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Allison Mack joined sex cult NXIVM to ‘become a great actress again’

Published December 28, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Allison Mack, cult leader, Keith Raniere, NXIVM

“Smallville” actress Allison Mack first got involved in the infamous cult NXIVM because she thought co-founder Keith Raniere could help her “become a great actress again.” “I moved to Albany (NXIVM headquarters) to fill that emptiness and find the soul…[Continue Reading...]

Convicted leader of plot to kidnap Michigan governor sentenced to 16 years in federal prison

Published December 28, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Adam Fox, kidnap plot, Michigan, terrorism, terrorist

A Michigan federal judge sentenced a man convicted of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to 16 years in prison Tuesday. Prosecutors said that Adam Fox was the leader of a plot to kidnap the Democratic governor from her…[Continue Reading...]

Cult mom Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell will be tried together in the new year

Published December 27, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, children murdered, criminal charges, criminal trial, cult leader, Idaho, Lori Vallow

Lori Vallow, the mother accused of killing her two children and ex-husband and then disappearing to a tropical Hawaiian vacation, will be tried in Idaho alongside her husband in April. The bizarre case of Vallow and apocalyptic novelist Chad Daybell…[Continue Reading...]

Why Welcome To Plathville’s Lydia Meggs Left Her Fundamentalist Upbringing

Published December 27, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged fundamentalists, Lydia Meggs, Olivia Plath, reality show, Welcome to Plathville

Lydia Meggs grew up in a restrictive and controlling religious environment along with her Welcome to Plathville older sister, Olivia Plath. Lydia and Olivia chose to leave that lifestyle behind, and it has affected their relationship with their family. Lydia…[Continue Reading...]

US justice department: The son of God — a rapist!

Published December 27, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, criminal charges, televangelist, United States

THESE are serious accusations. And it is a measure of the inadequacy of our justice system that it has taken a foreign country to indict one of the Philippines' most powerful personalities, described as a shrewd businessman, an influential radio…[Continue Reading...]

Alex Jones shouldn’t expect bankruptcy to cover his sins

Published December 27, 2022 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, bankruptcy, InfoWars

I was talking with friends the other day about Alex Jones and his recent personal bankruptcy filing. This was done after a jury and a judge awarded damages against Jones for a total of over $1.4 billion in connection with…[Continue Reading...]

What Does Science Say About Brainwashing?

Published December 26, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, coercive persuasion, research

Brainwashing is a term that emerged in the 1950s to explain the changes in belief systems and ideologies exhibited by US soldiers after they were released from detainment in China. Today, psychologists prefer the term coercive persuasion. In recent decades,…[Continue Reading...]

Rose McGowan Escaped an Italian Polygamous Cult With Her Family

Published December 26, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse allegations, Children of God, former member, Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan has found herself in the headlines for a number of reasons throughout her career. In order to fully understand her story and how she has come this far, we must first start with her upbringing. As a child,…[Continue Reading...]

Strange cult makes a comeback in Isan school

Published December 26, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult, cult recruitment, students, Thailand

Early this month I came across an interesting news story about a school in Ubon Ratchathani that was accused of forcing its students to join the activities of a Chinese religious sect presented under the guise of dhamma training. According…[Continue Reading...]

One in 10 local politicians have Unification Church ties: Jiji survey

Published December 25, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Japan, political influence, Sun Myung Moon, Unification Church

Some 10% of prefectural assembly members across Japan have had ties with the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church, a Jiji Press survey showed Sunday. The survey has implications for next spring’s unified local elections, in which such…[Continue Reading...]