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Shakahola cult: Death toll at 240 after two human skeletons recovered from forest

Published May 22, 2023 By admin

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

Death toll in Shakahola Forest massacre hits 240 after two human skeletons were recovered from the forest land linked to Paul Mackenzie on Monday. The bodies had decomposed, making it hard for the officers to identify their gender. Coast Regional boss…[Continue Reading...]

Episode 284: The story of ‘Doomsday Mother’ Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell

Published May 22, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Dabell, cult leader, cult mom, Idaho, Lori Vallow, murders

THEY'RE the doomsday preppers who were arrested while on honeymoon in Hawaii. Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were wanted by police as their children Tylee and JJ had not been seen by family or friends in months. As concern among…[Continue Reading...]

Why Doesn’t Hobby Lobby Use Barcodes? Conspiracy Theories May Have the Answer!

Published May 22, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged barcodes, conspiracy theory, Hobby Lobby, mark of the beast

Nowadays it’s rare to find a large-scale retail company that doesn’t employ the use of barcodes. The ubiquitous barcode was first created in 1948 by Norman J. Woodland and Bernard Silver as a method of labeling products to make taking…[Continue Reading...]

How did conspiracy theories explode in popularity? It all boils down to narratives

Published May 22, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged conspiracy theories, narratives, QAnon, recruitment

The last three years have revealed a strange, fundamental truth about American society: we do not exist in a world where we all perceive the same reality. Rather, we exist in a universe of competing beliefs about the nature of…[Continue Reading...]

‘American Psycho’ writer reveals childhood in notorious Lyman Family doomsday cult

Published May 21, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged California, cult, cult leader, Mel Lyman, The Lyman Family

Guinevere Turner woke up Jan. 5, 1975, feeling fine. It was the morning of the last day on Earth, the end of the world. But all was OK. After all, Mel Lyman — lord and savior — had said a…[Continue Reading...]

A religious community retreated into the forests of eastern Kenya. Then they turned into a starvation cult

Published May 21, 2023 By admin

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

The man who walked into Langobaya Police Station had such a horrific story to tell, it seemed almost unbelievable. He told officers that he was gravely worried for his young nephews, who were living in the forest with their parents…[Continue Reading...]

EXCLUSIVE: My family and friends rejected me when I fled the Jehovah’s Witnesses: After Rebekah Vardy’s documentary on the religious group, mother-of-four reveals how she rebuilt her life after 48 years as a member

Published May 20, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse, former members, isolation, Jehovah's Witnesses, shunning

A former Jehovah's Witness has spoken of the heartbreak at being rejected by family and friends after walking away from the group - and reveals her own mother went to her grave while still refusing to speak to her. Mother-of-four…[Continue Reading...]

The Satanic Temple: Think you know about Satanists? Maybe you don’t

Published May 20, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Boston, convention, Satanism, Satanists

This may be the world's largest ever gathering of Satanists - and it's about to begin at a Marriott hotel in downtown Boston. In a candle-lit room set aside for Satanic ceremonies, a neon sign welcomes you to The Little…[Continue Reading...]

One in 4 US Mormons has thought about leaving the LDS Church, study shows

Published May 20, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged drop outs, former Mormons, Mormon Church, Mormons

(RNS) — Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rank the highest of all Americans in religiosity, worship attendance and other measures, according to the Public Religion Research Institute’s latest report about religion in American life. Yet…[Continue Reading...]

One book about cults that has it all, including history, research, intervention and recovery

Published May 20, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cult expert, cult intervention, cult research, cults, deprogramming, modern history

You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults in…[Continue Reading...]