Keith Raniere, the infamous mastermind behind NXIVM, a self-help organization turned sinister sex cult, continues to shock the public. While locked in a maximum-security prison in Tucson, Arizona, serving a 120-year sentence for heinous crimes including sex trafficking and child…[Continue Reading...]
Benyamin Ben-Michaeil, the father of Hannah Driver, discusses his relationship with Chloe Driver and his absence from her murder trial. Watch the video[Continue Reading...]
The preacher William Branham died in Tucson in 1965, but millions of people around the world still follow his teachings to this day as part of a religious sect known as “The Message.” Thanks in large part to the more…[Continue Reading...]
A former member of a secretive Hawaiʻi religious sect is warning members of Congress about the potential dangers of confirming Tulsi Gabbard as President-elect Donald Trump’s next director of national intelligence. Anita van Duyn says she spent 15 years inside…[Continue Reading...]
The child sex abuse case against Short Creek polygamous sect leader Samuel Bateman, 48, took several unusual turns before it ended Monday in a 50-year prison sentence. Here are five things to know about the investigation. 1. Bateman broke away…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a polygamous sect claimed to have more than 20 spiritual "wives," including 10 underage girls. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison on Dec. 50 for forcing girls as young as 9 to perform sexual acts…[Continue Reading...]
Guyana is delving back into a bleak moment of its past, nearly half a century after cult leader Jim Jones and more than 900 of his devotees met their deaths in the dense wilderness of the lush South American country.…[Continue Reading...]
Polygamous religious leader Samuel Bateman is facing sentencing in the US for a number of sexual abuse charges involving children, including 10 underage girls. Bateman, 48, who claims he has more than 20 spiritual “wives”, is due to be sentenced…[Continue Reading...]
A disgraced former cult leader’s name is still on a piece of public art in Little Rock, despite a city spokesperson’s assurance in July that the name would be removed. “Responding is spirit in action. We are the change agents…[Continue Reading...]
For two years the body of three-year-old Abiyah Yasharahyalah lay underground in the back garden of a terraced house in Birmingham. The little boy was buried by his parents, who believed he would be reincarnated if they followed a ritual…[Continue Reading...]
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