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'Raised in a doomsday cult, I entered the real world at 15'
Ben Shenton was raised in a cult that thought the world would soon end. It didn't - but one day his world abruptly changed.
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Children 'spanked 30 times a day' in secretive sect, ex-member says
Eighteen years on from his time inside the Twelve Tribes religious sect, Matthew Klein is still scarred. "They not only control your medical care, they control your food, when you get to see your family, they try to control when you make love to your wife, they try and control your children," he told A Current Affair.
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Why Did Women Vote for Hitler? Long-Forgotten Essays Hold Some Answers
A trove of essays in the archives of the Hoover Institution provide some insight as to what attracted everyday women to extremist ideology.
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After Growing Up In A Cult, Lauren Hough Freed Herself By Writing The Truth
Hough was 15 when her family left the Children of God cult. Afterward, she struggled to face the trauma of her past. Her new collection of personal essays is Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing.
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How a Religious Sect Landed Google in a Lawsuit
A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.
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Christians ‘told to die from starvation to meet Jesus’ found in shallow graves
Authorities have reportedly recovered more than 20 bodies as they continue to investigate an alleged starvation cult. Kenyan police began exhuming the remains on Friday from a site in Shakahola forest in Kilifi county, to the east of the country.
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