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The French region home to hippy communes ranging from conspiracy theorists to doomsday cults: Ariege, where Alex Batty has spent the last two years, is infamous for its ‘alternative’ lifestyle groups including one led by convicted paedophile

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, cults, France, sects

The region of France from which a British boy escaped this week is infamous for 'alternative' lifestyle communities, conspiracy theorists and cults - including one which was led by a convicted paedophile. Alex Batty, from Oldham, Lancashire, went missing in 2017 when he…[Continue Reading...]

A new website reports on the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brooklyn, free press, Haredi, New York, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups

Imagine buying an expensive electric vehicle that has internet connectivity but deciding to disable it. That's what a business is doing for ultra-Orthodox Jews who own Teslas in order to ensure that the drivers and their passengers don't see anything…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones offers $55m to Sandy Hook families to satisfy $1.5bn judgment

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, billion dollar judgement, InfoWars, settlement offers

The conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has proposed to pay $55m over 10 years to the Sandy Hook families who sued him for spreading lies that the 2012 school massacre in Connecticut, one of the worst in American history, was a…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones needs to pay $75,000 fine for missing deposition by Sandy Hook families

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, conspiracy theories, failure to appear, fined, InfoWars

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld $75,000 in fines against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for missing a deposition in the lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, which led to a $1.4 billion judgment against Jones for repeatedly calling the 2012…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Batty’s mum ‘was involved in a CULT & allowed NO contact with real world’ as details about commune life revealed

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, cults, France, kids, UK

He had gone on a family holiday to Spain and is believed to have been abducted by his 43-year-old mother to live an "alternative" lifestyle abroad. The teenager was found near the French city of Toulouse on Wednesday and taken…[Continue Reading...]

Man lifts the lid on what it was really like growing up in Warren Jeffs’ polygamous Mormon CULT – where girls could be married off as young as 14 and ‘men were living in fear’

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Arizona, cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, survivor story, Utah, Warren Jeffs

A man has lifted the lid on what it was really like growing up in Warren Jeffs' polygamous Mormon cult - where girls could be married off as young as 14 and 'men were living in fear.' Popular YouTube creator Peter Santanello met…[Continue Reading...]

How to watch ‘Born in Synanon,’ the docuseries about a cult led by Charles ‘Chuck’ Dederich

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

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

The internet has been abuzz with the latest release, a Paramount Plus docuseries titled "Born in Synanon." Those who followed the headlines between the 1970s and '90s may recognize the name, as the addiction-recovery-community-turned-cult led by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich…[Continue Reading...]

Shack where Alex Batty lived with grandad David & ‘cult obsessed’ mum for 2 YEARS before fleeing on foot revealed

Published December 16, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged child abuse, cults, France, kids, UK

KIDNAPPED Alex Batty escaped from this rundown holiday home before walking for four days over hills to his freedom. He was taken there by his mum and grandad two years ago after they left a travelling hippy commune said to…[Continue Reading...]

How Alex Batty’s mother ‘went from law student to ‘chaotic’ cult member who left her young son in Morocco to live in Bali with a new boyfriend and sent her mother a £500,000 ‘bill’ for ‘her use of’ Alex’

Published December 15, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged court battles, cults, kids, UK

A newly resurfaced interview with the grandmother of a British boy who went missing for six years has revealed that his mother went from being a law student to a 'chaotic' cult member in a few short years. Alex Batty,…[Continue Reading...]