The Jonestown Peoples Temple massacre is one of the most infamous events in modern memory. News of the deaths of nearly 1,000 people in a small commune in a jungle in 1978 sent shockwaves through the collective conscious of the…[Continue Reading...]
KIRTLAND, Ohio — January 2025 marks 35 years since the gruesome discovery of the bodies of a family of five from under a local barn. The case, known as the Kirtland Cult Killings, was the worst mass murder in the…[Continue Reading...]
A Melbourne doctor used his “God-like” status as a religious leader to prey on the daughters of cult members, a court has been told. Pradeep Dissanayake, 52, had his jail sentence for sexually abusing two children increased to 10 years…[Continue Reading...]
The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) has issued an international Red Notice for Lev Tahor cult member Jonathan Emmanuel Cardona Castillo, aged 23. A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person…[Continue Reading...]
At the height of his fame, Jerome abandoned his career and disappeared from the spotlight to join a religious sect - which he was part of for eight years. He was introduced to the works of the American spiritual guru…[Continue Reading...]
The disturbing acts of 16-year-old self-proclaimed vampire Roderick "Rod" Ferrell beckoned local teens to the graveyard and eventually ended with the 1996 murders of two people, as once detailed in Oxygen’s Deadly Cults.Born in Murray, Kentucky — a little over…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines—The year 2024 saw the arrest of Apollo Quiboloy for child abuse, sexual abuse and qualified trafficking cases. Quiboloy is a televangelist known for designating himself as the “appointed Son of God.” He is also the founder of Kingdom…[Continue Reading...]
A small Oregon town with an estimated population of only 37 people is the first in the state to become a Dark Sky Community, meaning an incorporated place where the quality of the night sky is preserved through lighting ordinances…[Continue Reading...]
The woman, who identified herself as just Joanne, wrote in to Katherine Ryan's Telling Everybody Everything podcast for advice on the person living next door to her. While she refused to confirm her neighbour's gender for privacy issues, she decided…[Continue Reading...]
Over the past two years I’ve received multiple invitations to join Shincheonji’s Bible course and evangelism events. I’ve grown up Christian so I didn’t find the invitations odd. But I repeatedly declined them. However I was curious about the number…[Continue Reading...]
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