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Understanding the coercive practices of high-control groups

Published November 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, cult abuse, cults, survivors

No one sets out to join a cult. Some arrive searching for community, drawn by the promise of belonging and purpose. Others are born into them, with family ties leaving no room for choice. Only later do many realise the…[Continue Reading...]

Coercive Control Is Domestic Violence

Published November 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Abusive controlling relationships, coercive control

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate relationships as domestic violence. For decades, non-physical abuse in the form…[Continue Reading...]

‘Incest cult’ family tree of horror as 38 relatives found living in squalor in one home

Published November 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Australia, child abuse, cults, Family cults

It was a horrifying discovery that left witnesses stunned by the nightmare unfolding within a single household. An incestuous cult was exposed, tracing back to two great-great grandparents who had established their twisted legacy in an isolated farming valley, hidden…[Continue Reading...]

How to watch The Moonies: Married To The Cult in the US

Published November 3, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cults, mass weddings, Moonies, Unification Church

In this blog, I’ll walk you through a simple, step-by-step guide on how to watch the powerful documentary The Moonies: Married To The Cult (2025) online from the US. If you’re facing geo-restrictions or just unsure how to start, this…[Continue Reading...]

My dad was leader of Moonies sex cult who bedded brides to ‘purify wombs’… but abuse by MUM from 5 was my darkest secret

Published November 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse, cult leader, cults, Sun Myung Moon, survivor storty, Unification Church

GROWING up, Sam Park always knew he was a ‘Blessed Child’ but discovering his real father was the ‘Second Coming of Christ’ who ‘owned the universe’ was a lot to live with. Especially since his dad, the founder of Unification…[Continue Reading...]

I signed up to a WhatsApp scheme promising to make me thousands – I even recruited my family but we lost everything

Published November 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged MLM schemes, multi level marketing scam, survivor story

WHEN Charlie Harris, 34, from Derby, was approached on social media about joining a travel MLM, she jumped at the chance of making easy money from home. Instead, she ended up in debt, her family relationships fractured and her mental…[Continue Reading...]

Drugs, sex, cults: 33yo’s shocking story through dopamine addiction

Published November 2, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, sex cult, survivor story

For as long as she can remember, Bianca Seirra has been addicted to feeling good. From the moment her parents divorced when she was a teen, the Melbourne woman spent years chasing dopamine — through drugs, sex and even spirituality.…[Continue Reading...]

Tom Cruise Scientology Event Risks Being Canceled Amid Row With Local Council

Published November 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Scientologists, Scientology, Tom Cruise, UK

Bad news for Scientology members with a penchant for pageantry – their annual ball is in danger of being canceled. It’s a pretty big deal considering the event is the highlight of the Church’s calendar and is attended by poster…[Continue Reading...]

Former pastor linked to The Potter’s House breaks silence: ‘They believe in marrying them young’

Published November 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, Pentecostal sect, Potter's House

A former pastor of an ultra-strict Pentecostal sect operating in Australia, one described by former members as having cult-like practices as part of a news.com.au investigation, has broken his silence. Adam*, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is…[Continue Reading...]

YouTuber got kicked out after investigating America’s most ‘incestuous’ town

Published November 1, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged investigation, Santanic groups, Satanism, undercover

We have a morbid curiosity with dark tourism, and while places like Turkmenistan and Cyprus' walled-off Famagusta were the focus of Netflix's Dark Tourist series in 2018, there's a reason journalist David Farrier visited America twice on his travels. The…[Continue Reading...]