The subject line stopped me cold. “We’re not a cult.” It was late 2024, and the email came from a crisis PR firm hired by a couple under siege—Jeff and Shaleia Divine, the controversial spiritual leaders behind Twin Flames Universe.…[Continue Reading...]
PORTAGE, MI — The Portage City Council recognized a controversial Scientology book at its Tuesday, March 11 meeting, recognizing the 75th anniversary of the book Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health. Science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard published the…[Continue Reading...]
A MAGA youth pastor favored by the evangelist Jerry Falwell Jr has been charged with coercing minors to have sex with him and send him pornographic images. Zachary Radcliff, 29, of Saline in Michigan, is accused of a string of…[Continue Reading...]
Cults are a terrifying thing. Truthfully, no one knows just how naive they are until they are sucked into a scam, but nothing hits quite as hard as being involved in a cult. By their nature, cults prey on the…[Continue Reading...]
A Michigan federal judge gave preliminary approval to a $1.5 million class action settlement to close the retirement lawsuit brought in 2020 by plan participants enrolled in the Amway Retirement Savings Plan. The lawsuit filed by plaintiffs Joshua Garcia, Andrea…[Continue Reading...]
During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug rehabilitation programs. A new HBO Max docuseries, "The Synanon Fix,"…[Continue Reading...]
Cults are a terrifying thing. Truthfully, no one knows just how naive they are until they are sucked into a scam, but nothing hits quite as hard as being involved in a cult. By their nature, cults prey on the…[Continue Reading...]
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – In 1975, self-styled prophet William A. Lewis, a charismatic, Chicago-area radio preacher, led a handful of followers to the House of Judah, a communal compound five miles east of South Haven. The congregation grew to maybe…[Continue Reading...]
ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI – Forty years ago, a 9-year-old Daniel Yarbough held his dying brother in his arms. The 12-year-old was beaten so badly he couldn’t take a sip of water. The men at the camp put him in the…[Continue Reading...]
In the northern reaches of Lake Michigan, the Emerald Isle ferry—departing from Charlevoix at the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula—takes about two hours to reach the lake’s largest island. As it approaches, homes, a lighthouse, and a red-roofed research…[Continue Reading...]
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