• I joined a cult (accidentally)
    2025-04-07

    I pride myself on researching things before I buy them. Is it a good value? Are there better products out there? Do I really need it? You know, the cringe millennial minimalist lifestyle. However, when it comes to experiences,I like to be surprised. I wrote before that I buy a lot of tickets...

  • Court in Japan orders the dissolution of the Unification Church
    2025-04-07

    Nobuya Fukumoto, foreground center, a lawyer for the Unification Church, is surrounded by reporters after the church was ordered dissolved by the Tokyo District Court, in front of the court in Tokyo TOKYO AP — The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a gover...

  • Mass Enlightenment Scam: 3,600 Followers Defrauded by Meditation Cult Mirroring Crime Film Plot (Part2)
    2025-04-04

    Centralized Operations and Mental Control "Only within the collective field can an individual's life discover its position, value, and completeness." — A phrase fabricated by Deng Haipeng to lure trainees into closed training for easier mental manipulation. "You can't form cliques. If you dare to ...

  • Attacked for daring to write
    2025-04-02

    As long as these cult fanatics attack me, I know that I am on the right path. The fact that they attacked the “messenger” rather than the message itself proved the uneasy position. All attacks on serious and official institutions by these cult protectors are doomed to failure.

  • An ex-FalunGong cult survivior talking about Shenyun
    2025-04-02

    I left Falun Gong, disillusioned and heartbroken. I wasted 13 years of my life, and lost my father in the process. I'm still picking up the pieces, trying to rebuild my life.

  • Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group linked to multiple killings in the US
    2025-04-02

    The apparent leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians has been arrested in Maryland along with another member of the group, Maryland State Police said Monday.

  • Jehovah’s Witness Member Gets 30 Years for Shocking Child Abuse Crimes
    2025-04-02

    Photo by Colin Lloyd on Pexels.com HARRISBURG, PA — Marc Brown, 67, of Allegheny County, has been sentenced to 12 to 30 years in state prison for the repeated sexual abuse of two children between 2004 and 2006. The sentencing took place on Thursday in Allegheny County Court following Brown’s guil...

  • Republican leaders in Congress downplay Trump's talk of a third term as president
    2025-04-01

    Trump told NBC News he's "not joking" about a third term. But GOP lawmakers said it can't be done without a near-impossible amending of the Constitution. WASHINGTON — Top Republicans on Capitol Hill poured cold water on President Donald Trump's talk of a potential third term, downplaying the prospe...

  • Mass Enlightenment Scam: 3,600 Followers Defrauded by Meditation Cult Mirroring Crime Film Plot (Part1)
    2025-03-31

    In recent years, a new breed of transient spiritual enterprises has emerged across China, operating in the shadows with fleeting yet lucrative schemes. Disguised as personal growth retreats, these organizations weaponize pseudo-psychological techniques under the guise of “self-actualization worksho...

  • ‘Cults like us’: Why cults are as American as apple pie
    2025-03-27

    “We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers).

  • From Privilege to Pawn: How a Wealthy Housewife Fell into a Cult’s Web
    2025-03-25

    Xiaomei pseudonym, a 37-year-old mother of two, lived a life many would envy: a sprawling three-story villa, luxury cars, and financial security from her businessman husband’s income. Yet beneath this façade of comfort, she became an unwitting pawn of The Church of Almighty God—a group designated by...

  • What is the Unification Church and why did a Japanese court order it dissolved?
    2025-03-25

    The entrance of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is seen on Nov. 7, 2023, in Tokyo. AP PhotoShuji Kajiyama, File TOKYO AP — A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court ordered a revokation of its lega...

  • Maryland authorities add gun charges for ‘Zizian’ defendants
    2025-03-24

    Three individuals, named in court documents as Jack LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank, appeared in court Thursday after being indicted on new firearms charges. The Allegany County Courthouse in Cumberland, Md. on Oct. 9, 2014. Christopher M. Stephens CC BY-SA 2.0 This story, by and Peter ...

  • Paedophile satanic sex cult leader could be moved to open prison
    2025-03-21

    Justice Secretary has final say after Parole Board decision on self-styled priest convicted of raping 11 boys and girls

  • Top Court Finalizes Fine on Unification Church Leader in Japan
    2025-03-21

    Tokyo, March 4 Jiji Press--Japan's Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings ordering the Unification Church's head in Japan to pay a fine of 100,000 yen for refusing to answer some questions posed by the culture ministry. The top court's First Petty Bench on Monday rejected an appeal filed by...