10 Most Disturbing Cults That Are Still Active
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- These dangerous and disturbing cults may not be in the news anymore, but they are still very real. For this list, we’re looking at bizarre cults that are somehow currently active. Our countdown includes The Rajneesh Movement [aka Osho], Twelve Tribes, NXIVM, and more! Which of these do you find the strangest? Let us know in the comments.
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@3:20 well i never thought i would see THOSE two symbols together LOL
12 tribes I got a personal problem with. I meet them at a hippie gathering. The started fights with people for no reason. They were so many of them and they don't fight fare. They will gang up on you with no problem. Then play the victim
The “Cult of Personality,” by Living Color, would be worth mentioning.
Christianity is the weirdest
@@mukuluprince5893 I would say Hinduism is weirder, or scientology
The fact that Scientology isn't on this list shows how powerful that cult is
Straight up
Thats not an occult you bafoon.
This
Scientologists bribe people to not reveal certain things about their cult,
Freemasonry does the same thing.
Don't want to offend anyone powerful now do we? That's how far it spread
Number 1 should be Scientology. They got to my sister when she was 20 years old and they pretty much destroyed my family. They completely act like a cult, turning her against my mum, even if she always gave her everything and protected her like crazy, my sister still found things to be mad at her all the time due to scientologist's "counceling", they took a lot of money from her, and made her drag my younger sister with her too. I hate them SO much and can't believe they can operate so in the open with people doing nothing about it.
So sorry to hear this. Scientology is honestly one of the most dangerous cults in existence. They almost operate like a mafia of sorts.
Yes, unfortunately the United States government and many other governments around the world for some fucking reason recognize it as a religion, so apparently that makes it ok.
Sorry about your sister. They make the lives of people who get out pretty hellish. Agree they should have been number 1.
I think its because watchmojo is still afraid of $cientology.
they dont want to burn the bridge with Tom Cruise
“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
- Mark Twain
He had such an incredible insight into human psychology. 0% tolerance for BS. Thankfully, his wit is timeless because no one has yet taken his place.
Except he never actually said that. It's a common paraphrased misquote that has been passed around for a long time. There has never been any proof he uttered those words anywhere.
What he did write was something similar in meaning in 1906 in Volume 2 of his autobiography, page 302. He wrote: "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and hard it is to undo that work again!"
INDEED!
Whether Twain said it or just something similar, anyone who has tried to explain anything to a Trump follower knows that quote is absolutely correct.
@@brianarbenz1329 exactly
i used to work with a guy who was born and raised in scientology and the stories he told me just didnt feel real. im glad he got the help he needed
What would he say
Now i need to know
My husband grew up in the 12 Tribes and most of my in-laws are still involved. The way he was raised was disturbing. They have “communities” in so many countries now, in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Australia. My husband left at 18 but he still has nightmares and PTSD from his childhood and the things he’s seen.
I was interested in it because it looks so pure, like Biblical Christianity and living off the land. I stayed with them in Bellows Falls and Rutland Vermont since they allow outsiders to have dinner or even stay with them to see if its something they want to join. I knew a couple of people in Vermont who also stayed or joined and left.They have one other commune in Islamd Pond Vermont but I didn't go to that one. At first it seems great for someone who is a Christian and sick of this horrible world and you just want to live with other Christians and live off the land. Unfortunately, I learned of the higher ups and their nonsense. They obviously don't stick to the Bible 100% like they claim. There is something the higher ups are not telling anyone.
I also didn't like the fact that they said they would rather stand together and be wrong then stnd alone and be right. Thats the "I'll jump of the bridge if everyone else does" mentality. I'd rather stand alone then be wrong with everyone else.
The 12 tribes sound very much like Hitler's thinking to both the three hated groups are the Jews the gays and the blacks.
So Christina’s racist
@@krisskrosswigs9703
How is Christina Fuller racist? Do enlighten us.
@@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754 oh idk maybe because you support a group who’s teachings is known here plain as day that blk ppl should be slaves to whites 💀
I wonder how much Scientology paid mojo to stay off this list
Knowing Scientology, mojo wasnt paid off. they were probably threatened with litigation if placed on this list.
@@bvigil1888 I will not disagree with that accurate statement
I have never heard of them paying off anyone. They always threaten with a lawsuit and dig up dirt to blackmail. Thats how they fucked the government and got tax exemption.
Well I'd say because everyone already knows about Scientology.
Scientology is in WatchMojo's older list
My father warned me about all cults when I was a young child, the worst ones he told me about are the ones who are very big but never mentioned to the world.
Ah the one that have symbol everywhere and its in 100$ us dollar right ?
@@Elxosonia probably illuminati 🤣🤣🤣
Mainstream Christianity is a cult. I would know because it destroyed my mind for most of my life. However, I don’t have the privilege of pointing toward an organization or church to explain to people why I’m so messed up in the head. The insane teachings are still going on today and some poor kids somewhere are being brainwashed about how God might throw them in an endless abyss of fire and torment. It’s just legalized child abused and mental illness. The real God would never do such a thing and oddly enough it’s literally written in the Bible that he considers that pure evil and an abomination.
