A female sect leader has been jailed for life for the murder of a four-year-old boy who she believed was the reincarnation of Hitler. The woman, who is now aged 76, was handed the sentence after the Frankfurt district court…[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...]
The Nigeria Police in Rivers State said its operatives killed two of the suspected cultists who invaded and killed five natives of Odiemerenyi community in Ahoada East Local Government Area on Sunday morning. The police said the cultists were gang…[Continue Reading...]
: Why do people join cults? Why don't battered women leave their husbands? How do countries fall victim to dictators? This series seeks to find answers.[Continue Reading...]
One person has been reportedly killed in a suspected cult clash in Sagamu Area of Ogun State late Friday just as the Ogun State Police Command vowed an investigation. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Command’s Public…[Continue Reading...]
When she was a child, her parents moved from her birthplace of St. Louis to Hammond, Indiana, to be near the First Baptist Church, an Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) megachurch then run by Jack Hyles. Pordea, now 48, remembers her…[Continue Reading...]
The management at Tenwek Hospital College School of Chaplaincy in Bomet wants the government to fast-track regulations of religious organizations. According to the Principal, Paul Ekal Lokol, the regulation should include the need to have pastors undergo not only theology…[Continue Reading...]
You know the feeling: You’re researching cults for an upcoming film project, and you stop to think, “Hmm, this sounds a lot like the intense clique I’m involved in.” That’s exactly how Michelle Pfeiffer came to the realization that she…[Continue Reading...]
Inspector Usang Otu, a police prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of three alleged members of an unlawful society group called ‘IBILE ’(cult group) over the alleged murder of one Owolabi Ajibola, on Monday, told the Lagos State High Court…[Continue Reading...]
This book covers everything regarding cults from A-Z, including defining a destructive cult, explaining "brainwashing" and detailing how deprogramming really works.[Continue Reading...]
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