Cults Inside Out

"Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out" by Rick Alan Ross

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Madonna's "Kabbalah Centre

VIDEO ABOUT THE "KABBALAH CENTRE" FOUNDED BY PHILIP BERG

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Scientology

VIDEO EXPLAINS HOW SCIENTOLOGY CONTROLS PEOPLE THROUGH THOUGHT REFORM AND COERCIVE PERSUASION.

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Dr. & Master Zhi Gang Sha

Is Zhi Gang Sha a doctor and healer or a fraud and con man?

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Good News International Church

Doomsday cult in Kenya led by televangelist linked to hundreds of starvation deaths.

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OneTaste "orgasm cult"

"Cult leaders" Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz convicted on a conspiracy to commit forced labor charge.

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Zizians

Tech "rationalist" cult led by transgender woman "Ziz" linked to six deaths.

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InfoWars Alex Jones

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones loses defamation lawsuits concerning Sandy Hook school shootings and goes bankrupt.

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Nxivm keith renier

sex cult leader keith raniere convicted - followers plead guilty

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QAnon

QAnon conspiracy theories spread online through social media

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Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell

"Cult mom" Lori Vallow convicted twice for murder, once for attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison. Cult leader Chad Daybell sentenced to death.

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Is cult author Steven Hassan embellishing and/or exaggerating his bio?
Author Steven Hassan, who writes and speaks about groups called "cults," has a personal history of cult involvement. Hassan was in the Unification Church ("Moonies") founded by Sun Myung Moon for two years in the 1970s. And his origin story includes a dramatic "deprogramming" intervention arranged by his parents. However, it... More

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