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Keagan said he didn’t start a cult, but he admitted to spending a small fortune on the spiritual group he started.
Words like “hair-raising”, “bloodcurdling,” and “downright dreadful” have been used alongside a review of ‘The Clearing’.
John de Ruiter has been skirting controversy and accusations that he is running a cult and using spirituality to have sex for decades now.
VICE unpacks whether this TikTok-uncovered situation was a witch-hunt of a peaceful commune, or a fair takedown of a dangerous cult.
Nicole Daedone founded OneTaste, which was pulling in around $12 million annually during its peak. The company is now being likened to a cult.
Amy Carlson says she’s on her 534th reincarnation, in her 19 billionth year of trying to save humanity, and will soon lead 144 000 followers into a new mystical dimension.
Back in October 2017, QAnon started with a single post on message board 4chan. Three years later, and it’s surging in popularity across the globe.
Aubrey Trail and Bailey Boswell are facing first-degree murder charges in the US, and it’s hard not to draw a parallel with the notorious Krugersdorp Killers.
A new docu-series, co-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, takes an “unflinching glimpse at the motivations of one of history’s most notorious cult leaders”.
You’ve been introduced to NXIVM before, but now the cult has come crashing down after its leader and second-in-command were arrested.
The Mancoba Seven Angels Ministry grabbed headlines with that police station massacre, and the details of their operations have captured the nation’s attention ever since.
After more than 100 women were rescued from a religious cult in the small Eastern Cape town of Ngcobo, police soon realised the extent of the grooming.
There’s just something about cults that many of us find fascinating, and this story from America’s west coast is jam-packed with the absurd.
The small Eastern Cape town of Engcobo has been rocked this past week, with the men behind the police station slaughter running a cult complete with sex slaves.
Florida is often in the news for the strange headlines that arise from the region, but this one has a more sinister backstory. ‘Mother Anna’ was someone you didn’t want to meet.
Manson became the definition of evil following a number of orchestrated murders in the late 60s, but where are those that considered themselves members of his family?
Over in New York, under the guise of self-fulfilment, a cult is running wild. Members are branded like cattle and nude photos are the order of the day.
Sometimes people manage to escape the brainwashing and return to society unscathed, but others haven’t been so lucky. Here are five examples from the US.
Maybe you don’t remember or know of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult. As cults go, it ended in a mass exit (suicide) of 39 members in 1997. A recent article about them, not only divulges about their affinity for technology but how they funded themselves through web design.
Remember that 2005 episode of South Park where they satirized Scientology by neutrally describing their core beliefs? Well, Scientology does. Recently revealed internal documents reveal that they spent a good year investigating creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker for evidence that could be used to discredit them for making Scientology seem like a creepy cult.