South Korean ‘cult’ leader gets six years for beating followers in Fiji
Former followers accused the Grace Road Church founder of “thrashing” them to drive out evil spirits before doomsday. Continue reading
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Alan Cross’ weekly music picks: Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars liven up the summer
Bon Iver announces an album with a title that’ll confuse people, while Ed Sheeran decides to rock it up. Continue reading
Dark Poutine podcast recap: The Cult of Brother XII and his Treasure
Brother XII was born Edward Arthur Wilson in Birmingham, England, into a religious family. He was a sailor who turned up in B.C. by the late 1920s. Believing he was in touch with an ancient Egyptian spirit who named him Brother XII, he created the Aquarian Foundation in 1927. Continue reading
Dark Poutine podcast recap: Roch Thériault and the Ant Hill Kids
Thériault was a self-proclaimed prophet who went by the name of Moïse or Moses and he founded the doomsday cult, based on Seventh-day Adventist Church beliefs. Continue reading
‘Everything went into that church’: How one woman says she lost her family to a Korean ‘doomsday cult’
A young woman says she escaped the Grace Road Church, an alleged ‘cult’ that she says absorbed her whole family and left her financially ruined. Continue reading