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A NXIVM Cult Survivor Has Reunited With Her Mother Who's Plagued By "Horrendous ...
Kathryn Lindsay
Aug 7, 2018
Entertainment News
Dynasty Actress Reveals Fight To Save Daughter From NXIVM In New Book
Sarah Midkiff
Aug 6, 2018
Pop Culture
The Weirdest Cult On The Internet Never Even Existed
Kathryn Lindsay
Aug 3, 2018
Pop Culture
The Summer Of Cults Is Here To Frighten & Intrigue You
We use the word “cult” to talk about a lot of things: the cult of celebrity, the cult of personality, the cult of domesticity, and yes, even the cult o
by
Morgan Baila
TV Shows
Allison Mack's Former Costar Recalls Her "Culty" Self-Help Group
The deeper you dive into the mystery of NXIVM, the more horrors you find. That's why Smallville actor Michael Rosenbaum was so shocked to discover how
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Kathryn Lindsay
Movies
This Documentarian's Personal Journey Into The Wild, Kidnapping-F...
Documentarian Mia Donovan was 13 years old the first time she met Ted “Black Lightning” Patrick, the father of modern cult deprogramming — an
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Elena Nicolaou
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New York Heiress Arrested For Ties To NXIVM's Alleged Sex Cult
A new development in the NXIVM cult case involves an heiress to a liquor fortune. According to the Associated Press, Clare Bronfman, an equestrian, philant
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Kaitlin Reilly
TV Shows
The Connection Between Facebook's New Cult Show &
Wild Wild C...
A new Facebook Watch series with a cult-centric mystery has a surprising tie to the Rajneesh movement, the controversial community explored in Netflix'
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Kaitlin Reilly
Movies
A Tour Through The Creepiest Cults In Cinematic History
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Elena Nicolaou
Pop Culture
These Wikipedia Pages Will Fuel Your Cult Obsession
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Maia Efrem
Pop Culture
Kylie Jenner, Crystals & Cults: Inside The Mysterious Orgonite So...
In April 2014, a 16-year-old Kylie Jenner shared an Instagram in which she holds a large crystal in the shape of a pyramid. It barely fits in the palm of h
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Morgan Baila
TV Shows
Is
The Handmaid’s Tale
’s Gilead A Cult?
The horrific regime at the heart of The Handmaid’s Tale, which just wrapped its Emmy-nominated second season on Hulu this week, is a lot of things. The w
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Ariana Romero
Books & Art
R.O. Kwon's
The Incendiaries
Gives A Glimpse Into A Cult...
It takes Will Kendall until page 137 of R.O. Kwon’s The Incendiaries to acknowledge what has, by that point, become searingly obvious. Will's efferv
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Elena Nicolaou
TV Shows
Let's Talk About That Cult Episode Of
Boy Meets World
Cults are not just the topic of your new favorite Netflix docu-series or the most recent season of American Horror Story. They're also the subject of
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Kaitlin Reilly
News
"At This Point We Are In Despair": One Woman's Quest To Bring Her...
For Diana and her family, the loss of her brother to a cult was slow, steady, and certain.
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Amelia Harnish
News
How Brutal Cult Leader Tony Alamo Amassed A Fortune With Bedazzle...
The jackets were assembled in a factory in Alma, AR that was converted from a large restaurant. First the raw denim was washed in a drum filled with pumice
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Leah Carroll
Pop Culture
Allison Mack Promised Her Firstborn Child To The NXIVM Cult Leader
The story of Allison Mack's involvement with the NXIVM cult only gets more and more bizarre. In April, the former Smallville actress was arrested in a
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Kaitlin Reilly
Pop Culture
Former NXIVM Member Details The Sex Cult's Gory Branding Ritual
As if what we already know about the allegations against supposed NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere and one of the high-ranking members of his group, actress
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Sabrina Rojas Weiss
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A NXIVM Survivor Will Tell Her Story In Cult Special
Survivors of an alleged sex cult will reportedly share their story in an upcoming documentary series. New A&E series Cults and Extreme Belief will rep
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Kaitlin Reilly
Pop Culture
Allison Mack Allegedly Lured Women Into The NXIVM Cult Via…...
More and more details about Smallville actress Allison Mack's involvement in the cult NXIVM are coming to light as she awaits trial for allegedly aidi
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Kathryn Lindsay
Pop Culture
Allison Mack Seems Brainwashed In This Uncovered NXIVM Video
In the midst the Allison Mack saga about her involvement in NXIVM, a cult that allegedly required branding, meal restriction, sex, and blackmail, a 2013 vi
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Kathryn Lindsay
TV Shows
A NXIVM Cult-Inspired TV Series Is Already In The Works
No one ever accused Hollywood of sleeping on an insane true story. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a TV series about the NXIVM cult is already in the
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Kaitlin Reilly
Entertainment News
Emma Watson Is Now Being Drawn Into Allison Mack's Sex Cult Headl...
According to The Guardian, a federal judge agreed to release former Smallville star Allison Mack on $5 million bond. She will live with her parents in Cali
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Morgan Baila
Entertainment News
Smallville
Actress Charged With Sex Trafficking Granted ...
According to The Guardian, a federal judge agreed to release former Smallville star Allison Mack on $5 million bond. She will live with her parents in Cali
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Alexis Reliford
Pop Culture
Smallville
Actress Denies Recruiting Women For An Allege...
After Keith Raniere, the founder of alleged sex cult NXIVM, was charged with sex trafficking earlier this week, rumors started circulating that Smallville&
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Kathryn Lindsay
News
Accused Cult Leader Keith Raniere Charged With Sex Trafficking
NXIVM describes itself on its website as “a community guided by humanitarian principles that seek to empower people."
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Leah Carroll
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