In 1968, David Berg, a former Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor, shed his clerical collar and donned a tattered jacket, beat-up tennis shoes, and sunglasses and began preaching to a small group of runaways and hippies. Stationed outside a coffee … Continued

Close your eyes and picture a cult; what does it mean to you? Maybe you envision people in white robes, endlessly monotone chanting, back-breaking hard labor, ceaseless exercise, and slavish devotion. Perhaps images of Charles Manson, David Koresh, or Keith … Continued

America is obsessed with the psychology and history of cults. Recently, fictional stories about mind control and behavior distortion like Sacred Lies or The Unlisted have been flooding TV and streaming services. Viewers cannot get enough of the sinister plots, … Continued

“Holy shit. That was some of the most atrociously disturbing imagery I’ve ever seen on film.” This quote refers to Midsommar, Ari Aster’s 2019 thriller about a group of Americans who, upon traveling to a remote village in Sweden, unwittingly … Continued