The Truth About Tina Turner's Difficult Childhood
Tina Turner's struggles didn't begin with Ike. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, she had a difficult childhood during which both of her parents abandoned her.
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The Dark Side Of Gladiator Culture
Roman life was not always filled with riches, particularly for the gladiators, who practiced violent hand-to-hand combat for entertainment.
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The Dark Truth About The LuLaRoe Marketing Cult
Founded in 2012 by DeAnne Brady Stidham, LuLaRoe is classified as a multilevel marketing company and has generated billions of dollars in revenue.
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What Ever Happened To The Leaders Of The LuLaRoe Marketing Cult?
You too can join a pyramid scheme-like cult selling leggings and other apparel for California-based DeAnne Startup (yes, real name) Brady Stidham of LuLaRoe.
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The Real Reason The Samurai Culture Went Extinct
The samurai were a group that mystifies modern onlookers in a way that few other cultures have. They are seen as a stoic warrior class, placing honor over all.
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The Stunning Number Of Deaths In The Branch Davidian Cult
In April 1993, FBI and ATF agents raided the compound of the Branch Davidian cult outside Waco, Texas. Here's how many people died as a result of the standoff.
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The Psychology Behind Why People Join Cults
At best, cults are predatory organizations intent on scamming people out of their funds or possessions. At their worst, cults are terribly dangerous.
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A Staggering Amount Of People Died In The Order Of The Solar Temple Cult
The Order of the Solar Temple was responsible for the deaths of a staggering amount of people in the mid-1990s. Here's how many fell victim to the cult.
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This Was Glenn Close's Experience With A Cult
Many actors have links to abusive, brainwashing cults. Here is Glenn Close's experience with a cult, how she got out, and how she overcame her past.
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Disturbing Details Found In The Heaven's Gate Victims' Autopsy Reports
The Heaven's Gate mass suicide shocked the world in March 1997. The bodies of 39 cult members were found, and the autopsies told a harrowing tale.
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Why Heaven's Gate Used Science Fiction To Brainwash Its Members
For most of its existence, very few people were aware of Heaven's Gate, a cult that was concocted in 1974 by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.
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Religious Cults That Changed The Course Of History
Some cults got big and rolled through populations, only to be crushed. In their failure, however, they shook empires and touched the lives of millions.
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This Was Joaquin Phoenix's Experience In The Children Of God Cult
Over the years, actor Joaquin Phoenix has talked about his experience with the infamous Children of God cult in several interviews.
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This Was Rose McGowan's Experience In The Children Of God Cult
As a child, Rose McGowan was born into the Children of God cult — a free-love hippie dream gone horribly wrong that still exists to this day.
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The Messed Up Truth About Cult Leader Ron Lafferty
Ron Lafferty was a self-professed prophet who after being excommunicated from the LDS church, started a fundamentalist splinter group called School of Prophets.
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How Heaven's Gate Used The Promise Of UFOs To Lure Their Victims
Heaven's Gate was a cult formed in 1975 that lured their followers through Christian teachings paired with UFO-inspired mysticism. It all led to their deaths.
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The Simple Tool The Heaven's Gate Leaders Used To Control Their Members
Here's the simple method Heaven's Gate leaders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles used to convince their followers to stay in the cult.
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The Messed Up Truth About Cult Leaders Bo And Peep
Heaven's Gate was a cult that posed as a religious group. The cult believed in UFOs and alien beings but they also borrowed from the Christian religion.
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The Messed Up Truth About Cult Leader Daniel Perez
In 2015, Daniel Perez, who was also known as Lou Castro, was found guilty on dozens of criminal counts, including sex crimes and murder.
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The Truth About Orson Welles' Difficult Childhood
Orson Welles was a complex person who did so much in life that biographer Simon Callow was not able to write about Welles in just one book.
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These Stanford University Murders Were Linked To A Satanic Cult
A fear of cults was growing in the American psyche, and they found an outlet in the brutal murder of a young Stanford student named Arlis Perry in 1974.
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What Vampires Look Like In Different Cultures
Blood-sucking entities that rise from the dead to prey on humans appear in legends all over the world. Here's what vampires look like in different cultures.
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Here's What Happened To The Bodies Of These Cult Leaders
Cult leaders have died in prisons and mansions; alone and surrounded by followers; hated and revered. Here's what happened to the remains of these cult leaders.
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Why Mister Rogers Was Really Difficult To Interview
Mister Rogers, known as Fred Rogers off-screen, is one of the most beloved figures of children's television after decades of hosting his program Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on PBS. But Mister Rogers was notoriously difficult to interview. In interviews, Mister Rogers always failed to provide drama.
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Disturbing Details About Marcus Wesson And His 'Vampire' Cult
Marcus Wesson was an actual person who lived this demented story, and is still alive and hanging out on death row in San Quentin State Prison.
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This Is How The Church Of Euthanasia Cult Started
Jerry Springer once said: "Cults are dangerous and not entitled to the protection of religion, not because of what they believe, but because of what they entice their adherents to do." The text is taken from a transcript stored on the website of his interviewees, the Church of Euthanasia.
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This Is How The Order Of The Solar Temple Cult Started
As far as cult names go, the International Chivalric Organization of the Solar Tradition (known to its friends simply as the Order of the Solar Temple) has a lot going for it.
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