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The new Jeffrey Epstein files have set off a fresh round of conspiracy theories

Published January 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alternate reality, conspiracy theories, research, true believers

This week's unsealing of court records relating to Jeffrey Epstein's alleged associates has brought about a new wave of conspiracy theories about the late, disgraced financier. Epstein, who died by suicide while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, is a…[Continue Reading...]

This book plunged the world into a terrifying obsession with satanic cults in the 1980s

Published January 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cults, false memories, recovered memories, repressed memories, Satanic cults, Satanic panic

What if one book had the power to plunge the world into a terrifying obsession with satanic cults? Michelle Remembers, a 1980 memoir by a young Canadian woman and her psychiatrist, Dr. Lawrence Pazder, did just that. Marketed as the…[Continue Reading...]

Polygamist cult leader’s daughter breaks free, says false prophet abused her: ‘The world could see the shame’

Published January 6, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, sex crimes, Warren Jeffs

It was New Year’s Eve 2014 when the daughter of polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs finally broke free. "When I stepped out, I remembered thinking, ‘Gosh, I should have left sooner,’" Rachel Blackmore recalled to Fox News Digital. "There’s just…[Continue Reading...]

Daughters of the Cult Tells One of the Bloodiest Cult Stories Since Jonestown

Published January 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Ervil LeBaron, Mexico, Mormon Manson, murders, Polygamist cult

The latest collaboration between ABC News and Hulu, Daughters of the Cult, cuts through all the true-crime documentary clutter of the last decade. Even if you're familiar with Mormon fundamentalism or watched FX's Under the Banner of Heaven (which was…[Continue Reading...]

Webs of Belief: Mother God, the Divines, and the Age of Internet Cults

Published January 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Internet, Internet cults, online cults, recruitment

I’ve been on a bit of a cult kick over my winter break, spending my free time engrossed in a few different cult documentaries. First, I watched Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God on HBO with my family…[Continue Reading...]

‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow’s Arizona trial pushed back

Published January 5, 2024 By admin

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

According to reports, the judge overseeing Lori Vallow's case in Arizona has agreed to designate the case as "complex," a move that will allow prosecutors, as well as defense, to have more time to gather evidence. The trial, which was…[Continue Reading...]

A viral post demonizing Zionist doctors sounds eerily like a Soviet antisemitic conspiracy theory

Published January 5, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, conspiracy theories, Russian propaganda

“Realizing how many American doctors and nurses are Zionists, and genuinely terrified for Palestinian, Arab, Muslim, South Asian and Black patients,” tweeted Saira Rao, who co-founded a company, Race2Dinner, offering antiracist dinners to white women for the price of $2,500. …[Continue Reading...]

A Desire For Chaos Fuels The Human Obsession With Conspiracy Theories

Published January 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theory, psychological motivation, research

A desire to disrupt the established political system is a strong motivator for sharing conspiracy theories, new research suggests. This is regardless of if the sharer believes the theories they're sharing or not. Researchers even have a term for this…[Continue Reading...]

Church of Scientology may face RICO charges

Published January 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, criminal allegations, David Miscavige, lawsuit, Scientologists, Scientology

(NewsNation) — Plaintiffs in a civil harassment case against the Church of Scientology and its leader, David Miscavige, along with actor Danny Masterson, are urging the court to label the organization a “criminal enterprise” due to its alleged “pattern of…[Continue Reading...]

Church of Scientology is a ‘criminal enterprise’ that should face Mafia-like RICO charges: lawsuit

Published January 4, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged California, criminal allegations, lawsuit, Scientologists, Scientology

The Church of Scientology is a "criminal enterprise" that uses celebrities, like Danny Masterson, to advance Mafia-like racketeering, a recently filed lawsuit alleges. "Many of Scientology’s criminal enterprise’s money-making schemes are criminal in nature," the lawsuit alleges. "It routinely and…[Continue Reading...]