With hit documentaries like “Love Has Won” and “Escaping Twin Flames” and podcasts like “Let’s Talk About Sects” and “Escaping NXIVM,” it’s clear the public fascination with all things cult is alive ...

One of the questions that students often ask me about criminology and psychology: How do you know when a cult leader is “evil” or “bad”? These, of course, are vague descriptors to some extent, but I ...

The “University of Islam,” the former Roosevelt Elementary that was donated to the United Nation of Islam by USD 500, is now abandoned. (Grace Hills/Kansas Reflector) KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal ...

True crime continues to flourish as a genre, but stories about cults are uniquely compelling. There has been no shortage of cults over the years, and documentaries and docuseries help contextualize ...

Most serial killers, male and female, work alone. However, there are those who religious beliefs and murderous proclivities are intertwined, resulting in a systematic system for serial murder. Let's ...

Jamie Campbell Bower sought inspiration from cult leaders for his performance in Stranger Things. The 37-year-old actor admitted Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple who led more than 900 of ...

B R U N S W I C K, Ga., Jan. 8 -- Former members of the so-called Nuwaubian cult told jurors at a trial of their former spiritual leader that he groomed them for sex when they were just young girls.

Bless me, An-Ansgaidh, for I have sinned. Not against the Herald of Annihilation. Never against my god. I have always carried out my duties, my service, faithfully. Like any good cultist in ...

“Cult leaders are notable for the enormous amount of power they have over their group,” Ashlen Hilliard, a cult intervention specialist and founder of People Leave Cults, told HuffPost. “This power is ...