ONE TREE HILL star Bethany Joy Lenz is discovering a new relationship with faith after escaping a cult. “I got involved in something that seemed very rote,” she explained in an interview with Variety. “I grew up in a Christian home…[Continue Reading...]
It's scary to think about, but you might fall for a cult. Just ask "One Tree Hill" actress Bethany Joy Lenz. Lenz spent 10 years in a religious cult she calls the "Big House Family" – something she recounts in her…[Continue Reading...]
When Gillie Jenkinson was in her early 20s she ended up in a religious group that developed into a cult. She says it was in the 1970s and creating 'community' was very popular, but one man soon took over the…[Continue Reading...]
Hundreds of members of a controversial Malaysian Islamic conglomerate, including children, must undergo a 90-day rehabilitation program amid accusations of human trafficking, sexual abuse and indoctrination of deviant teachings, the government said Friday. Authorities did not specify when the program…[Continue Reading...]
Decult is being held at Christchurch’s Tūranga Central Library on October 19 and 20. It aims to bring together cult leavers, academic experts, advocates, and activists to "help raise awareness, build networks, and educate professionals who want to minimise harm".…[Continue Reading...]
You’ve seen them in movies and on TV, but cults are more prevalent than you think—and they’re armed with strategies that can brainwash and persuade even the most unlikely of candidates.But how do individuals get involved with cults in the…[Continue Reading...]
A new exhibition at The Jung Center of Houston opening Aug. 19 will consist of massive sculptures made entirely out of balloons. Yes, balloons. The project, titled "Out Of The Strong, Something Sweet," is the work of Houston's DJ Morrow.…[Continue Reading...]
Placing my coffee mug down on the desk in my small office, I steadied myself before answering the phone. Lifting the receiver, I listened to a university student whose voice was trembling with anxiety, his breaths coming quick and shallow.…[Continue Reading...]
Bethany Joy Lenz will always have a deep sense of appreciation for her former castmates. Earlier this year, the One Tree Hill star detailed her decade-long experience in a cult, noting to former costars Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton that…[Continue Reading...]
These questions and more are addressed in Cults Inside Out, written by a leading cult expert Rick Alan Ross. Over the course of three decades, Ross has participated in around five hundred cult interventions, provided expert court testimony, and performed…[Continue Reading...]
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