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The Chabadification of Judaism: How did this one sect get so big?

Published February 3, 2023 By admin

If you’ve ever wondered why it seems like there are more Chabad houses than Starbucks in Canadian cities, there’s a reason: With their enormous menorahs and frequent sidewalk stalls, the Chabad movement easily represents the most prominent Jews in the…[Continue Reading...]

‘We Knew’: Behind the ‘Dances With Wolves’ Star’s Sickening Sex Cult Arrest

Published February 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Nathan Chasing Horse, sex cult allegations, sexual abuse allegations

For years, members of the Native American community say they were deeply suspicious of Nathan Chasing Horse. “It was, ‘Make sure you never leave a young woman alone with this person,’” Frances Danger, who is Muskogee and Seminole, told The…[Continue Reading...]

Is Steven Hassan following in the footsteps of George Santos?

Published February 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult expert, misleading claims, Steven Hassan, work history

Political pundit Steven Hassan has a penchant for conflating his CV and at times just plain lying about his past status. And he seems to have an obsession about Harvard. Again, and again Hassan claims to have taught at “Harvard…[Continue Reading...]

Thousands of Alex Jones’ Texts Are Now Public, and Yep, He’s the Worst

Published February 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Alex Jones, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorist, InfoWars, texts made publikc

In the wake of Alex Jones’ lawyer accidentally sending the full contents of his phone to a lawyer for Sandy Hook families suing Jones last summer, the Southern Poverty Law Center has published thousands of his text communications in a…[Continue Reading...]

Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation cast list and characters explored

Published February 3, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alleged cult leader, Gwen Shamblin, Remnant Fellowship, Tennessee

Lifetime's upcoming true crime thriller film Gwen Shamblin: Starving for Salvation will premiere on the channel on Saturday, February 4, 2023. It tells the story of the controversial religious leader Gwen Shamblin and chronicles the various complex facets of her…[Continue Reading...]

Exclusive: Extremists raised $6.2 million on crowdfunding websites in ‘heyday’ of financing

Published February 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Crowd funding, extremists, fund raising online, hate groups

ADL researchers tracked 324 fundraising campaigns connected to extremists, including: The Proud Boys The Oath Keepers White supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan Extremist Black Hebrew Israelites. (BHI is a new religious sect whose followers believe Black people are…[Continue Reading...]

Indian guru Asaram given life sentence in second rape case

Published February 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged criminal conviction, guru Asaram, India, life prison sentence, rape, sexual abuse

An Indian court on Tuesday sentenced self-proclaimed spiritual guru Asaram Bapu to life imprisonment on charges of rape and sodomy, according to his lawyer. The verdict is the second life term against the octogenarian, who is already serving a life…[Continue Reading...]

Police Arrest Former Actor Turned Alleged Cult Leader, Raid His Nevada Home in Sex Abuse Probe

Published February 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged alleged cult leader, criminal charges, Las Vegas, Nathan Chasing Horse, police raid

Las Vegas police on Tuesday arrested and raided the home of a former actor turned alleged cult leader accused of sexually assaulting young indigenous girls during a period spanning two decades, according to police records obtained by The Associated Press.…[Continue Reading...]

‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Nathan Chasing Horse arrested for sex abuse, accused of running cult

Published February 1, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged abuse allegations, alleged cult leader, criminal charges, Nathan Chasing Horse, Nevada

A former actor accused of running a sex cult was arrested by Las Vegas police Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting Indigenous girls as young as 13 for roughly two decades, police records show. “Dances With Wolves” actor Nathan Chasing Horse,…[Continue Reading...]

From Beyond The Grave: Lisa Marie Presley Blames Scientology For Orchestrating Divorce From Michael Jackson — ‘I Didn’t Want To Leave Him’

Published January 31, 2023 By admin

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged divorce, Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Jackson, Scientology

The only child of music legend Elvis Presley got married to the King of Pop in 1994, but they called it quits two years later in 1996, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split. She would be present…[Continue Reading...]