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Fort Worth author Jeff Guinn’s latest book tackles disastrous 1993 siege in Waco

Published January 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged David Koresh, doomsday cults, Waco Davidians

Jeff Guinn of Fort Worth is a best-selling writer of tremendous range. He’s brought a journalist’s keen eye for facts to historical events such as the shootout at the O.K. Corral and a whimsical approach to a popular series about…[Continue Reading...]

Sister Wives: The Three Different Polygamist Sects Explained

Published January 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged FLDS, Kingston Klan, Polygamists, polygamy

TLC's Sister Wives has caught viewers' attention for its behind-the-scenes look at polygamy, and it's time to talk about how the other sects relate to the Brown family. Kody Brown is a proud polygamist who entered the series with a…[Continue Reading...]

Idaho prosecutors oppose motion by ‘Cult Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell to hold ‘strategy session’ with husband

Published January 18, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, child murders, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow

Prosecutors who are seeking the death penalty for so-called "Cult Mom" Lori Vallow Daybell filed motions opposing "strategy sessions" between her and her husband, Charles Daybell, who will both go on trial in April for allegedly murdering Lori's two children…[Continue Reading...]

More deaths from faith-healing recorded in Idaho as advocates fight to end practice

Published January 17, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged children deaths, Faith healing, Followers of Christ, Idaho, medical neglect

Activists in Idaho are continuing their push to repeal or amend laws that protect parents from prosecution when they allow their children to die from preventable illnesses by denying them medical care and relying exclusively on prayer and spiritual healing.…[Continue Reading...]

Black Mormon Told They Can’t Marry White Members Because ‘Seed is Cursed’

Published January 17, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Mormon Church, Mormons, racism

A video of an African American woman detailing her experiences of racism within the Mormon church has begun to circulate online. The woman, introduced as Channel Achenbach was on the Mormon Stories Podcast in November last year, though the video…[Continue Reading...]

Mother-of-five believes she trespassed on property of ‘cult’

Published January 17, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal conviction, protester, Society of St Pius X, SSPX, trespassing

A WEST Cork autism campaigner and mum-of-five with no previous convictions has received a 60-day suspended jail sentence for trespassing at a property belonging to a group who she believes to be a ‘cult acting outside the bounds of legality.’…[Continue Reading...]

50 women abducted by Islamist jihadists in Burkina Faso

Published January 16, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Burkino Faso, Islamists, Kidnapping, terrorists

Suspected jihadists have abducted roughly 50 women in insurgency-wracked northern Burkina Faso, local officials and residents told AFP on Sunday. Roughly 40 were seized about a dozen kilometres (seven miles) southeast of Arbinda on Thursday and about 20 others were…[Continue Reading...]

Haredi protesters clash with police outside Jerusalem cellphone store

Published January 16, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Israel, riot, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox men clashed with police outside a Jerusalem cellphone store Sunday evening, as a protest against the sale of phones that can access the internet turned into a brawl. Demonstrators who gathered on Malchei Israel Street in the…[Continue Reading...]

Was this Las Vegas street named after a Mormon informer turned rose rancher?

Published January 16, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged LDS, Mormon Church, Mormons, polygamist, polygamy

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A gardener adept at producing colorful flowers or a rugged lawman? A rather odd puzzle when it comes to tracing the origins of Owens Avenue, which stretches some 10 miles, west to east, from Martin Luther…[Continue Reading...]

Lisa Marie Presley was planning Scientology takedown before her death

Published January 16, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal trial, former member, Lisa Marie Presley, potential witness, Scietology

(KYMA) It's important to dig a little deeper into the death of Lisa Marie Presley. She was getting ready to make a big splash by taking scientology to task. At the age of 11 Presley officially joined the Scientology religion.…[Continue Reading...]