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France: Pastor convicted for swindling over 2 million euros

Published January 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged France, Pastor Charles Bameko, prison sentence, swindler

Charles Bameko, a 52-year-old Congolese pastor of the la Bonne semence transmise (Good seed transmitted) church in the French city of Créteil, was given a suspended three-year prison sentence for swindling over two million euros. Between 2019 and 2022, he…[Continue Reading...]

Deadline’s Doc Talk Podcast: Sundance Filmmaker Scott Cummings Explores The Church Of Satan, Whose Members Break Taboos But Also Do Their Laundry

Published January 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church of Satan, Satanists

The Church of Satan would like to make it clear that members don’t worship the Devil, nor do they believe Satan is real. What they do believe in, and the rituals they practice, emerge in the documentary Realm of Satan,…[Continue Reading...]

Netflix orders Raël alien cult docuseries from Banijay France-backed KM

Published January 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Claude Vorilhon, cults, Rael, Raelians

Netflix has commissioned Raël: The Alien Prophet, a four-part docuseries exploring how a UFO-inspired religion spiralled into a controversial cult. Produced by Banijay France label KM, the series launches on the streamer on 7 February. Through investigative work and recovered…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya starvation cult leader charged with manslaughter over mass deaths

Published January 24, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, manslaughter charges, Paul Mackenzie, starvation deaths

A Kenyan court has charged cult leader cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 94 suspected accomplices with manslaughter over the deaths of more than 200 people. Mackenzie and his co-accused – including the self-proclaimed pastor's wife – pleaded not guilty to…[Continue Reading...]

‘They can keep you talking’: Shopper warns MLMs are recruiting you in-store. Here’s what to watch out for

Published January 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM, multi-level marketing, scams

TikToker Kate Kowalczik (@lcswkate) recently uploaded a viral clip that’s accrued over 781,000 views in which she delineates how, on several occasions, she’s been approached by multi-level marketing employees while shopping in “discount stores.” Kowalczik highlights how these individuals will…[Continue Reading...]

Why conspiracy theorists are freaking out about ‘Disease X’

Published January 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-vaxxers, conspiracy series, conspiracy theory, disease X

In each edition of web_crawlr we have exclusive original content every day. On Mondays our Tech Reporter Mikael Thalen debunks the most wild conspiracy theories swirling around the web in his “One Dumb Conspiracy” column. If you want to read…[Continue Reading...]

‘The Synanon Fix’ and the slippery slope of a cult mentality

Published January 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Charles Dederich, cult leader, cults, drug rehab community, Synanon

Exploring the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.…[Continue Reading...]

‘I should be in prison or dead’: Cameron Black on his journey from cult to campus

Published January 23, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, Family cults, survivor story

“Based on what I’ve been through, I should be in prison or dead,” Cameron Black ’25 said. Born into a cult led by his father, who proclaimed himself to be God, Black’s early life in Sedona, Ariz. was anything but…[Continue Reading...]

Climate Change and Radicalization: A Case Study of Indonesia

Published January 22, 2024 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Indonesia, Islam, Muslim radicalization, radicalization

Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing the world in the 21st century. It has also been identified as a threat to global security by organizations such as the U.S Department of Defense. In addition to its environmental…[Continue Reading...]