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RECAP: The Trial of Chad Daybell Day 28

Published May 23, 2024 By admin

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

BOISE, Idaho — On day 28 of the trial of Chad Daybell, the defense focused on DNA evidence recovered from the bodies of Tylee and JJ, as well as location data for Chad and Alex Cox on significant dates in…[Continue Reading...]

Sexual assault victim felt silenced and shamed in sect: ‘I had only ever known fear’

Published May 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged child abuse, religious sect, sexual abuse, two by twos

A woman who was a victim of sexual violence as a child and teenager has spoken for the first time of the abuse - and how the secretive sect she was raised in turned a blind eye and later condoned…[Continue Reading...]

Kim Jong Un’s portrait is displayed in North Korea, elevating his cult of personality

Published May 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult of personality, Kim Jong Um, North Korea

Two’s company but three’s a dynasty — at least it is now in North Korea. The country has displayed the portrait of its leader, Kim Jong Un, next to those of his father and grandfather, a possibly significant step in…[Continue Reading...]

Netflix’s next true crime is about TikTokers lured into a cult by fake management company

Published May 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 7M Films, cult allegations, Robert Shinn, Shekinah Church, TikTok

Netflix has a wild true crime coming later this month, and you’re definitely going to want to sit down for this one. Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult tells the shocking story of a group of TikTokers who…[Continue Reading...]

Revisit the Jonestown Massacre in Trailer for New Docuseries About Final Hours of Jim Jones’ Cult

Published May 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, Guyana, Jim Jones, Jonestown, murders, suicides

Revisit the tragic and infamous Jonestown massacre in the new trailer for an upcoming docuseries that examines the final hours of Jim Jones’ cult in Guyana. Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown — the latest installment in Nat Geo and…[Continue Reading...]

Survivors of secretive Two by Two sect waiting to access National Redress Scheme

Published May 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child abuse, cult, investigation, two by twos

Survivors of the fundamentalist Christian sect known as the Two by Twos or The Truth say they are stuck in limbo waiting for the group to join a compensation scheme for victims.The sect is holding what they call special meetings…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cult’ US town run by polygamist leader where everyone asks ‘what are you hiding?’

Published May 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, Warren Jeffs

A creepy town in Arizona used to be home to the polygamist cult-leader Warren Jeffs and was dubbed online as “somewhere you don’t stop for gas”. Colorado City, Arizona, makes up part of a fundamentalist Mormon community that straddles the…[Continue Reading...]

Paul Mackenzie: State Lines Up 422 Witnesses Against Shakahola Cult Leader Ahead of Hearing

Published May 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal trial, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, witnesses

In the quest to find justice for the families of the victims of the Shakahola Massacre, the state has a lineup of 422 witnesses against controversial Malindi-based pastor Paul Mackenzie. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions…[Continue Reading...]

Investigators reveal where they found bodies of two Kansas women who vanished before being killed by sick cult

Published May 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult claims, Kansas, murders, Tifany Adams

Investigators have revealed they found the dead bodies of two Kansas women in a freezer following a two-day excavation of a burial site. Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were traveling together to pick up Butler's children, ages six…[Continue Reading...]

North Korea elevates Kim Jong Un’s portrait to make big three personality cult

Published May 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Kim Jong Um, North Korea, personality cult

North Korea’s cult of personality appears to have entered a new phase by elevating the portrait of Kim Jong Un next to that of his grandfather and father, showing him in a similar status as its two former leaders regarded…[Continue Reading...]