There was something frighteningly different about the violent energy that night – the way her husband abruptly left the house, the forces she felt telling her to run – that made Tia Levings finally bundle her four kids into the…[Continue Reading...]
My parents joined the Children of God in the early 1970s. Back then, it was very much part of the Jesus freaks, hippie revolution. There were lots of people wanting to change the world, to have a different way of…[Continue Reading...]
The day my only daughter, Juliet, got married was always going to be emotional. As a proud mother I'd imagined the months of excited preparations, the elation of seeing my little girl as a radiant bride, the happy tears I'd…[Continue Reading...]
A man who grew up in the religious cult made famous by reality TV's Duggar family has lifted the lid on his harrowing upbringing - marred by 'fear tactics' prescribed by the organization to control interpersonal dynamics at the most…[Continue Reading...]
Guinevere Turner was ready for the world to end on January 5, 1975. Just six years old, she was wearing a light blue dress with red flowers. Turner held a stuffed dog as she, along with other members of the…[Continue Reading...]
After spending a decade held captive by her middle school’s security guard after he showered her with gifts and promises of a better life, Tanya Kach shares her own horrifying story now specifically for one reason: to warn others. “I…[Continue Reading...]
A new exhibition at The Jung Center of Houston opening Aug. 19 will consist of massive sculptures made entirely out of balloons. Yes, balloons. The project, titled "Out Of The Strong, Something Sweet," is the work of Houston's DJ Morrow.…[Continue Reading...]
When Tia Levings was a teenage girl, she was preparing to serve a husband she hadn't even met yet. Levings' only goal was to be a 'trad wife'. Really, it was her only option in the eyes of her Christian…[Continue Reading...]
Yulanda Williams was 12 years old when her family joined the People’s Temple – a religious cult that led to the deaths of more than 900 followers. But before Williams and her family found themselves at the center of "a…[Continue Reading...]
A woman in America's only polygamist town became her husband's 65th wife and they all lived together in a huge 44-room mansion. Travel vlogger Drew Binsky met with Briell Decker, who was one of many wives of cult leader Warren…[Continue Reading...]
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