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Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, coercive control, coercive persuasion, cults, survivors

during a psychology placement with a crisis hotline. It was the “old days” of cults, he says, when headlines were dominated by Charles Manson, Jonestown and the abduction of Patty Hearst. Closer to home, the Children of God and the…[Continue Reading...]

Neo-Nazi paedophile who planned race war and stockpiled nail bombs under son’s bed is jailed again for possessing gunpowder manual

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal charges, Martyn Gilleard, neo Nazi, pedophile, UK

A neo-Nazi paedophile who previously served 16 years in prison for planning a race war has been jailed again after admitting having a gunpowder manual. Martyn Gilleard, 49, of Leeds, had pleaded guilty to a single count of collection of…[Continue Reading...]

Neo-Nazis jailed for plotting attacks on British mosques and synagogues

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brogan Stewart, Christopher Ringrose, criminal arrests, Marco Pitzettu, neo nazis, terrorists, UK

Three Nazi-worshipping extremists have been jailed for up to 11 years for planning terrorist attacks on mosques and synagogues. Christopher Ringrose, 35, Marco Pitzettu, 25, and Brogan Stewart, 25, were preparing to use more than 200 weapons they had amassed,…[Continue Reading...]

When a Jehovah’s Witness With AML Refuses Blood Transfusions

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged blood transfusions, research

The refusal of blood transfusions by Jehovah’s Witnesses poses a major challenge in treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), particularly in patients presenting with severe anaemia. A woman in her late twenties, presented with a haemoglobin of 6.7 g/dL, received azacitidine…[Continue Reading...]

‘My teenage daughter fell victim to a satanic online group – and I felt powerless to help’

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged 764, online recruitment, satanic cult

When a 14-year-old girl began talking to other teenagers online, her mother was not too worried. But within weeks, Christina (not her real name) found her daughter's behaviour had spiralled out of control. Her daughter had fallen victim to the…[Continue Reading...]

Uncontained: Short Creek, measles and the long shadow of Warren Jeffs

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Arizona, Colorado City, FLDS, measles, Polygamist cult, Polygamists, Warren Jeffs

Inside a health clinic at the base of a craggy mountain on the Arizona-Utah border, May Keate’s phones won’t stop ringing. If the landline isn’t interrupting her, she’s silencing her cell phone to continue a conversation. It’s been like this…[Continue Reading...]

Bravo Announces New Limited Series Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay Exposing the ‘Dark History’ of the Religion

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged ex-Mormon, former Mormons, LDS, Mormon Church, Mormons

Heather Gay is digging into the Mormon religion in her new Bravo limited series. The network has announced The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star’s new project, Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay, which will air in three parts beginning…[Continue Reading...]

Mother of Abe’s alleged killer to testify in court

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Abe assassination, criminal trial, cults, Japan, Unification Church

NARA – The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man indicted over the 2022 killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a homemade gun in Nara, will testify in court as a defense witness, it was learned Wednesday. In the…[Continue Reading...]

Judges appear skeptical of Raniere’s latest bid to overturn NXIVM conviction

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged appeal, criminal conviction, cult leader, cults, Keith Raniere, NXIVM

ALBANY — An attorney for former NXIVM leader Keith Raniere argued before a tribunal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Tuesday that he deserved a new trial, or at least a hearing, on evidence tied to…[Continue Reading...]

Ana de Armas’ Alleged Opinion About Scientology Surfaces After Tom Cruise Breakup

Published October 23, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Ana de Armas, Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise

Despite their working relationship that will continue once the Top Gun star secures financing for their movie, Deeper, it appears that the former duo didn’t see eye-to-eye when it came to their religious beliefs. Yep, the Cruise’s association with the…[Continue Reading...]