Pennsylvania is the birthplace of several unusual cults and religious groups and one in particular was born in Philadelphia, writes Kalena Thomhave for The Keystone. Among the first doomsday cults in the New World is tied to the woods of…[Continue Reading...]
Warning: Graphic and disturbing content ahead including mentions of sexual abuse. 1.Love Has Won Led by Amy Carlson, aka "Mother God," the Love Has Won "new religious movement" was founded in 2006 and later described as a cult by ex-members…[Continue Reading...]
Roch Thériault was an intelligent and charismatic religious extremist who, in the 1970s, founded a commune known as the Ant Hill Kids in the woods around Quebec. Thériault had persuaded a dozen or so followers to live with him “free…[Continue Reading...]
914 dead, Guyana jungle apocalypse In one of the most dramatic mass murder-suicides of modern history, 914 adults and children from a US cult died in the jungle of the small South American country of Guyana on November 18, 1978.…[Continue Reading...]
Those who know anything about Guinevere Turner usually come from one of two camps: ’90s lesbians or mainstream bros. It’s something the actress and screenwriter is both aware of and amused by. “There are so many weird aspects of my…[Continue Reading...]
Sects led by people who claim to have supernatural experiences could potentially be dangerous cults that must be avoided, the Catholic Bishop of Kenya’s Malindi Diocese has said. In an interview with ACI Africa, Bishop Willybard Kitogho Lagho said that…[Continue Reading...]
What you need to know: Another of the world's worst cult-related massacres took place in southwestern Uganda's Kanungu district in 2000 where some 700 members from the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God burned to death.…[Continue Reading...]
Journalist Jeff Guinn says he's found new evidence that Texas cult leader David Koresh was a fake who plagiarized the prophecies of a long-forgotten Fort Myers man. Guinn's new book, "Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Dividians, and a Legacy of…[Continue Reading...]
Jeff Guinn of Fort Worth is a best-selling writer of tremendous range. He’s brought a journalist’s keen eye for facts to historical events such as the shootout at the O.K. Corral and a whimsical approach to a popular series about…[Continue Reading...]
Nearly four-in-ten Americans say we're 'living in the end times,' says a poll taken against a stark backdrop of climate change, the pandemic, nuclear brinkmanship and doomsday cults. A Pew Research Center survey of more than 10,000 adults found that…[Continue Reading...]
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