The Cult News Network

Police hunt fleeing cult leader in Ogun

Published May 21, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leaders, cults, gangs, Nigeria, police hunt

The Ogun State Police Command says it has begun a manhunt for a fleeing leader of the Eiye confraternity simply identified as Lekan following a police raid of their hideout in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state. This…[Continue Reading...]

Chad Daybell trial live: Daughter says he taught her about death percentages and castings – but not zombies

Published May 21, 2024 By admin

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

Chad Daybell’s daughter Emma Murray told an Idaho jury on Monday that her father taught her about death percentages and castings – but not zombies. Ms Murray testified that the self-proclaimed prophet who wrote “doomsday” books, would talk to her…[Continue Reading...]

Boy, 17, sentenced to detention for preparing neo-Nazi acts of terrorism

Published May 20, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal conviction, neo nazis, Paul Dunleavy, terrorist plot

A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years detention for preparing for acts of neo-Nazi terrorism after researching how to turn a blank-firing gun into a live weapon. Paul Dunleavy, who can now be identified after legal restrictions were…[Continue Reading...]

Conspiracy believers exhibit reduced emotional granularity and heightened rumination

Published May 20, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, psychological study, research, true believers

A recent study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology reveals that people who struggle to distinguish between different negative emotions are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories. Additionally, these individuals often engage in rumination, a maladaptive strategy for emotion regulation.…[Continue Reading...]

Why Scientology Works and Why You Should Run Like Hell

Published May 20, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-psychiatry, Cuch Figueroa, Scientologists, Scientology

This evocative memoir tells the story of a man who spent nearly four decades within the grips of a controversial organization, chronicling his eventual disillusionment and the path to reclaiming his freedom. Through vivid narratives and sharp insights that range…[Continue Reading...]

‘My great-granddad was cult leader with wild beliefs – from spaceman spies to God in UFO’

Published May 20, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized

A family was reportedly left gobsmacked after they discovered their great-granddad's bizarre secret. A Reddit user has claimed their grandfather's dad was once a leading member of a cult known as 'We the People of Yahweh'. The social media fan,…[Continue Reading...]

The former sect child who helped expose paedophiles

Published May 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, cult, New Tribes Mission, New Zealand

It was an unusual childhood. At 12 years old, Colin Mee found himself transplanted from suburban Christchurch to an evangelical Christian school in the remote Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), rife with racism, emotional, physical and (he later…[Continue Reading...]

Leader of extreme Jewish sect arrested in southern Mexico

Published May 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged arrested, cult, cult leader, Lev Tahor, Menachem Endel Alter, Mexico

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities arrested a leader of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect in southern Mexico accused of organized crime and human trafficking, state and federal officials said Tuesday. Officials also said an unspecified number of women and…[Continue Reading...]

7NEWS Spotlight investigates the ‘Kidney Cult’: Inside the church that encourages followers to donate their organs

Published May 19, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged Australia, cult leader, Dave McKay

Tucked away in suburban Melbourne is a nondescript home. From the outside, you wouldn’t know that it’s the headquarters of a church referred to widely as The Kidney Cult. The secretive group, otherwise known as the Jesus Christians, is led…[Continue Reading...]

The Cult Education Institue database

Published May 18, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged controversial groups, controversial movements, cults, database

The Cult Education Institute has assembled one of the largest archives of information about controversial groups, some called "cults," and related information on the Web. This archive contains thousands of press articles, court documents, and essays. There are several different…[Continue Reading...]