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Netflix’s ‘Wayward’ Is Inspired by a Real-Life Cult Whose Members Played a Twisted Therapy Game

Published October 14, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged coercive control, coercive persuation, cults, Synanon, Troubled Teen schools, Wayward series

Netflix’s hit drama series, Wayward, stars Mae Martin as a detective who moves to the small town of Tall Pines, only to discover that the town and its school are hosting a heap of deadly secrets. In Wayward, which is…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive control campaigner creates checklist

Published October 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control, warning signs

A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control. Samantha Billingham, founder of UK-based organisation Stronger Beginnings, supported the Government of Jersey's campaign to raise awareness around…[Continue Reading...]

Liberal MP’s sister says father’s church is a ‘cult’ where ‘gay conversion’ practices may still be happening

Published October 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brian Heath, City Builders, cults, New Apostolic Reformation movement, UK

The sister of Victorian Liberal MP Renee Heath has described their father’s church as a “cult” and told an inquiry that so-called “gay conversion” practices may still be occurring in the state. Clare Heath-McIvor, daughter of City Builders church pastor…[Continue Reading...]

Thorold Man Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charges Linked To Neo-Nazi Atomwaffen Network

Published October 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Canada, criminal conviction, hae propaganda, Matthew Althorpe, neo nazis

TORONTO — A 29-year-old man from Thorold, Ont., admitted in a downtown Toronto courtroom to three terrorism charges related to his role in producing and distributing propaganda tied to the neo-Nazi Atomwaffen network, court and media reports say. Matthew Althorpe,…[Continue Reading...]

Police smash cult, armed robbery syndicates in Delta

Published October 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, gangs, Nigeria, police action

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have recorded major breakthroughs in separate operations targeting cult and armed robbery networks in different parts of the state. Acting on credible intelligence, the Command’s Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT) carried out coordinated raids…[Continue Reading...]

Can Delbarton recover from $5M sex assault verdict? ‘Stakes are high’ as jury reconvenes

Published October 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Clergy Abuse Tagged Delbarton School, lawsuit, multi-million dollar judgement, New Jersey, sexual abuse

The $5 million jury verdict in favor of a Delbarton School graduate who said he was sexually assaulted by a monk a half-century ago could have vast implications for one of New Jersey's most prestigious private schools, as well as…[Continue Reading...]

Man O War Tackles Drugs, Cultism With Essay Competition In Edo

Published October 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, deaths, gangs, Nigeria, violence

In its efforts to join the fight against drug abuse and cultism in the state, the Man O’ War Nigeria, Edo State Command, has tackled its menace through an essay competition. The essay competition with the theme: Amplifying voices against…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive Control: ‘I was 12 when Mum’s new boyfriend moved in. I didn’t know I’d spend years trying to disappear.’

Published October 11, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control, survivor story

Her mother, often caught in the middle, seemed to genuinely believe her partner was simply trying to be a good parent. "She'd sneak into my room and say sorry. 'He's just stressed about work. Things will get better. Try being…[Continue Reading...]

Cults, mass graves, ‘encounters with Jesus’: In Kenya, freedom of worship comes under scrutiny

Published October 10, 2025 By admin

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

In April 2023, Kenyan human rights defenders discovered a deadly cult in the Shakahola forest. They exhumed more than 400 bodies from mass graves. The pastor of the Good News International Ministries, Paul Mackenzie, had convinced his followers that by…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja indicted on charges including political bribery and destruction of evidence

Published October 10, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged bribery, criminal idictment, Hak Ja Han Moon, Moonies, South Korea, Unification Church

A special counsel team indicted Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, on multiple charges, including political bribery, illegal political donations and destruction of evidence, on Friday. Han’s detention period expires on Sunday. She had filed a request for…[Continue Reading...]