'Tis the season to watch cult documentaries, not Christmas romcoms filmed in Ogden last summer. Christmastime and cults go together like milk and phenobarbital-laced cookies: hypnotic sparkly lights; feigned goodwill; nonstop ad indoctrination; savior confusion (Jesus? Santa? Warren Jeffs?). Wake…[Continue Reading...]
What lengths would you take in order to find the love of your life? A new Netflix documentary has exposed an online dating community in the US filled with hopefuls willing to part with thousands of dollars, and in extreme…[Continue Reading...]
It’s a common story told by the Right: a woman looking for answers and happiness is convinced by a cult to transition into a man only to become sad and lonely. The only detail they were missing is that the…[Continue Reading...]
Director Cecilia Peck and producer Inbal Lessner know cults. They've been following high-control groups — most notably NXIVM and Twin Flames Universe — for the better part of a decade, and their diligence has resulted in two of the most…[Continue Reading...]
What is it that draws people into the sinister depths of cults? Is it the allure of the unknown, the promise of enlightenment, or the hypnotic charisma of a leader? While it’s hard to believe that anyone could fall victim…[Continue Reading...]
Love is blind to hearts of darkness in these chilling cases of women who devoted themselves in body, mind, and soul to some of the most infamous cult leaders in history. Whether it’s Stockholm or the so-called Bonnie and Clyde…[Continue Reading...]
SUVA, Fiji — High-ranking members of South Korea's "Grace Road Cult" will be kicked out of Fiji, immigration authorities said Thursday, as the government cracks down on the powerful religious sect. Grace Road Church founder Shin Ok-ju prophesied that South…[Continue Reading...]
I do not claim to be an expert on cults, but they have always interested me—the idea of surrendering your mind to a thought collective is terrifying and extremely fascinating. Hence the reason I wrote my debut novel, It’s Not…[Continue Reading...]
The Waco compound of David Koresh's Branch Davidians; the LA hippie Helter Skelter ranch where Charles Manson and his Family plotted the grisly Tate-LaBianca murders; sex guru Osho's Wild Wild Country commune in Oregon... Every cult needs a base of…[Continue Reading...]
People who claimed to be Jesus Many of those familiar with the Bible and Christianity know that Jesus Christ is supposed to return. But what will the Second Coming be like? Or has it actually happened already? According to some…[Continue Reading...]
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