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 ...

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

One of the questions that students often ask me about criminology and psychology: How do you know when a cult leader is “evil” or “bad”? These, of course, are vague descriptors to some extent, but I ...

Most serial killers, male and female, work alone. However, there are those who religious beliefs and murderous proclivities are intertwined, resulting in a systematic system for serial murder. Let's ...

B R U N S W I C K, Ga., Jan. 8 -- Former members of the so-called Nuwaubian cult told jurors at a trial of their former spiritual leader that he groomed them for sex when they were just young girls.

Jamie Campbell Bower sought inspiration from cult leaders for his performance in Stranger Things. The 37-year-old actor admitted Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple who led more than 900 of ...

13 Going on 30 star Christa B. Allen is opening up about a past relationship with an alleged "cult leader" who she says "burned" her life "to the ground." The 33-year-old actress made the shocking ...

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

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women." Send an email to Virginia. Elise McCue / @EliseMcCue Elise McCue is a ...

“Cult leaders are notable for the enormous amount of power they have over their group,” Ashlen Hilliard, a cult intervention specialist and founder of People Leave Cults, told HuffPost. “This power is ...