New film links McVeigh to far-right ahead of OKC bombing
Winston-Salem JournalBy Kelly P. Kissel The Associated PressFebruary 7, 2017A new documentary tying various threads among far-right extremists and Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, serves as a...
View ArticleA timeline of the history of polygamy in Canada.
Times ColonistTHE CANADIAN PRESSFEBRUARY 3, 2017 CRANBROOK, B.C. - A B.C. Supreme Court judge found two people guilty Friday of taking a girl into the United States for a sexual purpose. Justice Paul...
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Alexander Bedward's mythical powers of flight.
October 5, 2016THE LIVES OF OTHERSEdward White’s The Lives of Others is a monthly series about unusual, largely forgotten figures from history.It’s impossible to know exactly how many people amassed in...
View ArticleSenator says over 500 destructive sects active in Russia
TassSociety & CultureFebruary 13, 2017MOSCOW, Over 500 destructive sects are active in Russia and the country’s upper house will set up a working group led by Deputy Head of the Federation Council...
View ArticlePolygamy bill passes House committee
FOX 13 NewsBY BEN WINSLOWFEBRUARY 7, 2017SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that keeps polygamy as a felony passed out of a committee in the Utah State Legislature, once again over the objections of members of...
View ArticleFormer neo-Nazi: You should have a beer with extremists
Neo-Nazi skinhead groups operate like a religious cult, says a former member Christian Picciolini who has launched an exit project for people like himself.The Slovak SpectatorFebruary 2017“I don’t have...
View ArticleDaphne Bramham: Convictions pave the way for more charges in polygamous...
Regina Leader-PostDAPHNE BRAMHAMVANCOUVERFebruary 6, 2017It is significant that after more than 60 years of rumours, members of the polygamous community in Bountiful, B.C. have finally been held to...
View ArticleFormer child bride wants $5 million from polygamist leader Warren Jeffs
FOX 13BY BEN WINSLOWFEBRUARY 5, 2017 SALT LAKE CITY — A former child bride who brought a criminal prosecution against Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs has asked a judge to give her...
View ArticleTransgender ultra-Orthodox case reveals painful clash of minority communities
Judge makes clear his struggle and regret in ruling that transgender woman cannot see children for fear they will be ostracisedThe GuardianHarriet Sherwood Religion correspondentFriday 3 February 2017...
View ArticleXenu's Paradox: The Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard and the Making of Scientology
Alec Nevala-Lee, author of Astounding, a forthcoming book on the history of science fiction, digs into the writing career of L. Ron Hubbard, gaining new insights into the life of the controversial...
View ArticleCall for Posters - ICSA Annual International Conference 2017 - Bordeaux, France
Though the deadline for submitting a proposal to speak at the 2017 ICSA annual conference is long past, ICSA will continue to consider poster proposals until the deadline of May 1, 2017.In a poster...
View ArticleIn the Joints of Their Toes
Paris ReviewBy Edward WhiteNovember 4, 2016THE LIVES OF OTHERSThe ruse that gave rise to the spiritualist movement.Edward White's The Lives of Others is a monthly series about unusual, largely...
View ArticleMan steals $1,000 from Hare Krishna, tackled by Florida student
Dan MathewsGridiron NowFebruary 9, 2017A Florida student was tackled and arrested after stealing more than $1,000 from the Hare Krishna lunch line on campus Thursday.Anthony Davila Stirling, a junior,...
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Jehovah's Witness sexual-abuse-coverup lawsuit settled
By Steve MarroniPenn LiveFebruary 13, 2017PHILADELPHIA - A settlement agreement has been reached, but neither the victim nor the church she said failed to report her sexual abuse to the authorities can...
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Opus Dei leader recounts relationship with Pope Francis
Opus Dei leader Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz recounted the first time he met the pontiff, when he was still Bishop Jorge Bergoglio, auxiliary of Buenos AiresHerald MalaysiaFeb 11, 2017“On both of these...
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'Ruby Ridge' Revisits a 1992 Siege With Current Resonance
New York TimesMIKE HALEFebruary 13, 2017In a distinguished career as a documentarian, Barak Goodman has examined a wide range of subjects, happy and sad. But there’s a thread that runs through films...
View ArticleTV Program - Ruby Ridge: American Experience
Examine the 1992 FBI siege at Ruby Ridge that helped launch the modern militia movement through eyewitness accounts, including Randy Weaver's daughter and federal agents involved in the deadly...
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The survivors of Australia's most insidious cult speak out
Tara WatsonNews.com.auFebruary 15, 2017INFAMOUS cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne is lying on her death bed in Melbourne. Just days ago she entered palliative care.A shadow of her former self, the...
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Dutch authorities will prosecute men for distributing religious cult pamphlet
LGBTQ NationAlex Bollinger February 15, 2017A pamphlet distributed in Amsterdam last year has led to the prosecution of one man from Rotterdam and two from The Hague.The pamphlet starts by saying, in...
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How poisons have been used in assassinations across the globe
Matthew Dunnnews.com.auFebruary 15, 2017INFAMOUS mafia hitman Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski admits he killed hundreds of people.He developed a reputation for brutal deaths, including using guns, ice...
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