CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — On this day in 1997, authorities discovered 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult dead inside a Rancho Santa Fe mansion in what investigators said was a carefully planned mass suicide. The group, led by Marshall…[Continue Reading...]
We all know social media can be dangerous for kids, but a new lawsuit alleges Discord went far beyond typical online risks. Jay Taylor’s parents say the platform knowingly enabled a child‑abuse cult that drove their 13‑year‑old son to a…[Continue Reading...]
Mathura: Around Monday afternoon, 32-year-old Seema told her father she would come home and take her ailing mother to the doctor. She never did. Now, 60-year-old Brijender is unable to tell his paralysed wife why. In Hathras’s Mandnai village, he…[Continue Reading...]
A man in his 30s hanged himself inside his home in central Nasiriyah, on Friday, according to a security source. Preliminary investigations link the suicide to the outlawed “Qurban” cult, whose members promote extremist beliefs and rituals, including self-sacrifice. Authorities…[Continue Reading...]
The judiciary’s media office said the defendant was affiliated with the so-called Qurban group, also known as “Al-Alaahiyah,” which promotes radical Shia beliefs and has been blamed for encouraging suicide during religious rituals. Authorities described the group as a deviant…[Continue Reading...]
The youngest girl in Britain to be charged with terror offences killed herself at children's home after being groomed and radicalised by two convicted American neo-Nazis, a coroner ruled. Autistic Rhianan Rudd, 16, plotted to blow up a synagogue and…[Continue Reading...]
Nichelle Nichols made history as one of the first black women featured in a popular TV series with her role as Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek. Sadly, she went on to face a personal tragedy related to the 'final frontier'…[Continue Reading...]
A 27-year-old father who claimed he had been the victim of 'coercive control' at the hands of a former partner took his own life, a court has heard.[Continue Reading...]
Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, resources are available to help. Please see the information below. The mother of a Clearwater woman who died by suicide in 2022 has…[Continue Reading...]
March 26, 1997 was a bad day for a lot of people. It was a bad day for the family and friends of 39 Heaven’s Gate cult members, who learned that their loved ones had died in a mansion in…[Continue Reading...]
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