In March 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult, led by a man named Marshall Applewhite, committed mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, California. The event sent a shockwave through the media, with many people questioning the history of…[Continue Reading...]
Fiji's Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua has ordered an inquiry into the "possible unauthorised issuance of passports" by immigration staff and "offered to step aside temporarily from role". In a statement on Thursday night, Tikoduadua said the passports…[Continue Reading...]
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Anthony Tu, a Taiwan-born toxicologist known for aiding investigations into sarin attacks involving the AUM Shinrikyo cult in Japan, has died in Hawaii, his family said Wednesday. He was 94. The professor emeritus at Colorado State University…[Continue Reading...]
A witness testifying against cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 92 others at the Shanzu court shared the painful story of how her seven children died in Shakahola forest. Mackenzie and his co-accused face multiple charges, including radicalisation, engaging in criminal…[Continue Reading...]
A horrifying chapter in Kenya's history was uncovered when authorities raided the Good News International Ministries (GNIM), led by self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie. Mackenzie convinced over 400 people, including children, to starve themselves to death in preparation for what…[Continue Reading...]
Bree* doesn’t know how much longer she can continue living with her sister, Anna*, who she says has been involved for several years with Australian branches of the Shincheonji church – described by former members as a cult. Bree says…[Continue Reading...]
When Jerald Walker was a boy, his school principal called him into his office and asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. “My answer was: ‘A god,’” Walker recalls, laughing. “He thought I was kidding but…[Continue Reading...]
NSW Police saw chilling threats from one of the men who went on to fatally shoot two Queensland officers at least five hours before the killings, a coroner has heard. State Coroner Terry Ryan, who is investigating the fatal shooting…[Continue Reading...]
A 17-year-old witness testified in a Mombasa court about her harrowing experience surviving solely on water for 38 days in Shakahola Forest before police rescued her. Now under state protection, the teenager shared a chilling account of her forced removal…[Continue Reading...]
The leader of a Kenyan cult who allegedly encouraged over 400 followers to starve themselves to death has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, in one of the worst ever cases of cult-related mass deaths. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Mackenzie appeared in…[Continue Reading...]
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