Our fears are supposed to protect us from real danger. However, a phobia exists when a person wrongly believes they are in grave danger. People must use their frontal cortex to think and test their ...

We often think of cults as strange men in robes and masks, but even celebrities can fall victim to cult indoctrination. These are some celebrities you never knew used to be in a cult. Joaquin Phoenix ...

While many of us have seen fictionalized accounts of what it’s like being in a cult in movies and in TV shows, few of us actually know just how horrifying and dangerous it actually is to be part of ...

Cults are a hot topic. But, perhaps not surprisingly given the methods of influence they use, they are opaque to the public. After decades of studying cults and methods of undue influence they and ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...

Sure, your cult has a charismatic leader, a crackpot ideology and a 401k for long-term members. But can you match the psychotic Lunar orbiter mania of this apocalyptic cult’s meeting, from Japan’s ...

Sister Wives’ Leon Brown Makes Rare Comment About "Cult" Upbringing 'Sister Wives' stars Kody Brown and Meri Brown's child Leon Brown likened their childhood upbringing to a "cult," explaining that ...