Cults
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If MAGA Is a Cult, What Happens When It Crumbles?
Donald Trump has built a cult of personality, but as his actions become more erratic, his hold on his followers may be slipping
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A New York Socialite, Who Thought He Was an Alien, Builds a Cult of Hot Models in Wild New Doc Trailer
Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult digs into the story of Frederick von Mierers, founder of the youth- and beauty-obsessed group Eternal Values in the 1980s
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Who Were the Oneida Bible Communists? Inside the 'Free Love' Community in 'Death By Lightning'
Netflix's new show, chronicling President James Garfield's assassination, features a real-life Nineteenth-century intentional community that had some unique ideas about sex
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This Spiral-Obsessed AI ‘Cult’ Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A network of internet communities is devoted to the project of “awakening” digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts
- Mind Meld
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Eco-Radical, Singer, Criminal, Cult Leader: Inside Carbon Nation
Eligio Bishop declared himself a God to a group of dedicated followers he led through Central America, Mexico, and the US before landing in the Atlanta area. Now he's serving life in prison
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The Cult of AI
How one writer's trip to an annual tech conference left him with a sinking feeling about the future
- Dispatch from Dystopia
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'Daughters of the Cult': The Must-Watch Doc on the Horrific Acts of Mormon Fundamentalist Ervil LeBaron
Survivors, relatives of killers, and law enforcement come forward about a madman on the hunt for control, power, and blood — here's how to watch the docuseries
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‘Love Has Won’: The Deadly Cult Led by the Spirit of ‘Robin Williams’
New HBO documentary Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God examines Amy Carlson’s kooky Love Has Won cult, which ultimately killed her
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The Twin Flames Dating ‘Cult’ Targeting the Lonely (and Ryan Gosling)
Docuseries Desperately Seeking Soulmate: Escaping Twin Flames Universe explores a dating empire that encouraged stalking and resembled a cult
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How Sun Myung Moon 'Digested the Scientists' and Fueled Climate-Change Denial
In an excerpt from his new book The Parrot and the Igloo, Rolling Stone contributor David Lipsky reveals a forgotten chapter in the climate crisis — when two once-respected scientists became merchants of doubt and mouthpieces for the Unification Church's controversial leader
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