Cults

Pastor of Texas Megachurch Reportedly Admits 'Inappropriate Sexual Behavior' After Woman Alleges Abuse from Age 12

The Shocking True Story Behind Netflix's Dancing for the Devil

Thousands of Native American Children Across Decades Suffered Abuse While At Catholic Boarding Schools: Report

What Happened During the Waco Massacre? How the Horror Unfolded in April 1993 and Left Nearly 80 Dead

Slayings of 2 Kan. Women Involved Anti-Government Fringe Group Members and Custody Battle, Police Believe

What Happened to Synanon Founder Charles 'Chuck' Dederich? All About the Cult Leader Who Died in 1997

Inside Ruby Franke's Diaries: Disturbing Details of Child Abuse Police Say Was Rooted in 'Religious Extremism'

'From Healing to Horror': Was Synanon, the Rehab Program that Became a Religious Movement, a Cult?

Creator of Willy Wonka-Themed Experience Apologizes for Failed Event: ‘It All Looked Good on Paper’

Boys Who Ran Away from Boarding School Asked Neighbor to Call 911. Now Owners Are Facing Kidnapping Charges

Inside an Internet Cult: Missing Persons, Nude Meditation, Desperate Families

Advocacy Groups Call for Removal of Okla. School Superintendent Following Nex Benedict's Death

Connecticut Pastor Accused of Selling Crystal Meth Out of Church's Rectory

2 People, Including a Child, Injured in Shooting at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church; Suspected Shooter Killed 

Brother Speaks Out on Conspiracy Theories After 3 Friends Mysteriously Die: 'Only Deal with Facts'

Suspected Kenyan Cult Leader Facing Charges in Connection with the Deaths of More Than 429 People

6 People Vanished from a Home Near St. Louis in August. Police Suspect They're Involved in an Online Cult

A&E's Secrets of Polygamy Goes Inside Religious Sect's Dark Secrets — and Woman's Daring Escape

Nearly 50 People Treated for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Gas Detected at Mormon Church

What Was Synanon, the Violent Cult Featured in New Paramount+ Docuseries?

HBO Series Explores Bizarre Tale of 'Mother God,' Cult Leader Found Wrapped in Christmas Lights After Death

Freed Israeli Woman, 85, Describes Being Kidnapped by Hamas and Held Hostage in Tunnel: 'Very, Very Difficult'

Mother of 3 'Soldiers of Christ' Suspects Now Also Faces Murder Charge, as Chilling Details Revealed

Israeli Music Festival Survivor, 25, Shares Horror as Hamas Attack Began: 'I Was Prepared to Die' (Exclusive)

Eden or the Apocalypse? Survivalists Literally Burn It All Down in The Garden: Commune or Cult (Exclusive)

Music Executive Gary Stromberg on 'Fearing for My Life' After Finding Out He Was on Charles Manson's 'Hit List'

Delphi Suspect Claims White Nationalist Pagans Killed 2 Teens — Despite Allegedly Confessing to Wife

Youth Pastor Accused of Attempting to Kill Wife and 5 Children After Setting Home on Fire

Why Jill Duggar Dillard Considers Her Family's Church a 'Cult': 'It's Fear-Driven' (Exclusive)

Yoga Class Mistaken for 'Mass Killing,' Report Made with 'Best Intentions,' Police Say

Australian Police Investigating Deaths of 3 After Ingesting Poisonous Mushrooms Served by Daughter-in-Law

How a Father-and-Son Tandem of Dogged Journalists Exposed the Racist Rant of an Oklahoma Official

More Than 400 Found Dead from Kenya Doomsday Cult

The Duggar Family’s Religion: All About the Controversial Church IBLP

Where Is the Manson Family Now? All About Charles Manson's Former Cult Members

All About Leslie Van Houten, Who Was Convicted of Killing Leno and Rosemary LaBianca as Manson Follower

Former Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Released from Prison

Allison Mack Released from Prison After Serving Time for Role in Nxivm Sex Cult

Ex-Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz's Wife 'Freaked Out' After Finding Him in 'Compromising Position' with Nanny

Penn. School District Must Allow Club Run by The Satanic Temple to Operate, Federal Judge Rules

'Sister Wives' ' Gwendlyn Brown Alleges Dad Kody Was Nearly Arrested in Utah Over Polygamous Lifestyle

Netflix Docuseries 'American Apocalypse' Revisits Tragic 1993 Waco Cult Standoff

Gunman Kills 7 People in Mass Shooting at Jehovah's Witness Hall in Hamburg, Germany

Linda Kasabian, Member of Manson Family Cult and Key Witness in Murder Trials, Dies at 73

Victim of Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult Leader Who Later Became His 'Lieutenant' Gets 54 Months in Prison

'Revival' at Christian School Moves Off Campus After 2 Weeks of Continuous Prayer Overwhelms Ky. Town

How I Escaped the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult After 10 Years of Mental and Physical Abuse

Man Who Killed Wife in Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall Murder-Suicide Had Protection Order Filed Against Him

'Forgotten' American Sarah Krivanek Tells Her Story as She and Brittney Griner Are Freed from Russian Prison

Arizona Polygamist Leader Had More Than 20 Wives, Including His Own Child, FBI Says

Inside the Church Cult That Eventually Drove Parents to Join a 12-Hour Beating of Their Sons

Charles Manson Follower Patricia Krenwinkel's Parole Blocked by California Gov. Gavin Newsom

4 Things You'll Learn About an Egyptian-Themed Sect Hiding Child Sex Abuse

New Orleans Nun Who Was Kidnapped Reveals How She Made It Out Alive: 'Prayer Sustained Me'

Man Who Killed Wife, Injured Daughter Had Gone Down QAnon and Election Conspiracy Theory Rabbit Hole: Daughter

Matthew Coleman Left Behind a 'Shrine' to His Children in Hotel Before He Allegedly Killed Them

Megachurch Pastor on Leave of Absence After Messages with Woman Were Found to Have 'Crossed a Line'

At Age 7 Ramona Klein Survived Abuse at a Native American Boarding School: 'I Still Sometimes Cry'

Iran Denies Involvement in Salman Rushdie Attack, Says Author Brought It upon Himself

Matthew Taylor Coleman Says He's 'Realizing How Far Away I Was From the Truth' in Prison Letter