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Inside the Mormon city at center of Lori Vallow’s ‘doomsday cult’: Rexburg is where her murdered children’s mutilated bodies were found – yet Chad Daybell’s family STILL live next to graves and some claim he’s INNOCENT

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes

For years, the small Mormon enclave of Rexburg in east Idaho has proudly dubbed itself 'America's family community' - a slogan that's emblazoned on municipal buildings around the city as a symbol of its fierce embrace of traditional values. But…[Continue Reading...]

What do Mormons believe?

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged beliefs, LDS, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Mormons

Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. And yet, many who are unfamiliar with it sometimes rely on vague stereotypes and pop culture references to define it. In reality, it’s a theologically complex religion with an unusual…[Continue Reading...]

Inside the ‘My Place’ anti-government conspiracy group targeting councils

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged anti-vaxxers, Australia, conspiracy theories, My Place

It is the anti-vax, anti-Establishment, anti-government group that is targeting local councils with a campaign of conspiracies and disruption so fierce some have had to shut their doors to the public. But, at first glance, My Place seems like any…[Continue Reading...]

Danny Masterson rape retrial: ‘We have targets on our backs,’ accuser’s husband testifies

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Danny Masterson, harassment, rape trial, Scientologist, Scientology, stalking

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Jurors at the rape retrial of actor Danny Masterson heard from the second of three accusers Friday as she described going through a Scientology "Ethics Program" after Masterson allegedly raped her for the first time in…[Continue Reading...]

Controversial doomsday cult, Shincheonji, expands into the Pacific Islands

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Shincheonji

Former members of a Korean doomsday cult are sounding a warning that the religious sect is turning its focus to Pacific nations. Melanie Earley investigates. Undeterred by public scrutiny in Aotearoa, a secretive religious group is expanding into the Pacific…[Continue Reading...]

Thai police bust religious cult and arrest Taiwanese, Chinese leaders

Published April 30, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged criminal arrests, Heaven of Heaven Group, Lion Empire, Lion Kingdom Federation, Taiwanese cult, Thailand

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese man was arrested in Thailand’s Chonburi Province on Saturday (April 29) along with four Chinese nationals in connection to a religious cult that was also operating an illegal business. A 60-year-old Taiwanese man surnamed…[Continue Reading...]

Popular Kenyan televangelist admits to 15 deaths at his church

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged deaths, Ezekiel Odero, Kenya, New Life Prayer Centre Church, televangelist

Ezekiel Odero is being detained and investigated for murder, aiding suicide, abduction, radicalisation, genocide, crimes against humanity, child cruelty, fraud, money laundering and being an accessory to crimes His lawyers said their client is not linked in any way to…[Continue Reading...]

Plea deal struck over girl’s disappearance following Warren Jeffs ‘revelation’

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal charges, FLDS, Heber Jeffs, North Dakota, plea deal, polygamist groups, Polygamists

A man accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl following a "revelation" from imprisoned polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has struck a plea deal with prosecutors. Court records show that Heber Pearson Jeffs pleaded guilty on Tuesday to third-degree felony custodial interference…[Continue Reading...]

NSW woman reveals life growing up in a fundamentalist sect

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Australia, Christian fundamentalists, former member, personal story, recovery

It was the only thing generations of her family had ever known but, at 19, one woman revealed how one simple act led her to cut all ties with the fundamentalist sect she had grown up in. Laura McConnell, now…[Continue Reading...]

True crime: Dinner invite ends in Missouri family cult killing

Published April 29, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, Jeffrey Lundgren, murders, Ohio

KIRTLAND, Ohio — On October 24, 2006, Jeffrey Lundgren, who was convicted of murdering a Missouri family, received a lethal injection at a correctional facility in Lucasville, Ohio. Lundgren was originally from Independence, Missouri and claimed to be a prophet…[Continue Reading...]