The cult was led by self-appointed mystic Anne Hamilton-Byrne who, with the help of LSD, convinced followers she was female reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Children of The Family Cult ...

On 21 December 1985, the four members of The Cult walked onto the sound stage of NBC’s late-night Saturday Night Live TV show and launched into She Sells Sanctuary, a song the band had released ...

In format, perspective, style and distribution, the contemporary cult exposé nestles in comfortably with two other recent booms: true crime and scam sagas. Cults are also adjacent to conspiracies ...

Editor’s Note: Steven Hassan, PhD, is a licensed mental health counselor and author of The Cult of Trump. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. QAnon is often referred to in the ...

The cult drew huge interest when the mummified remains of its leader, Amy Carlson, were discovered in the possession of her followers in April of 2021. Watch it here: Stream your favorite shows ...

While cult leaders are central to their cults, they still need to amass a following. Dr. Geoffrey Wango, a professor of psychology at Nairobi University, says that, paradoxically, destructive ...

The cult — and its sporty choice in footwear — quickly became a national punchline, with members portrayed as hopeless crackpots who’d watched too many episodes of “Star Trek.” ...

His latest book focuses on something different— The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control. It is instructive for all Americans, no matter where they ...

And if a tech company or other business happens to resemble a cult, that might just be a good thing, he argues: “If you succeed in building a cultlike culture similar to the way that Apple ...

The notorious cult, founded by former priest David Berg in 1968, had upwards of 15,000 members at its peak before the collective became disgraced with allegations of rape, child abuse, incest and ...

‘AUM: The Cult at the End of the World’ Review: A Creepy But Cursory Doc Charting the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Doomsday Cult Reviewed at IFC Film Center, New York, Jan. 17, 2023.

To some, Anne Hamilton-Byrne was a yoga teacher with a penchant for plastic surgery. To others, she was the evil leader of The Family -- an apocalyptic cult with about 500 followers and more than ...