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When friendships “kinda feels like your in a cult”

Published May 6, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abusive controlling friendship, cult-like friendships, warning signs

We need friends, even science says so. But sometimes, you can’t help but wonder if YOUR friends are indeed good for you. It’s not like they’re bad people, it’s just that being with them feels a little…off. Well, it must…[Continue Reading...]

Accusations Of BTS’s Association With Cult Continue Despite Dahn World’s Rebuttal

Published May 6, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged BTS, cult allegations, Dahn World, Dahn Yoga, HYBE, Ilchi Lee

In the past few weeks, HYBE has found itself in one messy situation after another, which includes accusations of its affiliation to a cult, Dahn World. Fan-fueled “evidence” spread online rapidly, convincing the public that the label is planting cult-related…[Continue Reading...]

Woman lifts the lid on what it was REALLY like growing up in the Church of Scientology’s Sea Organization

Published May 6, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologsts, Scientology, Sea Org., Sea Organization, survivor story

A woman has candidly lifted the lid on what it was really like growing up in the Church of Scientology's Sea Organization. Katherine Spallino, who is now based in Minnesota, appeared on a recent episode of the Cults To Consciousness…[Continue Reading...]

‘Radicalised’ 16-year-old shot dead by Australian police after stabbing

Published May 5, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, Perth, Radicalizaed teen, shooting, stabbing

Australian police fatally shot a 16-year-old boy in Perth, Western Australia, after he stabbed a man. Authorities stated that the assailant showed signs of terrorism. The boy used a kitchen knife and displayed signs of online radicalization, according to state…[Continue Reading...]

Is teenage radicalisation increasing?

Published May 5, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged radicalisation, radicalization, radicalized teens, violence stabbing

The case of another knife attack has caused shock and concern - while also raising questions about whether there's a rise in teenage radicalisation. A man is recovering after being stabbed by a knife-wielding teen in a WA car park.…[Continue Reading...]

Hitting too close to home: The ‘South Park’ episode Tom Cruise demanded to be pulled

Published May 5, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology, South Park, Tom Cruise

Ever since the infamous couch-jumping debacle on Oprah, Tom Cruise has become increasingly guarded when it comes to discussing anything that isn’t directly related to his day job as one of the biggest movie stars in the business. Having ruffled…[Continue Reading...]

Police arrest seven for armed robbery, cultism in Anambra

Published May 5, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrests, crimes, cults, gangs, Nigeria, violence

The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested seven suspects for cultism and armed robbery. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Saturday, adding that it also recovered a cut-size…[Continue Reading...]

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...]