Dateline Rancho Santa Fe. March 26, 1997. A 911 call came into the San Diego Sheriff’s Communications Center. It was treated as a prank call at first. From what turned out to be a nearby payphone, the caller said something…[Continue Reading...]
The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace. Authorities said in October 2023 they were seeking to dissolve the influential sect, founded…[Continue Reading...]
MANILA, Philippines — A Pasig court has denied the request of detained televangelist Apollo Quiboloy to be placed under house arrest. In a four-page order, the Pasig City Regional Trial Court Branch 159 said it found no compelling justification to…[Continue Reading...]
Public awareness of cults has heightened after reports surfaced that a woman who escaped from the Christian Gospel Mission (JMS), known for committing sexual crimes against its followers, was sued for distributing illegal footage while trying to convince her friend…[Continue Reading...]
At the time, Yamada was deputy chief of the division. Kamikuishiki was later merged with neighboring municipalities. Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, would be executed at age 63. Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Tatsuhiro Ishizawa spoke with Yamada, 84,…[Continue Reading...]
Minoru Kariya, 65, revealed his father’s fears about the Aum Supreme Truth cult. His father Kiyoshi, then 68, the chief clerk of the Meguro Notary Office, was abducted by the cult’s followers in February 1995 and died after being given…[Continue Reading...]
The Cult Education Institue has been gatheing information about the destructive cult Tvind for more than thirty years. See the historical archive through this link and learn about its, history, fugitive leader and abuse. Tvind is an example of why…[Continue Reading...]
Charles Manson is a towering figure in the true-crime world because of the notorious murders he is accused of orchestrating, as well as the cult-like psychological hold he had over his followers. However, some people are surprised to learn that…[Continue Reading...]
The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, which listed respiratory failure as a contributing cause. Manson's health had…[Continue Reading...]
I’m not – I’ll bet a pound to a penny that Xi Jinping has never heard of me, has never tasked anyone to contact me, or people like me, and, to be honest, probably doesn’t even care about Falun Gong…[Continue Reading...]
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