Cults

According prosecutors, audio that Allison Mack provided them served as crucial evidence to implicate Raniere as the architect of NXIVM’s “branding ceremony.”

There are all sorts of ways masterminds of murder have manipulated their victims.

Isabella Pollok was initially thought to be a victim in the sex trafficking and extortion case involving her college roommate's dad, Lawrence Ray, but prosecutors now allege the pair worked together.

Dr. Danielle Roberts defended branding Lauren Salzman, Sarah Edmondson, and India Oexenberg, claiming the women asked for the markings to be burned into their skin.

Patrick Boos claims he had the notorious cult leader's ashes inserted into two tattoos on his head: An "X," which mimics the "X" that the cult leader carved into his own head, and the phrase "Helter Skelter."

Despite his wish to remain in Brooklyn lockup, alleged cult leader Keith Raniere has been transferred to USP Tuscon, which once housed Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Brian David Mitchell.

 A roadside murder in rural Wisconsin turned into a cultish mystery with two innocent men being set up to take the fall.

Allison Mack is currently awaiting sentencing and faces up to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering.

Leslie Van Houten is serving a life sentence for helping Charles Manson and his followers kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.

Catherine Oxenberg, who led a crusade to save her daughter India Oxenberg, called Keith Raniere's 120-year sentence "a victory on so many levels."