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Cult-centered documentaries have had some big moments this year. From "Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets" to "Born in Synanon," and "Escaping Twin Flames," stories about religious ...

Almost three years after Children of God cult member Richard Rodriguez murdered Angela Smith and then committed suicide, a San Francisco journalist and a cult escapee are publishing books to spread ...

Christine Brown is opening up about losing her religion - and raising her family in what she says was a "cult" - in her new, tell-all memoir. In the prologue for Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family ...