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Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories: 8 of the Most Popular in History

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Love them, hate them, read them, believe them — it cannot be denied that conspiracy theories have their place in the pop culture zeitgeist. Experts point out that conspiracy theories tend to flourish during times of unrest, when society is looking…[Continue Reading...]

20 Hollywood Celebs Who Worship at the Altar of Scientology

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged celebrities, celebrity members., Hollywood, Scientologists, Scientology

The Church of Scientology has been in the peripheral awareness of those of us interested in pop culture for decades — but, for the most part, many believed it to be kooky religion that Hollywood’s elite tended to gravitate toward.…[Continue Reading...]

‘Dances With Wolves’ actor and alleged cult leader faces additional charges in Canada

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Canada, criminal charges, cult leader, Nathan Chasing Horse, The Circle

The actor, 46, has been accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states in the US. He now faces additional charges in Canada. Former "Dances With Wolves" actor, Nathan Chasing Horse, is now facing…[Continue Reading...]

Shiny Happy People is a great reminder of why cult documentaries should exist

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Bill Gothard, Christian fundamentalists, documentary, Duggar family, Institute in Basic Life Principles

I grew up adjacent to the fundamentalist Christian cult that Shiny Happy People, the four-part docuseries ostensibly about the reality TV-famous Duggar family, was really about. The Institute for Basic Life Principles (IBLP), founded and led by a man named…[Continue Reading...]

19 new bodies recovered in Kenya doomsday cult, pushing death toll past 300

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

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

The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practiced starvation to "meet Jesus Christ" has surpassed 300 after 19 new bodies were found Tuesday, a senior official said. Police believe most of the bodies found in a…[Continue Reading...]

The Upper West Side Cult That Hid in Plain Sight

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult, New York, Saul Newton, The Sullivanian Institute, The Sullivanians

Cults thrive in isolation, and this poses a challenge for the urban cult leader. Jim Jones, of the Peoples Temple, exerted an unsettling degree of influence on San Francisco politics of the late nineteen-seventies but was eventually forced to flee…[Continue Reading...]

Death toll from Kenyan doomsday cult crosses 300

Published June 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged 300 dead, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, starvation deaths

NAIROBI, June 13 (Reuters) - The death toll from a Kenyan starvation cult crossed 300 on Tuesday after authorities exhumed more bodies in a forest, in one of the worst cult-related tragedies in recent history. Authorities say the dead were…[Continue Reading...]

Ethiopia: How Missing Cult Members Fearing Doomsday Were Duped to Go Ethiopia to Meet Jesus

Published June 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult leaders, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya

New details have emerged indicating that over 80 members of a cult who went missing from Uganda last month had been duped by their pastor of an impending doomsday and that they would only be spared by meeting Jesus in…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya Cult Survivors Face Suicide Charges

Published June 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, cult survivors, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya

Sixty-five survivors of a Kenyan Christian cult are facing charges of attempted suicide after refusing to eat meals given to them at the rescue centre where they had been taken. At court on Monday, the prosecution applied to have the…[Continue Reading...]

Cult Followers Repatriated From Ethiopia To Uganda: Ministry

Published June 13, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church Christ Disciples, cult, Ethiopia, Uganda

Ugandan authorities said Tuesday that 80 followers of a religious cult from the country's east had been deported from Ethiopia where they travelled believing they would find salvation through starving. The followers of Church Christ Disciples from Soroti travelled to…[Continue Reading...]