Probably Religion
@@ad1h4rj48 international bankers aka rothschilds...control almost all money systems on the planet.
My parents encouraged me to check out the 12 Tribes while I was in college : "nice religious hippies!"
I read up on them and decided to give it a pass. I'm so glad for the brave people who tell the truth about cults.
I have a 33 year old woman renting a room in my house right now who escaped the Children of God when she was 16. She has several journals (which she was forced to write), a few photo albums, and some videos on VHS tape of her time in the cult. She has also talked with me, extensively, about her time in the cult. Her parents joined the cult when she was a baby (shortly after they renamed the cult The Family), and the materials she has shown me, and the stories she has shared with me have horrified, and disgusted me.
Despite their claims of changing their ways (after changing the name to The Family), and forbidding child/adult sexual conduct and vicious corporal punishment, the stories this woman, and the materials she has shown me completely contradict these claims of changing their ways. Although she has come a long way in recovering from her time with the cult, she still has deep mental scars from the abuse she received there.
It baffles me that this cult is still allowed to exist to this day.
If your renter is looking for any of the survivors of this cult, there are Facebook groups that can be helpful to many, a place we feel welcome to talk about the awful stuff.
Thank goodness she was able to get out! I will never understand how people fall for these cults. I know if they are born
into them they have no choice until they are older to try to escape.
I was a member of COG back in the early 70's, before Flirty Fishing started...weirdly enough I was connected with a Jesus People group in Vancouver BC while in jail for a drug charge, and was paroled to them...only to find out that the group I was connected to had been taken over by the COG. They provided a room on the second floor of an old house, but most time was spent at an old commercial building they used as a de facto church, where bible studies were held and in the evenings members would get to have "Mo Letters" read to them....and be awed by the "wise words of the prophet" so to speak...meals were cooked there and we mostly ate barley cooked with discarded vegetables, while in the other room the ranking members ate steaks. The weird thing was the cultists saw this as incentive to be the best members so that one day they too might get to eat steaks. Upon being a member you had to give up all of your worldly possessions and live communally. The stuff that was given up was then sold of to generate cash for the organization. In my brief time there I saw people give up jobs and homes to join. The control was overwhelming...I had to have a senior member with me if I wanted to visit my grandmother, or go to the parole office, and no one was allowed to go out in public without two others with them...control was to the point that it was mandated that a person could only use four squares of toilet tissue, that more would be an affront to Jesus. Today I think that my having undiagnosed at the time PTSD was a savior. I gathered what little I had remaining into a pack, went out the bathroom window one night and slid down a cast iron pipe to escape. They are sinister.
Yikes. There have been some celebrities that have escaped from that cult, including Rose McGowan and the Phoenix siblings. The late River Phoenix said about the group in 1991 "They're ruining people's lives"
Please educate yourself about cultic relationships and PLEASE share with her about Steve Hassan.
He is a very recognized and competent person who works closely and through his outreach has been beneficial for those who have experienced cultic relationships.
EDIT: PLEASE NOTE - So many people are asking me 'where is this, where is that?' This is just a list of timestamps for what is covered in THIS video. It is NOT a list of cults. If it's not in the video, it's not in this list.
TIMESTAMPS
0:40 - The Rajneesh Movement (aka Osho)
2:04 - Order of the Solar Temple
3:20 - Raelism
4:37 - Aleph
6:04 - Twelve Tribes
7:23 - Happy Science
8:52 - Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
10:20 - Superior Universal Alignment
11:13 - The Family International
12:49 - NXIVM
Scientology is missing
I can tell You that the Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the most powerful and corrupt. Just check out RUclips channels. Sacrifice members by forbidding Blood transfusion, shunning family members and even kicking out their own children at a young age. No support from friends or family, otherwise they will be excommunicated also. Satanic teachings and Cult leaders.
@@jdmmg4904 yeah I'm surprised it's not on the list
Feminism = Cult of Lilith
Uh u forgot gloriavill that cult is a nightmare!
Why haven't the Swiss government done something about the Solar Temple? I'm Swiss and it really pisses me off that they're still active
More people need to talk about the Yellow Deli restaurants being run by the Twelve Tribes! The people there are forced to work there as “volunteers” and get no wages or tips, the money goes straight to the cult. I had no idea and went into one and ended up paying. This list didn’t even mention the restaurants, and Yellow Delis are popping up everywhere, especially near impressionable college kids and tourist areas!
Bro there's a yellow deli 2 towns away from my town-
There’s one or at least was one in my city here in Canada…I was there once before I knew what it was about.
I only knew of one is Chattanooga and in Boulder. That’s wild!
There’s one in Ontario Canada, at least in one city I know of anyway. I had no idea what it was at first but it is really close to the university district…scary.
