Cults

Bonnie Piesse, who starred in two "Star Wars" films before joining the controversial self-help group, has now been cast in the upcoming Disney+ spinoff series.

“I didn’t want to leave him. I wish I could have taken him,” Sabrina Hamburg said of abandoning her toddler son outside a San Juan church at the alleged direction of cult leader Anna Young.

Emon Harper arrived at the ultra-religious Florida community known as the House of Prayer as a baby in 1986, but several years later, the young boy died after enduring horrific abuse.

"The Followers: House of Prayer" explores allegations of torture, abuse and death against Anna Young that remained hidden for decades. 

Keith Raniere was found huddled in a closet of an exclusive Mexico resort after leaving one of his most devoted female followers to face armed law enforcement officers on her own.

When pictures of deceased Heaven's Gate members began making the rounds following their mass suicide in 1997, one particular fashion choice stood out.

The discovery of the Hale-Bopp Comet inspired 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult to kill themselves in 1997.

One of the most disturbing revelations about NXIVM's inner sex cult was the ritual branding of female "slaves." Now that most of those women, like India Oxenberg, have reclaimed their lives, will they have to carry that mark with them for the rest of their lives?

Police in Alaska believe Kristin Snyder intentionally capsized a kayak to end her life after becoming distraught while attending NXIVM classes. 

India Oxenberg said that she had been indoctrinated so thoroughly throughout her time in NXIVM that she couldn't recognize the red flags around being made to serve her DOS "masters."