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Sex cult exposé ‘In the Name of God’ to return with second season next year

Published December 8, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, documentary, Jeong Myeong-seok, Jesus Morning Star, JMS. Providence Church, sex cult, South Korea

Netflix docuseries "In the Name of God: A Holy Betrayal," which examines Korea's religious cults, is returning with a second season, according to a JTBC report. The series's production will begin this month with plans to air next year, a…[Continue Reading...]

Survivor star escaped ‘extreme religious cult’ in the dead of night at just 14

Published December 8, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, cult survivor, cults, personal story

Now, Katurah is a civil rights lawyer for a top firm in the USA, with eight years of experience, but life growing up was tough for the Survivor 45 cast member. The 35-year-old grew up in St. Louis and now…[Continue Reading...]

‘Cult mom’ Lori Vallow pleads not guilty to Arizona murder conspiracy charges

Published December 8, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, convicted murderer, cult mom, Lori Vallow, trial

In 2019, Vallow Daybell still lived in a Phoenix suburb with her children, 7-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and then-16-year-old Tylee Ryan. She was estranged from her fourth husband, Charles Vallow, at the time, and he had written in divorce filings…[Continue Reading...]

Historic Coastal Retreat That Once Housed Infamous Cult Is Transformed Into Luxury Hotel

Published December 8, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, Charles Diedrich, cult, cult compound, drug rehab, hotel transformation, Synanon

After a multi-million-dollar renovation, the historic Marconi Conference Center in West Marin has been transformed into Lodge at Marconi, a luxury hotel property located within the 62-acre Marconi State Historic Park just south of Marshall. The Marshall site has a…[Continue Reading...]

Sex Cult Survivors Accuse Sarah Lawrence of Negligence: ‘They Failed Us’

Published December 8, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse, cult, cult leader, Lawrence Ray, lawsuit, negligence claim, Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College for years has promoted itself as an experimental and progressive haven, a leafy enclave where students design curricula and believe in what its president has called “the underlying goodness of others.” “You are different. So are we”…[Continue Reading...]

Sarah Lawrence sex cult: Ex-students sue, say college knew ‘evil genius’ dad was in dorm

Published December 8, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, Larry Ray, Lawrence Ray, lawsuit, Sarah Lawrence College, sex cult

There was the scandal, the indictment, the trial and last year's conviction of Larry Ray, the dad who moved into his daughter's dorm at Sarah Lawrence College in 2010 and created a multi-state criminal enterprise that grew to include extortion,…[Continue Reading...]

Love Has Won documentary drew attention to Colorado cult. But does it make light of cult dangers?

Published December 7, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, Amy Carlson, Colorado, cult, cut leader, exploitation, Love Has Won

A documentary series on the Love Has Won cult, which was based in Colorado until its leader died in 2021, is bringing increased attention to its bizarre teachings about 5D ascensions, galactic communications from Robin Williams and the dangerous use…[Continue Reading...]

Is cult author Steven Hassan embellishing and/or exaggerating his bio?

Published December 7, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged author, biographical contradictions, biography, cult expert, deprogramming, Steven Hassan, Unification Church

Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called “cults,” has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church (“Moonies”) founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story…[Continue Reading...]

BREAKING DOWN LORI VALLOW DAYBELL’S BEHAVIOR: IS SHE REALLY INSANE?

Published December 7, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Brainwashing, cult indoctrination, cult mom, cult murders, insane, Lori Vallow

As the so-called Doomsday Cult Mom - - who's already serving life sentences in Idaho on murder convictions -- is set to be arraigned Thursday on other charges in Arizona, a psychologist and a body language expert analyze her demeanor.[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow to be arraigned on murder charge in fatal shooting of her 4th husband

Published December 7, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder charges, murder trial

Lori Vallow, the mother convicted of murdering two of her children in a so-called doomsday plot, is scheduled to be arraigned in Arizona Thursday morning on charges alleging she killed her fourth husband and plotted to kill the ex-husband of…[Continue Reading...]