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How a religious organization became Florida’s largest private landowner

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Florida, land holdings, LDS, Mormon Church, Mormons, real estate

Over the course of 70 years, one religious organization has amassed massive quantities of private land in Florida. Boasting a vast portfolio, spanning 678,000 acres throughout the state, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the…[Continue Reading...]

Japan court imposes fine on Unification Church

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, fines, Japan, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

A trial court in Japan has imposed a fine on the Unification Church for failing to respond to some of the questions related to its controversial collection of hefty donations from its members. Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Unification Church…[Continue Reading...]

‘Truth vs. Alex Jones’: Documentary seeks justice for outrageous claims of Sandy Hook hoax

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, conspiracy theories, defamation, HBO documentary, InfoWars, lies

The pain of the parents who lost their children, first grade students at Sandy Hook Elementary School, still feels fresh nearly 12 years after the shooting. In a new documentary about the tragedy, Mark Barden says that as he and…[Continue Reading...]

Roy Jeffs, Who Spoke Out Against His Father, Infamous Polygamous Leader Warren Jeffs, Dies at 26

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, Roy Jeffs, suicide, Warren Jeffs

The son of imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs has died by suicide at the age of 26, according to his sister. Watch video report.[Continue Reading...]

India’s Gloriavale and the Kiwi women there

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, Gloriavale, India, New Zealand

When Theo Pratt saw her sister in India’s Gloriavale outpost last year, she was horrified. “She was just like a shell of the person I remembered as my sister. I was very taken aback, I didn’t expect it to be…[Continue Reading...]

Ex- Gloriavale couple share their unique love story

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult leader, Gloriavale, Neville Cooer, New Zealand, survivors story

It takes immense bravery to leave the confines of an insular, tightly knit community like Gloriavale. Especially when it’s the only life you’ve ever known and you’ve been told since birth that the community is your sanctuary from an outside…[Continue Reading...]

Brothers testify in Lev Tahor kidnapping trial

Published March 27, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged child abuse, criminal charges, cult, Kidnapping, Lev Tahor

A former Monsey resident who joined a fringe sect of ultra Orthodox Judaism and is accused of kidnapping two children to return them to the group in Guatemala testified at his federal trial that he was convinced the children were…[Continue Reading...]

Extremists and cult leader sentenced in case of 3-year-old boy who was buried to be brought back as Jesus

Published March 26, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child death, criminal conviction, New Mexico, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj

Five extremists were sentenced for their connection to a young child’s death and terrorism plot against the United States. Four of them — Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, his sisters Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhanah Wahhaj, and Subhanah’s husband, Lucas Morton — must…[Continue Reading...]

5 Cults You Probably Didn’t Know Had Connections To The Lone Star State

Published March 26, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult leaders, cults, Texas

Those of you with a penchant for the macabre, like me, might be pretty familiar with some of the more infamous cults throughout history. We have seen many of them come and go, sometimes with tragic stories ending in scandals,…[Continue Reading...]

Castrated cult members took own lives ‘to board spaceship for new life among stars’

Published March 26, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, cult suicide, Heaven's Gate, Marshall Applewhite

A chilling cult convinced 39 people to end their lives to "board an alien spaceship" for a new life among the stars. The leader of Heaven's Gate filled the minds of his followers with strange beliefs and, after an anonymous…[Continue Reading...]