The Story of This Drug Rehab-Turned-Violent Cult Is Wild, Wild...
From forced sterilization to attempted murder by rattlesnake bite, Synanon has a wild legacyHillel Aron L.A. History, ReligionLos Angeles MagazineApril 23, 2018Christopher Bathum had no formal training...
View ArticleThe Conflict between Federal Agents and the Branch Davidians - free downloads
Due to interest, UC Press Journals has made the articles in the special virtual issue on The Conflict between Federal Agents and the Branch Davidians available for free download through May 31,...
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Psychic arrested for scamming clients out of more than $800K
Emily Saul, Tina Moore, Kenneth Garger and Natalie MusumeciNY PostMay 10, 2018What’s in your future? A scam. A self-proclaimed psychic in Midtown has been arrested for allegedly conning at least two...
View ArticleA One-person Cult? A Japanese Dance Master Accused of Driving a Student to...
Sharon Stern's parents believe a butoh master named Katsura Kan brainwashed and abused herShany LittmanHaaretzMay 10, 2018A visitor must pass through two gates and by three guards at the entrance to...
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2 members of secretive Word of Faith sect charged in unemployment scheme
Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr, Associated PressAsheville Citizen-TimesMay 11, 2018ASHEVILLE - Two members of a secretive evangelical church in North Carolina were charged Friday in an unemployment...
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Daphne Bramham: A call for an amnesty on future prosecutions as two...
DAPHNE BRAMHAMVancouver SunMay 13, 2018As two convicted polygamists — 61-year-old Winston Blackmore and James Oler, 53 — prepare for their sentencing hearing Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court in Cranbrook,...
View ArticlePolice Raids Reported Against Jehovah’s Witnesses In Russia
RFE/RLMay 17, 2018 Officials from the Jehovah’s Witnesses religious organization say Russian law enforcement officers have carried out “mass searches” on members’ homes in the Urals region of Orenburg...
View ArticleClearwater approves land swap with Scientology after a year of back-and-forth
Two of the three parcels Scientology acquired in a land swap with the city Thursday abut the footprint of its proposed L. Ron Hubbard Hall auditorium on Court Street.Tracey McManusTampa Bay TimesMay...
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Right after the Mormon church gave blacks the priesthood, a polygamous...
Owen Allred, then leader of the Apostolic United BrethrenNate CarlisleSalt Lake TribuneMay 25, 2018A recent blog about happenings in the polygamous Apostolic United Brethren church posed a question:“If...
View ArticleTV Program - NXIVM
A&E TV, CULTS AND EXTREME BELIEF – NXIVMMay 28, 2018 at 10 PMVIDEOIn Cults and Extreme Belief, Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover...
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When Living Your Truth Can Mean Losing Your Children
Sharon OttermanThe New York TimesMay 25, 2018The questioning went on for days. Did she allow her children to watch a Christmas video? Did she include plastic Easter eggs as part of her celebration of...
View ArticleA-listers line up to meet famed yoga guru in Central Park
Oli ColemanPage SixMay 25, 2018New York society is flocking to a new guru.We’re told socialite Hannah Bronfman, Anna and Andrew Chapman, music mogul Jason Flom and fashion insider Kelly Cutrone among...
View ArticleWhy Are We So Fascinated by Cults?
Kirstin Allio Paris Review May 21, 2018In March, I sent an announcement around to friends and colleagues: watch out for my new novel, Buddhism for Western Children. It’s a spiraling story of a...
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Father, Son Plead Guilty to Fraud Involving Secretive Sect
The Associated PressMay 25, 2018ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A father and son who belong to a secretive evangelical church in North Carolina pleaded guilty Friday to federal criminal charges in an unemployment...
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Are there Amish graduations? A primer on Lancaster County's Amish and Old...
Staff WriterLancaster OnlineMay 22, 2018It’s graduation time for Lancaster County’s Amish and Old Order Mennonite schools.Hundreds of schools will send eighth-grade graduates into the world with no...
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Who is the heiress mentioned in the NXIVM sex cult court documents?
She has spent over $150 million establishing the cult and paying for numerous lawsuits, while threatening former members to remain silentSadaf AhsanNational PostMay 29, 2018It wasn’t until 2010 that...
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I wound up at a mental clinic because I thought I was crazy
What is Gaslighting?Vanessa Brownnews.com.auMay 27, 2018VIDEOWHEN Connie* first met her now ex-husband, she knew it was going to be something more than simply a fleeting relationship.Connecting online,...
View ArticleInvestigation Finds Children Working in Factory Packaging Beauty Products...
Inside Edition StaffMay 31, 2018VIDEOAmerican children have been found working in a factory packaging soaps and beauty products sold by major retail chains, an Inside Edition investigation has found.In...
View ArticleJehovah's Witness cannot appeal expulsion to a judge, Supreme Court rules
Several religious organizations took an active interest in the caseJim Bronskill · The Canadian PressCBC.caMay 31, 2018A Jehovah's Witness who was expelled from a Calgary congregation cannot take his...
View ArticleJudge Extends Abortion-Clinic Law to Falun Gong
AMANDA OTTAWAYCourthouse News ServiceMay 30, 2018BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) – Setting the stage for a two-month trial, a federal judge ruledWednesday that the same law that bars the harassment of women...
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