The Apostolic United Brethren (AUB) is a Mormon fundamentalist group that practices polygamy. The AUB was founded in 1929 by Lorin C. Woolley, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Woolley was a high-ranking official in the LDS Church and a close associate of LDS Church President Joseph F. […]
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Shen Yun Performing Arts (Chinese: 神韻藝術團; lit. ‘divine rhythm arts troupe’) is a United States-based non-profit performing arts and entertainment company that tours internationally, producing dance performances and symphony concerts.[1][2] It is operated by the Falun Gong new religious movement.[3] Shen Yun is composed of eight equally large performing arts companies,[4] with a total of approximately 480 performers.[5] Shen Yun has performed in front of millions[6] and
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom were executed by hanging (14 women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed
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The origins of the Twelve Tribes movement can be traced back to a ministry for teenagers which was called the “Light Brigade”[13] in 1972.[3] The ministry operated out of a small coffee shop called “The Lighthouse”[1] in the home of Gene Spriggs and his wife Marsha. The Light Brigade began living communally[14] and opened a restaurant called “The Yellow Deli” while
Love Has Won: A New Religious Movement or a Dangerous Cult? Love Has Won is a new religious movement that has been gaining attention in recent years. The group is led by Amy Carlson, who is known as “Mother God” by her followers. Carlson claims to be a divine being who has come to Earth
Unicult is a new-age religious movement that was founded in 2012 by Unicole Unicron. The group has been described as a “digital cult” and a “self-help cult”. Unicult’s teachings are based on the idea that humans are all connected to a higher power and that we can all achieve enlightenment through meditation, yoga, and other
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On 27 June 1988, four murders took place across three different locations. All occurred in Texas at the same time: 4pm. The date, journalist Sally Denton would later note in her book The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land, marked 144 years since the killing of Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism. The four
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JOHN HYRUM KOYLE WAS BORN in Spanish Fork, Utah in 1864. Raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, his family was sent to settle the area around the Muddy River in southern Nevada. He eventually brought a farm and settled down in Leland, Utah. In 1886, he claimed he was receiving spiritual visions during his dreams. He
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Brian David Mitchell was a Mormon fundamentalist who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart in 2002. He held her captive for nine months, during which time he repeatedly raped her. Mitchell was eventually convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault and sentenced to life in prison. Mitchell was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1953. He was the
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Roch Thériault was a man with a mission: to save himself and his followers from the coming apocalypse. As a child, Thériault dropped out of school and started teaching himself the Old Testament. He was convinced that a war between good and evil was about to come, and that this would bring about the end of