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EXCLUSIVE: Son of Mormon billionaire suing church for $5million over alleged fraud says followers are ‘fleeing’ faith after leaders ‘lied’ to them over how it spent secretive $175BILLION investment fund

Published August 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged James Huntsman, lawsuit, LDS, Mormons

A movie mogul and member of a powerful Mormon dynasty has accused the church of 'lying' about how it has spent billions of dollars of members' money in a bombshell interview with DailyMail.com. James Huntsman, the son of billionaire Mormon…[Continue Reading...]

The Healy wearable: Just a newer, weirder multi-level marketing scheme

Published August 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged gadget, Healy, MagHealy, MLM, multi-level marketing

Healy World only entered the multi-level marketing world a few years ago. But it's been blitzing social media in the past few months to try to gain new distributors. In the past, these schemes usually pushed nonessential consumer goods like…[Continue Reading...]

QAnon’s weirdest obsession: Why does the radical far right fear the Masons?

Published August 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, Free Masonry, Free Masons, Masons

In my most recent nonfiction book, "Operation Mindf**k: QAnon & the Cult of Donald Trump," I focused extensively on a "QTuber" named Rick Rene, because I viewed him then and now as the perfectly imperfect microcosm of the entire messed-up…[Continue Reading...]

Is your online community a little bit culty? These are the signs

Published August 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult-like, cultic, cults, culty, warning signs

When Rae was pregnant with her first child, she joined a car seat safety group online for advice. While helpful information was on offer, the Perth local aged in her 30s describes an "undercurrent of nastiness" led by an "army…[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell, LDS member, holds extreme beliefs. What role did they play in murders?

Published August 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murders

By trial witness accounts, Lori Vallow Daybell was a good mom for most of her life. The Idaho resident, now 50, once worked as a hairstylist in Arizona, before moving to Rexburg, and was a devoted member of The Church…[Continue Reading...]

For whom ‘no’ never meant ‘no’: Danny Masterson’s mistrial – A deep dive into allegations, defense, and scientology’s role

Published August 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged convicted rapist, Danny Masterson, Los Angeles, Scientologist, Scientology

The Danny Masterson rape trial ended in mistrial after a monthlong courtroom battle intertwined with the Church of Scientology. A retrial date is set for March, keeping the spotlight on the ongoing legal struggle. Hollywood's legal landscape has been fraught…[Continue Reading...]

Actress Leah Remini Gets New Judge in Harassment Suit vs. Scientology

Published August 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged lawsuit, Leah Remini, Los Angeles, new judge, Scientologists, Scientology

Actress Leah Remini has a new judge who will hear motions in the lawsuit brought by a longtime critic of Scientology, who alleges she has been stalked and harassed since leaving the faith in 2013. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge…[Continue Reading...]

Cult compounds from Waco to the Wild Wild Country commune

Published August 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult compounds, cult leaders, cults

The Waco compound of David Koresh's Branch Davidians; the LA hippie Helter Skelter ranch where Charles Manson and his Family plotted the grisly Tate-LaBianca murders; sex guru Osho's Wild Wild Country commune in Oregon... Every cult needs a base of…[Continue Reading...]

Frankie Lee Talks Coming Out and Leaving the Mormon Church in Award-Winning One-Man Show

Published August 12, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged gay Mormons, LDS, leaving Mormonism, LGBT, Mormons

"As of this year, I've been out of the Mormon Church and out of the closet for seven years," says Frankie Lee, creator and star of the one-man show FoMo: Formerly Mormon. "It took me a long time to get…[Continue Reading...]

‘Kill Me And Throw My Body In River Yala!’ Televangelist Paul Mackenzie Tells Court

Published August 12, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

Controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie, who is being held in connection with the death of over 400 people in a suspected starvation cult in Shakahola, Kilifi County has decried what he describes as a violation of his rights. Appearing at the…[Continue Reading...]