A man who claims to have escaped Scientology after 30 years in the controversial church has explained its 'confidential' origin. There's a lot of misinformation out on the internet these days, and while people are free to believe whatever they…[Continue Reading...]
Deborah Frances-White, the host of The Guilty Feminist podcast, opened up about her experience being a part of what she describes as a "cult", on this week's episode of HELLO!'s Second Act podcast. Speaking to host Ateh Jewel, the social…[Continue Reading...]
Shoshana Walter has reported on addiction and the impact of drug laws for almost 10 years. The reporting for this piece began at Reveal and is excerpted from her new book, Rehab, published by Simon & Schuster. On a sweltering…[Continue Reading...]
“When you’re raised to fear the world, you never question the cage.” With these haunting words, Crystal Ball’s new memoir, Diary of a Cult Girl, launches readers into a gripping firsthand account of life inside one of America’s most quietly…[Continue Reading...]
A Canberra woman has spoken out about how she was brainwashed into joining a global religious cult at just 18 years old. Liz Cameron was browsing a bookshop in the capital in 2011 when a stranger approached her with a…[Continue Reading...]
A Durham man has given a harrowing insight into life inside one of the UK's most notorious cults. John Everett was a member of the Jesus Fellowship Church - known more commonly as the Jesus Army - between 1977 and…[Continue Reading...]
Gloria had been shopping at Melbourne Central on an ordinary morning in 2019 when a man approached her, asking her to do a survey. It seemed like an innocent interaction, but one she would later learn was part of a…[Continue Reading...]
A survivor of the Jesus Fellowship Church – formerly known as the Jesus Army – has spoken out in a powerful new BBC documentary about her experience of abuse, control and identity loss after joining the group as a teenager.…[Continue Reading...]
When TikToker Matthew (@matthewandpaul) was 10 years old, his family joined a religious cult. Thanks to his music, he was able to escape after spending over a decade in the cult. So, one day, his parents were invited to attend…[Continue Reading...]
It’s mid-morning at Humble Chicken 3.0, the chef Angelo Sato’s 13-seat, two-Michelin-star restaurant in Soho, London. Sato, heavily tattooed and with a mohican, is wearing chef’s clogs and an apron over shorts and a vest. His team of four sous-chefs…[Continue Reading...]
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