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‘Lying for God’: Former members say Shincheonji cult should lose charity status

Published December 18, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Former members of a Korean cult operating in Aotearoa say they were told to “lie for God”, and want the group stripped of its charitable status. Melanie Earley reports. John* and Audrey* describe Shincheonji as “insidious and devious”. The couple…[Continue Reading...]

Sandy Hook families seek to proceed with Alex Jones cases in CT, Texas amid his bankruptcy

Published December 17, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, conspiracy theories

The families of Sandy Hook victims defamed by Alex Jones want to finish sorting out the nearly $1.5 billion in damages they were awarded at separate trials this year, even as the Infowars host continues to wade through the personal…[Continue Reading...]

OneCoin Co-Founder Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Money Laundering

Published December 17, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal conviction, guilty plea, Karl Sebastian Greenwood, multi-level marketing, OneCoin

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that “Cryptoqueen” Ruja Ignatova associate and OneCoin co-founder Karl Sebastian Greenwood has pleaded guilty to federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering in connection to the OneCoin scam. “As a founder…[Continue Reading...]

QAnon’s Undying Hate for Tom Hanks Grows Stronger Every Day

Published December 17, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, QAnon, Tom Hanks

There’s a long history of extremists and wingnuts targeting politicians for violence. So, the fact that David DePape—a San Francisco carpenter and deep-seated QAnon junkie—allegedly broke into the Pelosi household and bludgeoned Paul Pelosi half to death can be understood…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamist sect leader accused of orchestrating girls’ disappearance

Published December 17, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, criminal charges, cult leader, polygamist, Samuel Bateman

SALT LAKE CITY — The leader of a polygamist sect stands accused of helping arrange the disappearance of eight girls from Arizona group homes, a couple of months after federal agents raided his homes on the Utah/Arizona border and removed…[Continue Reading...]

Too dangerous to be released: Evil skinhead murdered teen as he slept

Published December 16, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal conviction, hate crime, Robert Stewart, skinhead, UK

A racist killer who beat his prison cellmate to death with a table leg then daubed a swastika on the wall in blood has been denied parole. Robert Stewart, 42, originally from Hattersley in Tameside, was jailed for life for…[Continue Reading...]

Condemnation pours in after woman seriously hurt by Jerusalem ultra-Orthodox rioters

Published December 16, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Israel, riot, ultra-Orthodox Jews

Lawmakers from across party lines on Friday condemned violent demonstrations in Jerusalem by hundreds of ultra-Orthodox extremists the night before in which a woman was seriously injured. The 40-year-old woman, a mother of 10, was hospitalized with light injuries after…[Continue Reading...]

FLDS polygamist leader faces new charges of kidnapping minors

Published December 16, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, child abuse, criminal charges, Kidnapping, polygamist, Samuel Bateman

Self-proclaimed prophet and polygamist leader Samuel Rappylee Bateman's legal troubles snowballed Thursday as three women charged with kidnapping eight minors were folded into his federal court case and new charges were added. Bateman, who was facing three charges of destruction…[Continue Reading...]

Perceived loss of control may lead to an increase in conspiracy theories, study finds

Published December 16, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, psychology, research

Studies of North Macedonians immediately after their country was renamed and of U.S. residents affected by a series of tornadoes showed that people who felt a loss of control over important events tended to increase their beliefs in conspiracy theories.…[Continue Reading...]