Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old from Georgia, has been extradited to the United States from Moldova after federal authorities say he led a “murder cult” and tried to poison students at Brooklyn Jewish schools. Chkhikvishvili — known as “Commander Butcher,” according…[Continue Reading...]
A mysterious and violent “death cult” seems to be responsible for a string of killings across the United States. The online fringe group is called the Zizians, named after a pseudonym taken on by their de facto leader. So far…[Continue Reading...]
Though NXIVM’s leader Keith Raniere is now in prison, the organization’s remnants still linger. The self-help group disguised itself as a personal development program but operated as a cult. Women in the group were branded with Raniere’s initials and coerced…[Continue Reading...]
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's latest report on UFOs has revealed hundreds of new reports of unidentified and unexplained aerial phenomena but no indications suggesting an extraterrestrial origin. The review includes hundreds of cases of misidentified balloons, birds and satellites as…[Continue Reading...]
If you’ve seen the videos of hordes of people waiting outside a Target at 5 a.m. to make sure they get a limited-edition Stanley cup, you can see how brands can be considered cults. Some of them go even further,…[Continue Reading...]
In the perplexing subculture of UFO beliefs, individuals with cult-like followings and frequent claims associated with dubious “whistleblowers” aren’t uncommon. But how can you separate genuine voices from those leveraging UFO lore for personal or financial gain? In a new…[Continue Reading...]
Last February, some 20 men and their wives gathered for dinner at an upscale restaurant in Spokane, Washington, for their annual Valentine’s Day celebration. The men weren’t just friends; they did community service work together. They had been featured on…[Continue Reading...]
Three men with alleged ties to white supremacist groups have been sentenced to prison for plotting a racially-motivated attack on the US power grid that was ultimately thwarted by federal agents. Liam Collins, 25, of Rhode Island, received a 10-year…[Continue Reading...]
Three men were sentenced to prison for their roles in plotting to attack an energy facility to further their "violent white supremacist ideology," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Friday. Federal officials did not identify the specific location…[Continue Reading...]
Conspiracy theorists get a bad rap in popular culture, yet research has shown that most Americans believe conspiracy theories of some sort. Why then, if most of us believe conspiracies, do we generally think of conspiracy theorists as loony? New…[Continue Reading...]
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