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...]
The first creepy cult to take root in California, about 25 years after statehood, had its origins in upstate New York in the 19th Century, which was a hotbed of religious zealotry and cults. It was called the Brotherhood of…[Continue Reading...]
A 44-year-old man was arrested in Tennessee this week in connection with the killing of a missing member of a “cult-like” religious group in the Inland Empire, authorities said. Ramon Ruiz Duran Jr., 44, was captured in Nashville on Jan.…[Continue Reading...]
A third person has been arrested for the alleged murder of a Tennessee man who left a cult-like religious group in Redlands almost three years ago and hasn’t been seen since shortly thereafter. Ramon Ruiz Duran Jr., 44, was arrested…[Continue Reading...]
An Inland Empire “shaman” accused of sexually assaulting several young girls must stand trial on a dozen felony charges, a judge ruled Thursday. Ricardo Isaac Flores, 60, of Rialto was arrested last year following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation.…[Continue Reading...]
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