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‘Devil in the Dorm’ investigates the Sarah Lawrence College Cult and Larry Ray’s crimes

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Sarah Lawrence student, Talia Ray, introduced her middle-aged father, Larry Ray, to her on-campus roommates in 2010. This meeting kickstarted an unfortunate series of events and led to abuse and the formation of a “cult.” At the time Talia brought…[Continue Reading...]

Aussie father lured into a notorious sect which beat and brainwashed his children before they were torn apart reveals how he finally escaped – while his ex-wife remains in its clutches

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An Australian family who managed to escape a notorious sect have revealed the horrific punishments they endured as children. In 1999, the Klein family comprising of Tessa, her brother Bryson, their father Matt and their mother, were invited to join…[Continue Reading...]

‘Stolen Youth,’ Hulu’s Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult Doc, Stands Apart From the Worst of True Crime

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The case of the Sarah Lawrence College cult is peak true-crime fodder, to the point where it’s gotten two separate docuseries in the past five months. The version of the story as told by Peacock’s salacious September release Sex, Lies,…[Continue Reading...]

Director of doc on Sarah Lawrence cult says warning signs are ‘very hard to detect’: ‘You don’t join a cult’

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When Larry Ray was convicted of having physically, even sexually, and psychologically abusing his daughter's college roommates, the story was almost too much to believe: He had moved into her dorm and brainwashed her roommates to the point they cut…[Continue Reading...]

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

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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...]

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