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How cults actually work, according to a former member of Nxivm
Sarah Edmondson is a former member and whistleblower of Nxivm, a cult disguised as a self-help orga…
9 mins read
The cult of Nvidia is getting really weird
Investors are obsessed with Nvidia thanks to its soaring stock price. The meme feels like GameStop,…
Emily Stewart
3 mins read
Texans used cult fast food chain Whataburger's app to track power outages during Hurricane Beryl
Some Houston residents used Whataburger's restaurant map to monitor which ones were open — an…
Grace Dean
3 mins read
Bethany Joy Lenz starred in 'One Tree Hill' for 9 seasons. She said that she lost $2 million of her TV show earnings to a Christian cult.
Bethany Joy Lenz wrote about her experience in a cult in her new memoir "Dinner For Vampires: Life …
Olivia Singh
7 mins read
A cult was taking over his Los Angeles dance community. He made a Netflix documentary to spread the word.
Tim Milgram is part of the Los Angeles dance community. When he learned about the 7M TikTok cult, h…
Lilian Manansala
2 mins read
The cult of Elon Musk was on full display at Tesla's shareholder vote
Fans wore Cybertruck shirts, signed shareholder banners, and praised Musk during the meeting's Q&A.
Ana Altchek
7 mins read
Where is Miranda Wilking, the dancer accused of being in a TikTok cult?
Miranda Wilking is featured in a three-episode Netflix docuseries about 7M, a management company af…
Palmer Haasch
3 mins read
Larry Ray was accused of starting a sex cult of college students at Sarah Lawrence. Here's where he is today.
Larry Ray is the subject of the new Lifetime movie "Devil on Campus" and The Cut's 2019 investigati…
Callie Ahlgrim
15 mins read
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Business Insider
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Gentle parenting was sucking out the joy of being a mom. Now I have a trial and error approach.
I quit gentle parenting when my second child was born. I want to enjoy my kids, and have them see m…
Lauren Gumpert
2 mins read
What happened to Robert Shinn, the pastor who's the focus of Netflix's 'Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult'
Netflix's "Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult" tells the story of Shekinah Church pastor Ro…
Eammon Jacobs
1 min read
Netflix's 'Dancing for the Devil' introduced the world to Robert Shinn and the '7M TikTok cult.' Here are the biggest creators with links to the pastor.
The series starts by examining Shinn and his followers of the Los Angeles-based church from the per…
Eammon Jacobs
3 mins read
'Dancing for the Devil' TikToker Miranda Derrick says she wasn't 'brainwashed' by a dance cult: 'I am not a victim'
Miranda Derrick said she wasn't brainwashed by Robert Shinn, the pastor at the center of Netflix's …
Eammon Jacobs
1 min read
Homegrown healthtech platform Cult.fit raises $10.2 million
Tata Digital-backed healthtech platform Cult.fit (formerly Cure.fit) has raised $10.2 million in it…
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HomeGoods has become 'a bit of a cult,' TJX CEO says
TJX CEO Ernie Herrman said other housewares retailers' "lack of excitement" creates an opportunity …
Dominick Reuter
3 mins read
'Raël: The Alien Prophet': The story of the cult that claims to have cloned humans
Netflix's "Raël: The Alien Prophet" docuseries examines the controversial French cult that claims t…
Eammon Jacobs
1 min read
21 bodies found in investigation of cult whose followers starved themselves to death to 'meet Jesus'
Kenyan leader Paul Mackenzie Nthenge of the Good News International Church is accused of encouragin…
Alia Shoaib
7 mins read
They survived life in the murderous LeBaron cult. Figuring out how to move on was just as difficult.
Anna and Celia LeBaron survived their father Ervil's deadly cult. They spoke with BI about their ne…
Julie Gerstein
3 mins read
Does the 'Mother God' cult, Love Has Won, still exist?
The Love Has Won cult was led by a woman named Amy Carlson, called "Mother God" by her followers. S…
Palmer Haasch
2 mins read
The 'orgasm cult' founder accused of recruiting people with childhood sexual trauma once told Insider these victims have 'a heightened ability to experience arousal'
The founder of OneTaste, Nicole Daedone, pleaded not guilty to allegations that she coerced, manipu…