Ranked #1
Cults Daily: "True Russian Orthodox Church " Pyotr Kuznetsov
Cults Daily: "True Russian Orthodox Church " Pyotr Kuznetsov
According to leader Pyotr Kuznetsov, the world would end in May 2008, so in November 2007 he proposed his group move to ... Read more
30 Apr 2020
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5mins
Ranked #2
“The Branch Davidians” - David Koresh
“The Branch Davidians” - David Koresh
David Koresh, born Vernon Wayne Howell, became an internationally name in 1993 as he led many of his followers in The Br... Read more
2 Jan 2018
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52mins
Ranked #3
Twelve Tribes - Elbert Spriggs
Twelve Tribes - Elbert Spriggs
Elbert Eugene Spriggs Jr. felt he could never live up to his strict Christian father's expectations. After three failed ... Read more
8 May 2018
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50mins
Ranked #4
Cults Daily: Y2K
Cults Daily: Y2K
As society approached the year 2000, there was worry about a Y2K bug that might cripple technology. But there was also f... Read more
27 Apr 2020
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8mins
Ranked #5
Oneida Community - John Humphrey Noyes
Oneida Community - John Humphrey Noyes
John Humphrey Noyes grew up crippled by social anxiety. He overcame his anxiety when he began preaching and came to embr... Read more
22 May 2018
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53mins
Ranked #6
Church Universal and Triumphant - Elizabeth Prophet
Church Universal and Triumphant - Elizabeth Prophet
When Mark Prophet died suddenly of a stroke in 1973, Elizabeth Clare Prophet usurped his position as the leader of Summi... Read more
7 Aug 2018
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56mins
Ranked #7
Sahaja Yoga Movement - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Sahaja Yoga Movement - Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi is the founder of the Sahaja Yoga Movement, a form of meditation meant to help practitioners un... Read more
21 Aug 2018
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52mins
Ranked #8
Satanic Panic Pt. 5: The Real Victims
Satanic Panic Pt. 5: The Real Victims
In the years since the Satanic Panic, it's become obvious that the crimes people were accused of never really happened. ... Read more
27 Oct 2020
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46mins
Ranked #9
Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers
Satanic Panic Pt. 2: Serial Killers
In the 1980s, “Satanic Panic” was a mass hysteria that consumed communities and ruined lives—all over things that never ... Read more
8 Oct 2020
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43mins
Ranked #10
“Church of Satan” - Anton LaVey
“Church of Satan” - Anton LaVey
He is known as the real-life incarnation of the devil and would be responsible for spreading satanism into the mainstrea... Read more
6 Nov 2018
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51mins
Ranked #11
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God Pt.2
Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God Pt.2
Over a thousand people were lured into Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibwetere’s cult, believing that Credonia had spoken... Read more
17 Oct 2017
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47mins
Ranked #12
"Freemasonry" - The cult that built America
"Freemasonry" - The cult that built America
One of the oldest secret organizations in the world that dates back to centuries. The movements developed by the Freema... Read more
4 Dec 2018
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45mins
Ranked #13
“The Family” - Anne Hamilton Byrne
“The Family” - Anne Hamilton Byrne
All Anne-Hamilton Byrne wanted was a family, with children. Unfortunately, she would stop at nothing to get it, even if ... Read more
24 Oct 2017
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33mins
Ranked #14
“The Source Family” - James Baker
“The Source Family” - James Baker
When James Baker started his health food restaurant on the Sunset Strip in the 1970s, he had no intention of creating a ... Read more
19 Mar 2019
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53mins
Ranked #15
Satanic Panic Pt. 3: The Cults That DID Exist
Satanic Panic Pt. 3: The Cults That DID Exist
From Adolfo Costanzo and the Narcosatanists to the gruesome Chicago Rippers, these horrific groups showed that fears of ... Read more
13 Oct 2020
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45mins
Ranked #16
“The Blackburn Cult” - May Otis Blackburn
“The Blackburn Cult” - May Otis Blackburn
Many actors wait tables while they're waiting for their big break; May and Ruth Blackburn started a cult. In 1920s Los A... Read more
16 Apr 2019
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53mins
Ranked #17
“The Children of Thunder” - Glenn Taylor Helzer
“The Children of Thunder” - Glenn Taylor Helzer
He believed that the voice in his head, which he called "Spirit," was the voice of God. Lead by the lord, Glenn Taylor H... Read more
28 May 2019
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49mins
Ranked #18
“Lev Tahor” Pt. 2: Shlomo Helbrans
“Lev Tahor” Pt. 2: Shlomo Helbrans
In the 1990s and 2000s, Rabbi Shlomo Helbrans and the Lev Tahor preyed on impressionable youths. The ultra-orthodox Jewi... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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45mins
Ranked #19
“The Family” Pt. 2 - Anne Hamilton Byrne
“The Family” Pt. 2 - Anne Hamilton Byrne
Anne Hamilton’s “Family” commonly called The Great White Brotherhood of Initiates and Masters - operated for 30 years, r... Read more
31 Oct 2017
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42mins
Ranked #20
Cults Daily: “The Children of God” David Berg
Cults Daily: “The Children of God” David Berg
Although it went through many name changes over the years, one thing remained the same for David Berg’s apocalyptic Chri... Read more
17 Apr 2020
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8mins