A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was shot dead at an altar to the skeletal figure late Friday, authorities said. Two other people were killed and eight injured ...

She married the cult leader's son – even though she knew he wasn't the right man for her – and gave birth to a daughter. The "Big House Family" preyed on her insecurities, she says.

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as a cult. Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress who ran for president in 2020, grew up attending schools run by followers of the group's leader, Chris Butler, and has described her ...

22, Lenz opened up about being part of what she describes as a “high-control group” and others have labeled the “Big House Family cult” and ... married the group leader's son, musician ...

In the sex-trafficking trial of NXIVM leader Keith Raniere, prosecutors introduced this photo showing the “first-line masters” of DOS, a secretive sex cult within the group. Raniere, their “master," ...

A former NSW cult leader who was charged with covering up the killing of a two-year-old girl by burning her body in a barrel will never face the court's judgement after his death was confirmed in ...