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Cults

Doomsday predictions. Religious doctrines. Extraterrestrial orders. What really goes on inside a cult? Step into the minds of those who led and joined the most controversial organizations in history. ... Read more

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Cults Daily: "True Russian Orthodox Church " Pyotr Kuznetsov

Cults Daily: "True Russian Orthodox Church " Pyotr Kuznetsov

According to leader Pyotr Kuznetsov, the world would end in May 2008, so in November 2007 he proposed his group move to ... Read more

30 Apr 2020

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“The Branch Davidians” - David Koresh

“The Branch Davidians” - David Koresh

David Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, became an internationally name in 1993 as he led many of his followers in The Br... Read more

2 Jan 2018

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Twelve Tribes - Elbert Spriggs

Twelve Tribes - Elbert Spriggs

Elbert Eugene Spriggs Jr. felt he could never live up to his strict Christian father's expectations. After three failed ... Read more

8 May 2018

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Cults Daily: Y2K

Cults Daily: Y2K

As society approached the year 2000, there was worry about a Y2K bug that might cripple technology. But there was also f... Read more

27 Apr 2020

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Oneida Community - John Humphrey Noyes

Oneida Community - John Humphrey Noyes

John Humphrey Noyes grew up crippled by social anxiety. He overcame his anxiety when he began preaching and came to embr... Read more

22 May 2018

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Church Universal and Triumphant - Elizabeth Prophet

Church Universal and Triumphant - Elizabeth Prophet

When Mark Prophet died suddenly of a stroke in 1973, Elizabeth Clare Prophet usurped his position as the leader of Summi... Read more

7 Aug 2018

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Sahaja Yoga Movement - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Sahaja Yoga Movement - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is the founder of the Sahaja Yoga Movement, a form of meditation meant to help practitioners un... Read more

21 Aug 2018

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Satanic Panic Pt. 5: The Real Victims

Satanic Panic Pt. 5: The Real Victims

In the years since the Satanic Panic, it's become obvious that the crimes people were accused of never really happened. ... Read more

27 Oct 2020

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Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers

Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers

In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never ... Read more

8 Oct 2020

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“Church of Satan” - Anton LaVey

“Church of Satan” - Anton LaVey

He is known as the real-life incarnation of the devil and would be responsible for spreading satanism into the mainstrea... Read more

6 Nov 2018

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Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God Pt.2

Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God Pt.2

Over a thousand people were lured into Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibwetere’s cult, believing that Credonia had spoken... Read more

17 Oct 2017

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"Freemasonry" - The cult that built America

"Freemasonry" - The cult that built America

One of the oldest secret organizations in the world that dates back to centuries.  The movements developed by the Freema... Read more

4 Dec 2018

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“The Family” - Anne Hamilton Byrne

“The Family” - Anne Hamilton Byrne

All Anne-Hamilton Byrne wanted was a family, with children. Unfortunately, she would stop at nothing to get it, even if ... Read more

24 Oct 2017

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“The Source Family” - James Baker

“The Source Family” - James Baker

When James Baker started his health food restaurant on the Sunset Strip in the 1970s, he had no intention of creating a ... Read more

19 Mar 2019

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Satanic Panic Pt. 3: The Cults That DID Exist

Satanic Panic Pt. 3: The Cults That DID Exist

From Adolfo Costanzo and the Narcosatanists to the gruesome Chicago Rippers, these horrific groups showed that fears of ... Read more

13 Oct 2020

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“The Blackburn Cult” - May Otis Blackburn

“The Blackburn Cult” - May Otis Blackburn

Many actors wait tables while they're waiting for their big break; May and Ruth Blackburn started a cult. In 1920s Los A... Read more

16 Apr 2019

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“The Children of Thunder” - Glenn Taylor Helzer

“The Children of Thunder” - Glenn Taylor Helzer

He believed that the voice in his head, which he called "Spirit," was the voice of God. Lead by the lord, Glenn Taylor H... Read more

28 May 2019

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“Lev Tahor” Pt. 2: Shlomo Helbrans

“Lev Tahor” Pt. 2: Shlomo Helbrans

In the 1990s and 2000s, Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans and the Lev Tahor preyed on impressionable youths. The ultra-orthodox Jewi... Read more

19 Nov 2019

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“The Family” Pt. 2 - Anne Hamilton Byrne

“The Family” Pt. 2 - Anne Hamilton Byrne

Anne Hamilton’s “Family” commonly called The Great White Brotherhood of Initiates and Masters - operated for 30 years, r... Read more

31 Oct 2017

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Cults Daily: “The Children of God” David Berg

Cults Daily: “The Children of God” David Berg

Although it went through many name changes over the years, one thing remained the same for David Berg’s apocalyptic Chri... Read more

17 Apr 2020

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