Kenyan cult leader Paul McKenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift houses made of plastic sheeting and straw in a remote forest camp. He divided the camp into districts with biblical names such as Jerusalem and Judea, relatives of his adherents say. What…
The antithesis of freedom is not a prison, not a totalitarian state, or even slavery. This is a cult when not only the body, but also the consciousness of a person is captured. According to psychologist Michael Langone, editor-in-chief of a magazine and several books on cult practices,...
A jury in New York City on June 19 found the infamous leader of a cult in which women were turned into brainwashed "slaves" guilty of all charges. The trial of Keith Ranier, co-founder of a New York-based group called NXIVM, lasted several weeks ...
An affiliate of the notorious "sex cult" Nxivm, which branded "slaves" with the initials of its founder, secretly recruits Brooklyn artists. Despite the fact that the sect based in Albany should cease to exist after the arrest of its founder Keith Raniere in Mexico in connection with accusations of sex trade, now ...
A family from Texas claims that supporters of a religious cult took their son away from the family and turned him against his relatives. 27-year-old Jordan Reichenberger disappeared on Halloween night in 2016 in Austin, writes The Daily Mail. At first, the family was very worried, fearing ...
The leader of a secret group in upstate New York turned female followers into "slaves" whom he branded with his initials and forced to have sex. This was stated by the authorities in a criminal complaint accusing him of sex trafficking, writes The Guardian. Keith Ranière, co-founder of the group under…