In 1970, the world was changing – and so was Fleetwood Mac. Over the latter half of the preceding decade, the blues-rock outfit had become one of Britain’s best-loved bands, thanks to their refreshing take on the R&B of Elmore…[Continue Reading...]
If you’ve ever fallen down a cult documentary rabbit hole at 2 a.m. and thought “how does someone survive that and come out the other side functioning,” Daniella Mestyanek Young is your answer. She was born third generation into the…[Continue Reading...]
Most childhoods are filled with bike riding, eating pizza or going to the movies, but twins Flor and Tamar Edwards, both 34, have been discovering many of these things for the first time as adults. That’s because for the first…[Continue Reading...]
He’s one of Hollywood’s most compelling actors today, known for disappearing into roles that haunt and mesmerize. But his childhood was anything but ordinary. Born into a family that rejected conventional life, his parents abandoned the comforts of California to…[Continue Reading...]
In 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member of a cult called the Children of God, which preached that the world was going to end in 1993. Everything I did –…[Continue Reading...]
She spent her earliest years inside a controversial religious sect — a world where “free love” was celebrated, obedience was demanded, and the children were told to prepare for the second coming. For a while, it seemed almost peaceful… until…[Continue Reading...]
A tragic story has emerged from the notorious ‘Children of God’ cult, infamous for its abusive and cruel practices. Serena Kelly, born into this cult, lost her chance at a normal life even before birth. The cult, known for its…[Continue Reading...]
An activist and filmmaker who grew up in a terrifying cult has shared her ordeal with the world, and uses her experience to educate others. Bexy Cameron's parents joined the Children of God community in Bromley, Greater London, in the…[Continue Reading...]
If, like me, you grew up in the coastal Goa of the 1960s and 1970s, chances are that you would have come across a group active here at the time, called The Children of God. Today, the group has changed…[Continue Reading...]
The Children of God, later known as The Family International, began in the late 1960s and spread through communal homes around the world. It mixed apocalyptic teachings with aggressive proselytizing and drew in thousands of followers, including families who worked…[Continue Reading...]
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