• Kenya cult death toll hits 200, with more than 600 reported missing
    2023-05-16

    The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed 22 more bodies, most of them bearing signs of starvation, according to the coast regional commissioner.

  • How head of Falun Gong station awakens
    2023-05-12

    It was the government that provided me with assistance when I went through difficult times. One by one, all these experiences made her slowly but steadily renounce her faith in “Falun Gong”.

  • Notorious Australian cult inspires new series
    2023-05-10

    Disney+ recently released a trailer for The Clearing, an eight–part psychological thriller based on the best–selling crime novel In the Clearing, by Melbourne–based author J.P Pomare. Pomare's 2019 novel was inspired by The Family, a doomsday cult led by Anne Hamilton–Byrne.

  • World’s most chilling cults, from Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo to Swiss sect Solar Temple
    2023-05-09

    Following the deaths in Kenya, here is a look at other notorious sects around the world.

  • Kenya’s president likens cult leader to terrorist
    2023-05-08

    Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday likened the priest at the center of a deadly starvation cult to a terrorist.

  • Thai cops arrest Chinese cult leader for claiming divine communication
    2023-05-08

    Thai cops arrested a Chinese cult leader who refers to herself as the “Mother of the Universe” and claims to be the leader of the ‘Universal Lion Federation.’

  • Being “enlightened” by the “Master”, cold-blooded doctor kills 17
    2023-05-05

    Chen Fuzhao, according to law, sentencing him to death and depriving him of political rights for life for intentional homicide and poisoning.

  • Moneybags, Master, or Mountebank?
    2023-04-27

    She played a variety of different acting roles and collected more than 14 million yuan from best friends and boyfriends in seven years.

  • Not an experience you’d want to repeat: Shen Yun, at the Eventim Apollo, reviewed
    2023-04-26

    The speed of the costume changes was more impressive than any of the dancing.

  • Is Japan losing its religion? Cults, Unification Church scandal seen driving rising distrust
    2023-04-23

    Nearly 40 per cent of respondents to a survey said they had lost trust in religion, as some say they see no reason to visit Buddhist temples any more

  • Aides to leader of S. Korea Christian cult JMS arrested as key accomplices to sex crimes
    2023-04-23

    Two aides of South Korea religious leader Jeong Myeong-seok, who was previously convicted with the sexual molestation of his female followers, were arrested on Tuesday (April 18) as accomplices to the pastor’s alleged sex crimes.

  • Rest in peace, my dear mother
    2023-04-20

    However, I got my mother killed due to my blind belief in the heinous “Falun Gong” cult, which left me with lifelong regrets.

  • KENYAN SECT LEADER ARRESTED AFTER 4 PEOPLE STARVE TO DEATH TO 'MEET JESUS'
    2023-04-20

    Police are looking for Pastor Makenzie Nthenge, who allegedly is the cult leader. mirror.co.uk Eleven other followers of the Good News International Church led by Makenzie Nthenge were taken to hospital, three of them in critical condition, after being rescued Friday in a forest Malindi town. Ke...

  • TWISTED MINDS Inside sickening ‘orgasm cult’ where kids as young as 10 were forced into vile sex games and fed LSD by warped leader
    2023-04-20

    In Cult Trip, Anke - who has spent a decade investigating the darkest secrets of the new-age 'wellness' world - unveils the shocking pattern of sex abuse, coercion and violence in cult groups.

  • Maple Yip is in South Korea to testify against JMS leader
    2023-04-16

    It was revealed that Maple Yip, the Hong Kong woman whose dealings with the South Korean cult Jesus Morning Star (JMS) was documented in Netflix's "In the Name of God" earlier this year, has recently appeared in court for the first time in South Korea to testify against the 77-year-old cult leader, ...

  • From medical worker to mental patient
    2023-04-13

    Chi Xiang, who was once vigorous and enterprising, is now mentally deranged, with dull eyes and a messy appearance. It was the evil “Falun Gong” cult that destroyed him.