• Jake Gyllenhaal to Explore Jonestown in Cult Anthology Serie...

    Jake Gyllenhaal The drama, which is in development, is produced by sibling studio A+E Studios. Jake Gyllenhaal is turning to television. The actor-producer and his Nine Stories Productions is t...

    Other Cults 2016-02-17
  • Top Court Rejects Ex-Aum Member’s Appeal against Nine-Year P...

    The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a former senior member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, in a move that will finalize a nine-year prison sentence for his involvement in three criminal inciden...

    Other Cults 2016-02-17
  • Israel: Cult-busting bill gets ministerial approval

    Proposal includes first legal definition of an abusive cult; leading a cult would be considered a crime carrying a 10-year prison sentence. The Knesset plenum Photo Credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM Le...

    Other Cults 2016-02-16
  • 'Once you join us you must remain': Emma Watson plots to esc...

    She shot to fame as Hogwart's resident genius Hermoine Granger. But Emma Watson has well and truly moved on from the family-friendly franchise which made her name. The actress' latest film, Colo...

    Other Cults 2016-03-15
  • Newly Announced The Church in the Darkness Lets You Infiltra...

    Richard Rouse III Richard Rouse III and the people at Paranoid Productions have released the first trailer for The Church in the Darkness, a game about infiltrating a 1970s cult, according to the...

    Other Cults 2016-03-15
  • U.S. wins religious discrimination case against western town...

    Two towns in the western United States and their joint water company on Monday lost a U.S. federal lawsuit claiming they discriminated against residents who did not belong to an unacknowledged off...

    Other Cults 2016-03-09
  • Israeli Lawmakers Across the Aisle Support Criminalizing Sex...

    Recent cases of rabbinical and other leaders' physical and mental exploitation of female believers sparked legislation initiated by Meretz MK. Israeli lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are mov...

    Other Cults 2016-03-07
  • Fugitive yogi leader Gregorian Bivolaru, caught in France

    MISA yogi leader Gregorian Bivolaru, wanted by Interpol, was taken on remand by the Romanian Police in France on Friday, Antena 3 reports. He had false IDs. He was detained on Friday morning whil...

    Other Cults 2016-03-17
  • Church of Scientology TV advert banned for misleading claim ...

    A TV advert for the Church of Scientology has been banned for misleading viewers over claims it gives aid to tens of millions of people. An on-screen text during the commercial claimed the organisat...

    Other Cults 2016-03-25
  • Tokyo sarin attack: Recalling doomsday cult's deadly assault

      In March 1995, at the height of the morning rush hour, the world's busiest subway system was brought to a standstill as a mysterious gas was released across the Tokyo underground.   Commuters...

    Other Cults 2015-03-25