The image of labor hero Cesar Chavez continues to disintegrate. First, a New York Times investigation revealed allegations of systemic sexual abuse of girls and women. Now, a second Times investigation suggests that Chavez morphed into something like a cult…[Continue Reading...]
For a long time, the property gleamed in the daylight with its white, ornate facade against lush green landscaping and often at night, as well, with twinkling holiday lights attached to almost every surface. The former headquarters of the Trinity…[Continue Reading...]
It's been 29 years since 39 cult members killed themselves in the largest mass suicide ever in the United States. The Heaven's Gate cult suicide came as a result of years of systemic brainwashing and remains shrouded in mystery, all…[Continue Reading...]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — On this day in 1997, authorities discovered 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult dead inside a Rancho Santa Fe mansion in what investigators said was a carefully planned mass suicide. The group, led by Marshall…[Continue Reading...]
Some of the most well-preserved Indigenous cave art in California is hidden behind the gates of a Cold War-era rocket and nuclear research facility northwest of downtown Los Angeles, completely inaccessible to the public as it undergoes a massive, decades-long…[Continue Reading...]
Members of a secretive cult-like sect accused of murder were back in court Tuesday in San Bernardino. KTLA 5’s Mary Beth McDade was in the courtroom, where four out of the five accused killers were on Tuesday, handcuffed in their…[Continue Reading...]
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — A Butte County jury found a religious cult leader guilty of molesting young girls and raping women who were members of his group and now faces life in state prison, the Butte County District Attorney's Office…[Continue Reading...]
At the request of the Church of Scientology, a judge has agreed to step aside from presiding over a lawsuit by a former member of the faith who appeared in an episode of “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” and…[Continue Reading...]
In 2018, the 13 Turpin family siblings were rescued from their family home after enduring years of abuse at the hands of their parents: David and Louise Turpin. It wasn't until then-17-year-old Jordan Turpin escaped their family's California home and…[Continue Reading...]
“They were a church cult – whatever they called themselves. They kept me locked away because I knew what they were doing was wrong, like beating me every day.” Brie Byrd said she was battered and bruised on a daily…[Continue Reading...]
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