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The science of why so many people believe in psychic powers
Neil Dagnall (Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University)Ken Drinkwater (Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan...
View Article2 charged in psychic scam; police say lawyer was swindled out of $1.5M
DEBRA CASSENS WEISSABA Journal MAY 16, 2019A California lawyer who responded to a flyer for psychic readings was swindled out of $1.5 million by scammers who said she had to pay them to clear her...
View ArticleDane jailed by Russia in Jehovah's Witnesses crackdown loses appeal - group's...
MAY 23, 2019MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses jailed for six years in Russia after being found guilty of organizing a banned extremist group lost his court appeal on...
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Unlikely whistleblower helps uncover alleged half-billion tax scam by...
CBS NewsMay 31, 2019A young woman from a polygamous and incestuous breakaway Mormon sect is speaking out for the first time after she exposed what the government alleges is a multimillion-dollar fraud,...
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How The Story Of R. Kelly’s “Sex Cult” Finally Went Public ― And Quickly...
I spent almost 20 years reporting on R. Kelly, and nine months trying to find an outlet to publish the story of the "sex cult" that would ― finally ― get the world's attention. (An excerpt from...
View ArticleCoercive control: How do you spot it, what are your legal rights and how do...
Coercive control is a form of domestic abuse, even though the actions are not physical.Sanya BurgessSky NewsJune 7, 2019Why you can trust Sky News Sally Challen's historic case has brought the use of...
View ArticleTony Robbins’ Book Has Been Scrapped By His Publisher
Simon & Schuster dropped the book after BuzzFeed News revealed the self-help guru has berated victims of rape and domestic abuse, and former fans and staffers have accused him of sexual...
View ArticleCult expert testifies about his dealings with NXIVM
Rick Ross became target of NXIVM's "litigation machine" in 2006Robert GavinAlbany Times UnionJune 12, 2019 NEW YORK — Longtime cult expert and NXIVM foe Rick Ross told jurors Wednesday he quickly...
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The Rise of Progressive Occultism
TARA ISABELLA BURTONThe American InterestJune 7, 2019Or why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez felt compelled to share her birth chart.Back in March 2019, an elected government representative shared something...
View ArticleFormer child bride who testified against Warren Jeffs is running for...
BEN WINSLOWFOX 13 NewsJUNE 11, 2019HILDALE, Utah — The former child bride who became the star witness in Utah’s prosecution of Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs is now running for public...
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Child marriage 'legal and ongoing' in Canada, researcher finds
Ontario, Alberta and Quebec have licensed the most child marriages in the last 18 years, said professor Alissa Koski, who researches the practice in CanadaJoseph BreanNational postJune 11, 2019Since...
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The neuroscience of terrorism: how we convinced a group of radicals to let us...
The ConversationJune 12, 2019 AuthorsNafees Hamid, (PhD Candidate, Department of Security and Crime Science, UCL)Clara Pretus, (Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychiatry and Legal Medicine, Autonomous...
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FBI stats: LDS less frequently victims of hate crimes than other religions,...
Larry D. CurtisKUTV 2NewsJune 12th 2019(KUTV) With FBI statistics that track crimes hate crimes by religion, it is far statistically safer to be LDS than Jewish, Muslim, or in other Christian churches....
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Coercive control: How do you spot it, what are your legal rights and how do...
Sanya Burgess, news reporterSky NewsJune 11, 2019 Sally Challen's historic case has brought the use of coercive control in relationships to the public's attention.Ms Challen, who spent nearly a decade...
View ArticleNude photos of underage ‘sex slave’ shocks jurors in NXIVM case
SHAYNA JACOBS and MICHAEL GARTLANDNEW YORK DAILY NEWSJUN 13, 2019Disturbing pornographic photos of one of the women lured into the NXIVM sex cult provoked wincing from jurors who viewed them Thursday...
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Reflections on The Keith Raniere Trial
Janja Lalich, Ph.D.June 12, 2019"Today in court , the IRS investigator was cross-examined. No big gains for the Defense. The main point was showing how Raniere kept using his dead lover's credit card...
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Reflections on The Keith Raniere Trial
Janja Lalich, Ph.D.June 13, 2019"Court update: Today was the most difficult. By the end of the day, I was so emotional and upset about the degree of power that little sick sexual predator and pedophile...
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Anne Hamilton-Byrne, leader of notorious cult The Family, dies at 97
Tom Cowie and Zach HopeThe AgeJune 14, 2019Hamilton-Byrne, who considered herself the reincarnation of Jesus Christ, died in a suburban Melbourne nursing home on Thursday aged 97. She had been in...
View ArticleNxivm: How a Sex Cult Leader Seduced and Programmed His Followers
Former Nxivm members testified they were brainwashed into being branded and assigned to have sex with him.Colin MoynihanNew York TimesJune 14, 2019When she first attended classes run by the self-help...
View ArticleCult of Personality: Ties to the Fringe
Being a member of associated with some fringe groups and communities can have serious implicationsELIZABETH YUKORolling StoneJUNE 13, 2019When we think of cults, we tend to picture charismatic leaders...
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