Tag: cult leader

DNA matched to sample found on Daybell’s axe

Published May 10, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial

forensic scientist says Tylee Ryan's DNA was matched to sample found on a pickaxe in Chad Daybell's tool shed.[Continue Reading...]

Lori Vallow’s Niece Testifies at Chad Daybell Trial on Monday

Published May 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murdier trial

BOISE — More religious nuances and depictions of Chad Daybell’s doctrine were discussed at length Monday during day 17 of his murder trial. Melani Pawlowski, the niece of Daybell’s current wife Lori Vallow, and Pawlowski’s husband, Ian, each took to…[Continue Reading...]

Warrants reveal search history before murder and burial of Lori Vallow Daybell’s children

Published May 4, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial, search for children

BOISE, Idaho (ABC4) – Prosecutors in the Chad Daybell murder trial showed more law enforcement bodycam footage Friday morning, this time of Officer David Stubbs walking through the Rexburg, Idaho, apartments of both Lori Vallow Daybell and her niece, Melani…[Continue Reading...]

What’s the Mystery Behind The House of Yahweh in Eula, Texas?

Published May 3, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Abilene, cult, cult leader, Eula, House of Yahweh, Texas, Yisrayl Hawkins

If you've lived in the Abilene area for a while, you've probably heard about The House of Yahweh located in Eula. But what exactly is it all about? Is it a cult? A religious commune? You hear the rumors, but…[Continue Reading...]

Why Do Former Daybell ‘Cult Members’ Still Believe The Crazy Concepts Of Chad Daybell?

Published May 3, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, criminal trials, cult control, cult leader

In this episode of "Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski," retired FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke discusses the psychological effects of cult-like belief systems and their impact on individuals involved in high-profile legal cases like those of Chad Daybell and Lori…[Continue Reading...]

Documentary series, ‘The Synanon Fix,’ shows drug rehab turned cult that was in Detroit

Published May 2, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Charles Dederich, cult leader, Detroit, Michigan, Synanon

During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug rehabilitation programs. A new HBO Max docuseries, "The Synanon Fix,"…[Continue Reading...]

Letters to the Editor: I was in a cult that hated reporter Bob Pool. How he became a saint to me

Published May 2, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged Church Universal and Triumphant, cult leader, doomsday cult, Elizabeth Clare Prophet, personal story

Learning that veteran Los Angeles Times reporter Bob Pool died, I remembered how he had transformed from a sinner to a saint in my eyes. In the 1980s, he covered the Church Universal and Triumphant led by Elizabeth Clare Prophet,…[Continue Reading...]

Federal judge dashes sex cult leader Keith Raniere’s latest bid for new trial

Published May 1, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged appeal denied, convicted criminal, cult leader, Keith Raniere, New York, NXIVM, sex cult

BROOKLYN (CN) — The ex-leader of an upstate New York cult who branded women he kept as sex "slaves" lost his fourth attempt for a new trial after a federal judge denied his motion claiming federal agents tried to frame…[Continue Reading...]

Chad Daybell trial: FBI special agent and Tammy Daybell’s relatives testify

Published April 30, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged Chad Daybell, cult leader, Idaho, murder trial

PHOENIX - There was some emotional testimony in the trial of Chad Daybell, an Idaho man who is accused of killing his first wife, Tammy Daybell, along with two of Lori Vallow's children who once lived in the Phoenix area.…[Continue Reading...]

NXIVM founder, Keith Raniere, denied new trial

Published April 30, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged appeal denied, convicted criminal, cult, cult leader, Keith Raniere, New York, NXIVM

HALFMOON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Keith Raniere, the founder of the Capital Region-based sex cult NXIVM, has been denied a new trial. Per court documents, Raniere was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy, sex trafficking, wire fraud conspiracy, and more, and is…[Continue Reading...]