What happens when a rehab program that is supposed to cure addictions becomes addictive itself? That’s the story of Synanon, an organization that went from providing revolutionary therapy to becoming “a kooky cult,” as TIME put it in 1977. The…[Continue Reading...]
Twisted YouTuber mums Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrand began 'sleeping in same bed' as relationship became 'cult-like', according to reports. In a disturbing development of the Ruby Franke case, the jailed YouTube blogger reportedly shared a bed with her business…[Continue Reading...]
) — Three members of the extremist Jewish Lev Tahor religious cult were convicted of kidnapping two children by a New York court on Wednesday.Brothers Yoil Weingarten, Yakov Weingarten and Shmiel Weingarten were convicted of child exploitation and kidnapping for…[Continue Reading...]
When it comes to The Church of Scientology, you’ve most likely heard about both its celebrity followers and its wacky ideas about space battles (for example, Lord Xenu, the intergalactic warrior you can only get the full scoop on once…[Continue Reading...]
Former MP Catherine Delahunty has revealed her brush with the Gloriavale community left her “disturbed” and “heartbroken” for the women there. The ex-Green MP said during a 2015 visit to the West Coast Christian community she witnessed institutionalised misogyny that…[Continue Reading...]
Scores of police officers, armed with guns, tear smoke and accompanied by sniffer dogs, descended on Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa’s farm in Nyabira in the early hours of Tuesday morning leading to his arrest. As reported by H-Metro, Madzibaba Ishmael’s compound…[Continue Reading...]
THE director of an abusive school at the center of a Netflix documentary has been fired from his job days after the streaming giant exposed the brutal treatment students endured at the cult institution. Jason Finlinson, who directed Academy at…[Continue Reading...]
THE Academy at Ivy Ridge billed itself as a boarding school to help reform troubled teens, but two ex-students say their stay at the abusive facility left them traumatized and irrevocably scarred. Childhood friends Julie Peysakhova and Roman Kupershteyn were…[Continue Reading...]
THE Academy at Ivy Ridge billed itself as a boarding school to help reform troubled teens, but two ex-students say their stay at the abusive facility left them traumatized and irrevocably scarred. Childhood friends Julie Peysakhova and Roman Kupershteyn were…[Continue Reading...]
THE Academy at Ivy Ridge billed itself as a boarding school to help reform troubled teens, but two ex-students say their stay at the abusive facility left them traumatized and irrevocably scarred. Childhood friends Julie Peysakhova and Roman Kupershteyn were…[Continue Reading...]
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