OSAKA (TR) – Earlier this year, law enforcement arrested female fortuneteller Yoshie Hamada, 63, who calls herself “the Creator,” for allegedly instigating two of her male followers to commit suicide by drowning in Wakayama Prefecture five years ago. The trial…[Continue Reading...]
Hearings for an Australia-first parliamentary inquiry into cults wrapped up on 31 July after submissions from Victorians all over the state, including one influential case from the Yarra Ranges. The inquiry will investigate the recruitment methods and impacts of cults…[Continue Reading...]
An acupuncturist couple has been jailed after 'brainwashing' a younger patient into having sex with them. The Queensland couple, Arthur Cunningham, 69, and his wife Sheena Cunningham, 55, tricked the victim, in her 20s, into believing sex with them was…[Continue Reading...]
My first ever blog post here will be an attempt to share and explain my personal journey into the field of cultic studies and cult related activism/work that I have recently become more publicly involved with, especially in regards to…[Continue Reading...]
On June 3, an anonymous accuser of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs wrapped up her testimony during the rapper's sex trafficking trial. The woman, who goes by the pseudonym Mia, claimed she was sexually abused by Diddy throughout her term of…[Continue Reading...]
Afghan boys as young as ten are informing on their own mothers and sisters, encouraged by propaganda that has taken the Taliban’s assault on women’s freedoms deep into the home. Since the group seized back power in Kabul almost four…[Continue Reading...]
Karen Conti chats with Dr. Adam Kunz, assistant professor at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, about the First Amendment and if it allows cult organizations to brainwash people. Dr. Kunz also talks about what can be done legally to extricate cult…[Continue Reading...]
The rise of the far-right has become mainstream, from so-called ‘manosphere’ influencers like Andrew Tate to the Netflix hit-series Adolescence, and it's appealing to Britain’s young men and boys, as a YouGov poll reports that 1 in 6 boys have…[Continue Reading...]
Meet Hannah, 37. She shares how growing up in an extreme religious environment shaped her identity and twisted her relationship with her faith. “I was raised to believe that obedience was holiness, that questioning was rebellion, and that my worth…[Continue Reading...]
A mum has opened up about how she spotted the signs her son was being “red pilled” in the hope it will help other parents be vigilant about the subtle radicalisation of young children online. For the uninitiated, the term…[Continue Reading...]
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