I don’t remember the first time I realized I was in a cult. Like most things in childhood, it felt normal—because I didn’t know anything else. I was born into it. My parents were devoted, and in our world, the…[Continue Reading...]
A revenue collector, simply identified as Emmanuel, has been shot dead by suspected cultists on Thursday in Benin. The victim, popularly known as ‘Meme’, a member of Professional Drivers on Wheels, was killed in what was suspected to be a…[Continue Reading...]
Harrison Hill was "gobsmacked" when he began talking to the source of inspiration for his forthcoming nonfiction debut — and that "astonishment" only grew as he kept researching the cult she recalled escaping from. In The Oracle's Daughter: The Rise…[Continue Reading...]
TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: This story was initially published by the Toledo Free Press, a media partner of WTOL 11. You can find the original here. Cons, confusion and—in one case—connections to a cult are among the reasons Toledo-area…[Continue Reading...]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent appeared in a Vermont federal court Tuesday in one of multiple criminal cases linked to a cultlike group known as Zizians. Authorities have said Teresa Youngblut fired…[Continue Reading...]
Entertainment News Author Investigates Twisted Legacy Of One Of History's Worst Cult Leaders By Logan DeLoye Jun 24, 2025 Spooky graveyard at night Photo: E+ Cults and cult leaders are shrouded in controversy and mystery, often stirring intense…[Continue Reading...]
A woman who grew up in a cult where she was subjected to public beatings, days of food deprivation and being locked in a closet has laid bare the nightmare of growing up in fear. Actress and screenwriter Guinevere Turner,…[Continue Reading...]
My first ever blog post here will be an attempt to share and explain my personal journey into the field of cultic studies and cult related activism/work that I have recently become more publicly involved with, especially in regards to…[Continue Reading...]
Enlightenment, freedom and belonging were just three of the promises Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh promised his thousands of followers. But in return, they had to pay several thousand dollars to take his courses or for the privilege of living and working…[Continue Reading...]
Yoon, a former senior official of the Unification Church (Family Federation for World Peace and Unification), who is accused of attempting to deliver a Chanel bag and a diamond necklace to First Lady Kim Keon-hee through Jeon Seong-bae, commonly known…[Continue Reading...]
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