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Via porn, gore and ultra-violence, extremist groups are sinking hooks online into the very young

Published April 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged children, online radicalization, radicalisation

PARIS (AP) — After his arrest, the boy’s mother was stunned to discover that her 12-year-old had been learning how to kill and gorging on videos of decapitation and torture so gruesome they made even case-hardened French court officials look…[Continue Reading...]

‘Jehovah’s Witnesses told me I would die at 15 – so I didn’t save for a pension’

Published April 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged doomsday prophecy, Jehovah's Witnesses, survivor story

Kit de Waal is an award-winning author who left school at 16. Her debut novel, My Name is Leon, was published when she was 56, and became a bestseller. It was turned into a TV movie for the BBC and…[Continue Reading...]

‘My mom married my step-grandpa,’ former Scientologist details wild family arrangements

Published April 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged former member, Scientologists, Scientology, survivor story

A love story between a strip club worker and a paraplegic man resulted in a life following Scientology for 35 years and one hell of an awkward re-marriage. It was a confusing time for five-year-old Natalie Webster, whose mom's relationship…[Continue Reading...]

Hugh Hefner’s ex-girlfriend Holly Madison says living in Playboy Mansion was like a ‘cult’

Published April 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult-like, Hugh Hefner, personal stories, Playboy mansion

Holly Madison has shared an insight into what it was really like living in the infamous Playboy mansion and some of the 'weird' things she saw. Former Playboy Bunny and ex of editor Hugh Hefner, Madison, lived and breathed the…[Continue Reading...]

3 Songs That Cult Leader Charles Manson Wrote (And 3 Musicians Who Covered Them)

Published April 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Charles Mason, convicted murderer, cult leader, music, songs

For fans of true crime or those who were around when Charles Manson became the infamous cult leader he is known as today, Manson’s involvement in the music industry is pretty wild. Before people realized just how horrible he was,…[Continue Reading...]

Teen suspected of murdering parents now tied to ‘cult’ and conspiracy to kill Trump to spark a ‘political revolution’

Published April 13, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cults, murders, neo nazis, Nikita Casap, Order of Nine Angles, Order of the Nine Angels, Wakesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin

A Wisconsin teenager accused of murdering his parents followed a neo-Nazi “cult” and hoped to further a plot to overthrow the U.S. government, including killing President Donald Trump, prosecutors say. Nikita Casap, 17, is accused of killing his mother Tatiana…[Continue Reading...]

LDS Church loses lawsuit against insurance companies over sex abuse settlements

Published April 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged lawsuit, LDS, Mormon Church, Mormons, sexual abuse settlements

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has ruled against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a lawsuit over who pays for sexual abuse settlements. The Church sued its own insurance providers, National Union Insurance and ACE…[Continue Reading...]

Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss ‘isn’t seeing Scientology connection’ for chilling reason

Published April 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult TV Tagged cults, Elizabeth Moss, Scientologists, Scientology

It has been almost three years since The Handmaid’s Tale season five finale left viewers all over the world on tenterhooks with his cliffhanger-esque finale – and the wait is finally over. The hit Hulu series, which is based on…[Continue Reading...]

Unification Church in South Korea holds mass wedding for 5,000 couples

Published April 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cults, mass wedding, South Korea, Unification Church

South Korea's Unification Church on Saturday held a mass wedding for 5,000 couples at the church's headquarters in Gapyeong. Watch the video See https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unification-church-south-korea-holds-071957663.html[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow Daybell’s second trial: A veteran prosecutor’s perspective

Published April 12, 2025 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Arizona, cult mom, Lori Vallow, murder trial

In the ongoing second trial of Lori Vallow Daybell in Arizona, Rachel Smith, a veteran prosecutor who played a key role in securing the first conviction against Vallow Daybell in Idaho, has weighed in on the proceedings. Representing herself, Vallow…[Continue Reading...]