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Review: Inside New York’s 20th Century Psychotherapeutic Cult

Published November 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged New York, The Sullivanian Institute, The Sullivanians, therapy cult

The postwar era saw many attempts to find new ways of thinking and living that avoided the dissatisfactions and interpersonal nightmares that often arose in more traditional structures. Since human happiness and flourishing are difficult and can't be hacked with…[Continue Reading...]

Inside the cult of Mother God: Followers of ex-McDonald’s manager Amy Carlson’s ‘abusive’ New Age sect lay bare group’s harrowing descent into anarchy and violence – two years after leader’s mummified corpse was found wrapped in Christmas lights

Published November 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged "Mother God", Amy Carlson, cult, cult leader, Love Has Won

A New Age cult leader who called herself 'Mother God' is the subject of an eerie upcoming documentary about her conspiracy-driven spiritual sect, Love Has Won, and her devoted followers in Colorado. The three-part HBO series Love Has Won: The Cult Of Mother…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church Press Conference: Isn’t Offer Just a Way to Evade Responsibility?

Published November 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult leader, fund raising scams, Japan, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

It is hard to believe that the Unification Church is sincerely facing up to the serious damage caused by issues such as large-sum donations. Its proposal for damage compensation is also self-righteous and will be difficult to accept. Tomihiro Tanaka,…[Continue Reading...]

Chad Daybell says he shouldn’t receive death penalty because he is ‘less culpable’ than Lori Vallow Daybell

Published November 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, criminal trials, cult leader, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murders

ST. ANTHONY — Chad Daybell’s attorney is asking a judge to take the death penalty off the table in his client’s case because he says Daybell is less culpable than his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, who did not face the…[Continue Reading...]

‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley files paperwork stating he intends to run for office in Arizona

Published November 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, Jacob Chansley, QAnon, QAnon Shaman

PHOENIX — Jacob Chansley, who may be better known as the "QAnon Shaman," has filed a statement of interest to run for Arizona’s 8th Congressional District in Congress. Chansley stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and pleaded guilty…[Continue Reading...]

Kenya doomsday cult leader found guilty of illegal filming

Published November 11, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie, starvations deaths

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the center of a doomsday cult in the country that led to the deaths of more than 400 people, was on Friday found guilty of operating a studio and distributing films…[Continue Reading...]

ID Sets Premiere For ‘Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals’

Published November 10, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, documentary, fundamentalists, IFB, Independent Fundamental Baptist Churches, survivors

Today, Investigation Discovery, the leading true crime network, announced Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals, a new four-part docuseries exposing the predatory and insidious behavior within the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) Churches, and the struggles of survivors to find…[Continue Reading...]

Couple Charged for Operating Multimillion-Dollar Pyramid Scheme

Published November 10, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged BINT, Blessings in No Time, criminal charges, LaShonda Moore, Marlon Moore, pyramid scheme, Texas

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Texas returned an indictment yesterday charging a Texas couple for operating an illegal pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of participants of more than $10 million. According to court documents, LaShonda Moore,…[Continue Reading...]

‘No timeline’ to extradite Lori Vallow back to Arizona as she pushes for appeal in Idaho conviction

Published November 10, 2023 By admin

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

Idaho’s governor signed extradition papers last month, but MCSO said there is no plan to pick her up until she is done with her appeals process in Idaho.[Continue Reading...]

Chad Daybell: Lawyer for husband of ‘Doomsday Mom’ seeks to take death penalty off the table for his client

Published November 10, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, criminal trial, cult leader, cult murders, death penalty, Idaho

PHOENIX - We have an update on the trial of Chad Daybell, a man accused of murdering his wife, in addition to allegations he was involved in the deaths of his wife Lori Vallow's children, Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow and Tylee…[Continue Reading...]