Tag: survivor stories

TV tonight: what happened inside Tony Alamo’s twisted and evil cult

Published April 9, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, sexual abuse, survivor stories, Tony Alamo

An intense four-part documentary interviews abuse survivors. Plus: Shirley Ballas tries to convince Mel Giedroyc she’s a terrible human being. Here’s what to watch this evening “Tony and Susie were our gods.” “You didn’t ever dream of questioning them.” “I…[Continue Reading...]

Why None of Kody Brown’s Children Want To Be a Polygamist

Published March 25, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged children, Kody Brown, polygamist groups, Polygamists, polygamy, survivor stories, wives

Kody Brown is the bane of Sister Wives existence due to his seemingly narcissistic ways. During Season 1, the patriarch bragged about how great it was to be a practicing polygamist, but his children never seemed enamored by the practice.…[Continue Reading...]

Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses speak out about alleged sexual abuse within denomination

Published February 16, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Jehovah's Witnesses Tagged child abuse, sexual abuse, survivor stories

A Kent woman is making it her mission to warn university students and others about a religious organization she says covered up sexual abuse she suffered by one of its leaders.Anna Ciano-Hendricks, a former Jehovah’s Witness, helped organize a protest…[Continue Reading...]

Scott D. Pierce: New docuseries delves into the ‘secrets’ of Utah polygamists

Published January 19, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged abuse, docuseries, FLDS, Polygamist cult, survivor stories

Faith Bistline grew up a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and there’s something she wants everyone to know about it. “I hope that they see that the FLDS is a criminal organization. Straight up,”…[Continue Reading...]

Daughters of the LeBaron cult detail the violence and fear that was a way of life

Published January 11, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes, Cult TV Tagged Colonia, Ervil LeBaron, Mexico, Polygamist cult, survivor stories

As children, they were part of one of the most dangerous polygamous cult movements in history, with members committing a mass killing at the behest of its late leader. And now two sisters who grew up in the LeBaron Cult…[Continue Reading...]

A&E’s Secrets of Polygamy Goes Inside Religious Sect’s Dark Secrets — and Woman’s Daring Escape

Published January 7, 2024 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Cult Crimes Tagged cult leader, FLDS, Polygamist cult, sexual abuse, survivor stories, Warren Jeffs

Faith Bistline was born into a difficult life. Growing up as a girl in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, she faced the likelihood of being placed in an arranged, polygamous marriage from a young age. When…[Continue Reading...]

‘I got out’: Cult survivors to perform their stories in St. Louis

Published October 14, 2023 By admin with Comments 0

Categorized as Uncategorized Tagged cult survivors, cults, former cult members, personal stories, survivor stories

Shelly Snow Pordea grew up in a fundamentalist religious sect. Her parents moved from her birthplace of St. Louis to Hammond, Indiana, to be near the First Baptist Church, a fundamental independent Baptist megachurch then run by Jack Hyles. Pordea,…[Continue Reading...]