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‘Stolen Youth’ chronicles a years-long reign of abuse of young people by a cult leader

Published June 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged documentary, Larry Ray, Lawrence Ray, sexual abuse

Like many who read it, Zach Heinzerling was stunned by a 2019 New York magazine article that exposed the bizarre, cult-like control asserted by an ex-convict named Larry Ray over a group primarily of Sarah Lawrence College students he met…[Continue Reading...]

Four men go on trial in Paris accused of conspiring to plot neo-Nazi attacks

Published June 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged France, neo nazis, terrorism charges, trial

Four men are going on trial in Paris accused of conspiring as a neo-Nazi terrorist group to plan attacks on mosques and Jewish targets in France in 2017 and 2018. An investigation was opened in 2018 after Alexandre Gilet, a…[Continue Reading...]

Is this anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist the next Alex Jones?

Published June 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theories, died suddenly, film, misinformation, Stew Peters

A film promoting an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory has been accused of helping to drive the harassment of bereaved families. In a rare interview with the BBC, the man behind it says he is "happy" about its influence - and believes…[Continue Reading...]

Shakahola cult: Paul Mackenzie buried his followers with the state’s knowledge

Published June 19, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged burial permit, cult leader, doomsday cult, Good News International Church, Kenya, Paul Mackenzie

A burial permit dated January 28, 2022 and obtained by the Nation has revealed how Mackenzie was allowed to conduct burials for his murderous cult. The burial permit, with serial number 1722406, was issued to one Evans Sirya and also…[Continue Reading...]

How faith turned deadly for Kenyan cult followers who chose starvation as path to salvation

Published June 19, 2023 By admin

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

The reddish soil of the Shakahola forest is still giving up its terrible secrets. Two hours drive from Kenya’s coastal tourist town of Malindi, forensic teams turn off the tarred road into a thicket of thorn bush, entering a crime…[Continue Reading...]

Hundreds of bodies found in forest linked to starvation cult

Published June 19, 2023 By admin

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

Hundreds of bodies have been found in a Kenyan forest as part of an investigation into a religious cult that pushed its members to starve themselves. CNN's David McKenzie reports.[Continue Reading...]

Neo-Nazi accused of stockpiling weapons, plotting mass shooting at Michigan synagogue

Published June 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged mass shooting planned, Michigan, neo nazis

A Michigan man who spouted antisemitic and Neo-Nazi ideals online was busted by federal agents for allegedly stockpiling weapons in preparation for a mass shooting at an East Lansing synagogue. Seann Pietila, 19, of Pickford, was arrested on Friday after…[Continue Reading...]

God involved in my arrest over rival’s death, says cult leader

Published June 18, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult recruitment, cults, gangs, Nigeria

A set of twins, Taiwo and Kehinde Adeleke, and a suspected cult leader, Ibrahim Qudus, arrested for the death of one Abiodun Apalara, said to be a member of Alora Confraternity and allegedly killed by some suspected members of Black…[Continue Reading...]

Teen arrested after FBI uncovers alleged mass shooting plot

Published June 17, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged mass shooting plot, Michigan, neo Nazi, neo nazis

A Michigan teenager who authorities say expressed explicit neo-Nazi and antisemitic ideologies online was arrested Friday by the FBI who alleged he stockpiled weapons and was planning a mass shooting. The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of…[Continue Reading...]

Why Americans shouldn’t dismiss Shiny Happy People’s warning of a Christian-controlled nation

Published June 17, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged analysis, Bill Gothard, documentary, Duggar family, Institute in Basic Life Principles

There is a reason it’s trending right now and you’re seeing it in your feeds and hearing about in conversations. Not only did it provide the history behind the Duggar family’s rise to fame that allowed them to promote their…[Continue Reading...]