The Japanese government voted to dissolve the country's branch of the Unification Church in October, signaling a major setback for the controversial religious movement that has faced accusations of being a cult. The decision comes following the assassination of Shinzo…[Continue Reading...]
A man has revealed how he escaped a polygamous Mormon cult before its former leader was sentenced to life behind bars for child sex offences. Ben, based in Utah, appeared on a recent episode of the Cults to Consciousness podcast to share what…[Continue Reading...]
Even by cult standards, Love Has Won was uniquely nutty, its gospel almost as laughable as its adherents were devoted. Founded by Amy Carlson, a Kansas native who convinced herself and others that she was a holy being known as…[Continue Reading...]
A New Age cult leader who called herself 'Mother God' is the subject of an eerie upcoming documentary about her conspiracy-driven spiritual sect, Love Has Won, and her devoted followers in Colorado. The three-part HBO series Love Has Won: The Cult Of Mother…[Continue Reading...]
It is hard to believe that the Unification Church is sincerely facing up to the serious damage caused by issues such as large-sum donations. Its proposal for damage compensation is also self-righteous and will be difficult to accept. Tomihiro Tanaka,…[Continue Reading...]
ST. ANTHONY — Chad Daybell’s attorney is asking a judge to take the death penalty off the table in his client’s case because he says Daybell is less culpable than his wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, who did not face the…[Continue Reading...]
NAIROBI, Kenya -- Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher at the center of a doomsday cult in the country that led to the deaths of more than 400 people, was on Friday found guilty of operating a studio and distributing films…[Continue Reading...]
PHOENIX - We have an update on the trial of Chad Daybell, a man accused of murdering his wife, in addition to allegations he was involved in the deaths of his wife Lori Vallow's children, Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow and Tylee…[Continue Reading...]
Shares of e.l.f. Beauty (NYSE:ELF) are in full focus following Spruce Point’s publication of a short report on the vegan makeup company. The short seller believes that e.l.f.’s relationship with marketing firm Movers+Shakers is highly problematic due to its ties…[Continue Reading...]
Now a subject of multiple true-crime works, Warren Jeffs was once a cult leader of FLDS and admired by many followers. This continued until recently when the truths of his ghastly polygamy first surfaced. As the Churh’s head, he had…[Continue Reading...]
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