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 […]
Brian David Mitchell (kidnapper of Elizabeth Smart) Read More »
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
The Iron Rod cult is a religious group that was founded in 1999 by Hyung Jin Moon, the son of the late Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church. The group is based in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, and has a small following of a few hundred people. The Iron Rod cult is known for
Scientology is a religion that was founded in 1954 by L. Ron Hubbard. It is based on the belief that people are immortal spiritual beings who have forgotten their true nature. Scientology offers a variety of courses and auditing procedures that are designed to help people improve their lives and reach their full potential. Scientology
Scientology (L. Ron Hubbard) Read More »
athya Sai Baba (1926-2011) was an Indian spiritual leader who was considered by his followers to be a reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba, a saint who lived in the 19th century. Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi, a small village in Andhra Pradesh, India. He began to exhibit miraculous powers at a young age, and
The Rajneesh cult was a religious movement founded by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho. The movement was controversial in the 1970s and 1980s, due to the founder’s hostility, first to Hindu morality in India, and later to Christian morality in the United States. Rajneesh was born in Kuchwada, India, in 1931. He studied
Thuggee (UK: /θʌˈɡiː/, US: /ˈθʌɡi/) are actions and crimes carried out by Thugs, historically, organised gangs of professional robbers and murderers in India. The English word thug traces its roots to the Hindi ठग (ṭhag), which means ‘swindler’ or ‘deceiver’. Related words are the verb thugna (‘to deceive’), from the Sanskrit स्थग (sthaga ‘cunning, sly, fraudulent‘) and स्थगति (sthagati, ‘he conceals’).[2] This term, describing the murder and robbery of travellers, was popular
Summum is a religion and philosophy that began in 1975 as a result of American citizen Claude “Corky” Nowell‘s claimed encounter with beings he described as “Summa Individuals”. According to Nowell, these beings presented him with concepts regarding the nature of creation, concepts that have always existed and are continually re-introduced to humankind by advanced beings who work along
Summum (the sum total of all creation) Read More »
There is a new religion gaining traction that you might not have heard about as yet, one that is actively creating its own visible God to worship, called The Holy Order of The Claw. They are a rapidly growing religious order dedicated to The Clawed One, The Holiest of Crustaceans, and the Molter of Life. Yes, a
The Order of the Claw Read More »
Aum Shinrikyo: A Deadly Cult Aum Shinrikyo is a Japanese doomsday cult that was founded in 1987 by Shoko Asahara. The group is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks, including the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, which killed 12 people and injured over 5,000. Aum Shinrikyo’s beliefs are a mix of Hinduism, Buddhism, and