Mandy Valadez was just 16 years old when she was lured into the Potter's House Christian Fellowship Ministries in Amarillo, Texas — which dominated nearly 18 years of her life. Recruitment started at a Halloween haunted house in late 2001,…[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...]
A secretive international church group that has been likened to a 'brainwashing' cult is stepping up its recruitment drive among Australian university students. The Shincheonji Church of Jesus (SCJ), which started in South Korea 40 years ago, has been accused…[Continue Reading...]
Acollective of far-right media figures have launched a militia—and like any serious militarized group of extremist quacks, they’re recruiting on Instagram, according to a new report from researchers at media watchdog Media Matters for America. Dubbed “North American Patriot and…[Continue Reading...]
Nelson MP Rachel Boyack says she “nearly ended up in a cult” as a teenager, but escaped after just a few weeks after growing suspicious with the group’s “dodgy” behaviour. The Labour politician was briefly a member of the International…[Continue Reading...]
Last week, Endless Thread introduced the spirited pianist behind an online piano academy that's all over Reddit for all the wrong reasons. In Part 2, we investigate why some people think it's a front to recruit students to the Church…[Continue Reading...]
On U.S. social media, false and harmful posts from connections shilling the dubious products of multi-level marketing (MLM) companies have become inescapable. Why it matters: Trust in media is descending to unprecedented depths — and social media increasingly is media.…[Continue Reading...]
The risk of children being radicalised by extremism on social media is “a blind spot” in new safety rules being drawn up to tackle toxic content online, the government’s terror watchdog warned on Wednesday. Jonathan Hall KC said that proposals…[Continue Reading...]
I’ve been on a bit of a cult kick over my winter break, spending my free time engrossed in a few different cult documentaries. First, I watched Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God on HBO with my family…[Continue Reading...]
Oluchukwu Azikiwe never thought about whether or not she was part of a cult until her newfound faith turned into an obsession that almost broke her. Looking back, Azikiwe thinks she could have seen the peculiarities of the group, but…[Continue Reading...]
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