It was the only thing generations of her family had ever known but, at 19, one woman revealed how one simple act led her to cut all ties with the fundamentalist sect she had grown up in. Laura McConnell, now…[Continue Reading...]
Join host Silvia Smart as she shares pieces of her journey to empowerment and survival from a cult-like martial arts system. Listen to the red flags that crop up around these dysfunctional and sometimes dangerous systems and people. Cults and…[Continue Reading...]
Jason Van Tatenhove spent years as the media director for the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group. He broke with the organization long before their involvement in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building and has since become…[Continue Reading...]
When Jinae first met her husband, she could hardly communicate with him. He was from Japan and she was brought up in the US, but according to Jinae this "was kind of normal in the church". She was born into…[Continue Reading...]
CORVALLIS — Melissa Allred is out to set examples with her life story, but it hasn't been easy. First and foremost, she's out to prove she's a successful agricultural entrepreneur who can overcome obstacles and severe setbacks. She wants to…[Continue Reading...]
CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Looking back at her life as a follower of the Advanced Training Institute, Christine Faour believes she was “ripe for the picking” to be swept into a life in what she now recognizes as a cult.…[Continue Reading...]
A girl whose dad married 12-year-old girls has admitted he kept his "family" of 132 women on a tight leash. Sarah Thompson, 20, grew up in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) in Texas, US, with her…[Continue Reading...]
A man born into a fundamentalist Mormon cult is speaking out about his very unconventional upbringing. Calvin Wayman, 34, left the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 2019 after finding the religion too restrictive — and he…[Continue Reading...]
Lance Christie, 57, was acquitted yesterday (Wednesday) at Leeds Magistrates’ Court of one charge of harassment against eight members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church; including two of his sons and his nephew. It was heard that Christie delivered letters…[Continue Reading...]
EXCLUSIVE: For the past two years Jenna Starr has made a name for herself in the adult entertainment world but here she opens up about her restrictive childhood where everything was about pleasing God A famous porn star opened up…[Continue Reading...]
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