed’ as an INFANT

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult allegations, IFB Church, survivor story, Virginia

Stay-at-home-daughters is often used a quirky description for a young woman who can live a lavish lifestyle off her family's wealth rather than get a job of her own - but it turns out, the term has a much darker…[Continue Reading...]

Inside Tom Cruise’s bond with his ‘extremely loyal’ son: Connor, 29, lives in a Scientology community in Florida where he fishes and runs a meat shack – and is the only one of the star’s 3 children who’s openly close to his father

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Connor Cruise, Florida, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

As Tom Cruise's career goes from strengh to strength and he cements his legacy as one of the most successful actors of all time, he can always count on the unending support of one particular family member. Connor Cruise, the…[Continue Reading...]

Behind the Glitz And Glamour: 7 Celebrities Linked To Cults

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged celebrities, cults, Hollywood

In the realm of fame and fortune, celebrities often captivate the public eye with their talents, charm, and larger-than-life personas. However, beyond the red carpets and flashing cameras, some stars have found themselves entangled in the secretive and sometimes controversial…[Continue Reading...]

Cult Clashes: Ogun Assembly requests immediate appointment of Commissioner for Youths

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, gangs, government action, Nigeria, violence

The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on the State Government to prevail on the security agencies to clamp down on cultists across the state. The lawmakers also stressed the need for the Governor Dapo Abiodun…[Continue Reading...]

Witnesses call Rephidim Church ‘cult’ in Killingsworth trial

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult allegations, Rephidim Church, Ronnie Allen Killingsworth, Wichita Falls

WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — Following the testimony of two women who were allegedly molested as children by a Wichita Falls pastor, multiple witnesses claim the church is actually a cult from the stand. Ronnie Allen Killingsworth, 78, of Wichita Falls,…[Continue Reading...]

What makes rational people believe irrational things?

Published May 3, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged conspiracy theories, psychological profiles, research, true believers

Conspiracy theories describe what adherents believe to be secret plots by powerful and malevolent groups to control, impoverish or harm hard-working people. Many conspiracy theorists share the conviction that information is being concealed from them by “elites” or “the deep…[Continue Reading...]