Behind these movies are cults that used isolation, obedience, sex, fear, and spiritual language to control people. One became synonymous with mass death, one built a public religion around hidden ...

Millions of Iranians demanding freedom struggle today to escape a regime that has come to resemble a suicidal, homicidal and ...

As L.A. prepares to host the world-renowned restaurant's $1,500-a-night pop up, Hollywood may find revelations of the creative visionary's violent temper all too familiar.

A look at how Mona Fastvold's "The Testament of Ann Lee" defies typical cinematic presentations of cult leaders, especially women.

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 ...

In a new podcast former sect members reflect on end times, warnings of ‘astral larvae’ lurking in nightclubs and being in thrall to charismatic leaders – and the embarrassment and shame they feel now ...

Many of us will never forget Reverend Jim Jones’ cult committing mass suicide in Guyana in 1978. He told over 900 followers that the government was planning to raid them and that they should therefore ...

MC: Did you research cults and their compounds while designing the Levelist’s community? RP: I researched a range of radical organizations and quasi-religious sects that exhibited extreme cultish ...

The apparent head of a radical transgender cult linked to six killings, including a U.S. Border Patrol agent, told a Maryland judge last week, "I haven’t done anything wrong" while pleading for access ...

Last Saturday night I was flipping channels when I saw a Trump rally in Iowa. Almost a full year after the election and giving new meaning to the expression “sore loser,” Trump was repeating his ...