Tag: Brainwashing

How a cult brainwashed me, and how I escaped

Published May 19, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, personal story

When we think of cults we think of David Koresh and the Waco Siege, the Manson Family, and of people like Jim Jones, who convinced 918 of his followers to kill themselves and their children. But those are extreme examples…[Continue Reading...]

CULTS INSIDE OUT How People Get In and Can Get Out

Published May 11, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, deprogramming, rescuing cult victims

You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates. But how do individuals get involved with cults in…[Continue Reading...]

‘They said they could make me straight’: Hongkonger recalls ‘brainwashing’ by group with gov’t funding from ‘equality’ fund

Published May 7, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, Christian fundamentalists, coercive persuasion, conversion therapy, LGBT

Despite being a churchgoer, Alvin Cheung never prays. Hymns send a chill down his spine, and the last time he touched a Bible was over 10 years ago. The 38-year-old is a regular at his LGBTQ-friendly church, but avoids weekly…[Continue Reading...]

Runaway mum Constance Marten was ‘groomed’ by evil Nigerian sect leader

Published March 5, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cult compound, Nigeria

Marten, 35 — charged with manslaughter alongside lover Mark Gordon, 48 — was sent to a compound near Lagos for six months as a wayward teen. Yesterday her ex Francis Agolo, 44, said: “She would clam up when talking about…[Continue Reading...]

Cult member talks through ‘benefits’ of castration before mass suicide that took dozens of lives

Published February 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, California, castration, cult leader, cult suicide, Heaven's Gate, Marshall Applewhite

You may be familiar with the infamous Heaven's Gate cult who orchestrated a mass suicide in 1997 in the hopes of hopping on a spaceship to embark on a new life. But before the traumatic event, some of the cult…[Continue Reading...]

Apple: Rick Alan Ross; EXPOSING DESTRUCTIVE CULTS, Tom Cruise And Scientology, Deprogramming Followers, Jim Jones, NXIVM, & Is Andrew Tate A Cult Leader‪?‬

Published February 11, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, cults, deprogramming, destructive cults, NXIVM, Scientology

On this episode of The AUXORO Podcast, Rick Alan Ross and Zach discuss how destructive cults control, manipulate, and sometimes kill their followers, how someone like Tom Cruise could be hooked into Scientology, some of the most effective methods he…[Continue Reading...]

Branded and Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM

Published January 25, 2023 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Brainwashing, cult leader, documentary, Keith Raniere, NXIVM

Streaming now online at Tubi. This is the most recently released documentary about cult leader Keith Raniere and his seminar selling brainwashing cult known as NXIVM. "Branded and Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM" examines the cult and its leader from multiple perspectives…[Continue Reading...]

What Does Science Say About Brainwashing?

Published December 26, 2022 By admin with Comments 1

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Brainwashing, coercive persuasion, research

Brainwashing is a term that emerged in the 1950s to explain the changes in belief systems and ideologies exhibited by US soldiers after they were released from detainment in China. Today, psychologists prefer the term coercive persuasion. In recent decades,…[Continue Reading...]