“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). “The word cult conjures a mental picture: ...

The rise of a nihilistic terror cult known as 764, which is obsessed with animal torture, rape, bestiality, and self-harm and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reverend Jim Jones at an anti-eviction protest in front of the International Hotel, 848 Kearny Street in San Francisco, California ...

Why can’t we look away from stories about cults? The real story may not be about those who fall prey, but about realizing that we’re all vulnerable to manipulation. From streaming documentaries to ...

The Justice Department announced Michail Chkhikvishvili has been extradited to the U.S. from Moldova to face charges for plotting to distribute poisoned candy to Jewish and minority children.

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Jayde Struhs briefly fronted the media after watching her parents and members of a faith-healing cult known as The Saints be jailed for the manslaughter of Elizabeth Struhs, 8, back in early 2022.

Cults are a hot topic. But, perhaps not surprisingly given the methods of influence they use, they are opaque to the public. After decades of studying cults and methods of undue influence they and ...

Although they exert robust psychological control, cults do their utmost to appear warm and welcoming, especially to individuals who feel isolated and long for acceptance. Individuals on the autism ...

While many of us have seen fictionalized accounts of what it’s like being in a cult in movies and in TV shows, few of us actually know just how horrifying and dangerous it actually is to be part of ...