People there get housing, community, and a lifestyle. You are simply lying when you say they work for free. Had a look at the modern work economy? Most ppl are slaves with little to no reward
I live in the city where The Twelve Tribes originated. I remember when I moved here, one of the first things the locals told me was, “Don’t eat at the Yellow Deli. It’s run by a cult.”
lmao you are in chattanooga lol
I did a paper on the Twelve Tribes for a Cults and World Religions class at Calvary Chapel Bible College. There were some people at my church who liked going to the Yellow Deli Cafe who didn't seem to think that they were a cult despite me giving them a copy of my paper.
AS A JEW BUT PARTICULARLLY A MESSIANIC JEW I AM INSULTED BY THE TWELVE TRIBES CULT THEY HAVE BUISINESSES IN OUR VERMONT TOWN I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE I WILL NEVER SUPPORTG THEM IN ANY WAY
Yeah, I was at a Yellow Deli Cafe once with a friend back about 10 years ago maybe? I got such a weird vibe there and have never been back, and now I see for good reason
was involved in Kindalina yoga in los angeles teacher training, wearing all white, not cutting my hair, eating a certain way not getting a lot of sleep meditating for 2 1/2 hours a day to me. It was Kotlik, especially when I got hurt and was told just to meditate more not necessarily to seek medical help, which I actually really needed. for many kundalini yoga is fine I just got super involved and for me it was cold like it makes me sick to think of the wasted years
The podcast, "Was I in a Cult?" brings a lot of this to light by interviewing former members. Interviewees include people from religious, social, MLMs and familial cults. The show adds humor appropriately, and they provide ways to contact counseling resources.
I just checked it out. Awesome. Ty 🫡
About 10 years ago, I entered a parked touring van promoting what I thought was The Farm, a Tennessee communal farm, which is not a cult or abusive in any way. It has a long record of peaceful, nurturing ways. Inside, I quickly found that this van was was not from The Farm, but the 12 Tribes. OMG, what a polar opposite. Always read the fine print before entering any doorway.
Avoid strange people, vehicles🤫
@@hackman669 The vehicle looked like a normal RV.
My mother was raised in a cult when she lived in VA, when my parents divorced and me and my two brothers were young we moved to VA and without knowing it at the time we became members of the cult for about a year I was 8 years old at the time but I still remember everything about that year and how messed up it was. My mom thankfully was able to get out and took my brothers and I to safety but she still from all those years of her childhood and even early adulthood has given her PTSD and Schizophrenia because of it. It’s sad. I still have family members who are active and we stay far away from there because they are absolutely dangerous and crazy.
What was the name of the cult? Where in Virginia was it?
@@greywolf7577 I’m not sure of the name honestly I think Bible World or something like that it’s in Chesapeake, VA.
Amish ?
@@hhholly Nah we were never Amish but that’s a cult within itself.
@@StoryTime1991 Yeah really. The Amish is in my town. I go there to buy foods and flowers. It’s .. different. I’m in KY.
scientology definetly bribed them to not keep that on number one 💀💀
It's a crime against humanity not having Scientology as #1
They actually had Scientology as their no.1 but it's on an older Watchmojo video about "Top 10 Infamous Religious Controversies"
Why?
Scientology attempted to recruit me. I said 'no' and didn't feel the least bit threatened.
Probably because they don’t want to get sued
Look at the lengths South Park went to to avoid lawsuits from that cult.
Litigation is pending for everyone here , they see everything 😳
The keep sweet documentary was disturbingly fascinating. Had to turn it off for a while on a couple of occasions. I can’t believe they are still active and still listening to their leader behind bars 🤯
I had to turn it off too. Lots of cat videos after that too.
They barely touch the surface of what happened. They left out all the boy rape in that documentary.
They are brainwashed, most do not know of any other life they are born into it . We have a similar cult here in New Zealand called Gloriavale. look it up
I didn’t turn it off at all but then again I have a very strong stomach
yeah I'd watch a episode then come back a week later then the next, another week then another until I finished. ugh!
The 12 Tribes have a chain of restaurants called The Yellow Deli and there's one in my city. The vibes were always off but the restaurant itself was cozy and open 24 hours 5 days a week, so students frequented it for studying instead of the typical café. A lot of my friends at the time were invited to their weekly gathering/party and none of them went, but we've heard crazy stories, specifically about another location in BC, Canada. It's crazy they're still active.
They're located in my city too and reopening. They're misogynistic and abuse people in their cult, super bigoted, have groomed children here- I used to go there and they tried to indoctrinate me. It's terrifying. I don't feel safe with them here.
They have a Deli where I live too and I used to work as a camp counsellor almost directly beside it. It freaked me out
There’s also a Yellow Deli in Katoomba, a town in Australia’s Blue Mountains. It’s especially a shame because tourists come for the scenery and the stylish, often alternative vibe of the town, but if they stop for lunch at the Yellow Deli, the money goes straight in to the cult’s pocket.
What happened to the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints
@@maribelmaldonado252 if you want to include them you best throw in Catholics, Jews and Muslims too
My great grandmother died in the Jonestown cult about 6 months before I was born. We don't know if she committed suicide or was killed.
Wow..that is interesting
@@leftisbest7173 yeah it honestly creeps me out. In some of her early letters she tried convincing my dad to come. I'm glad he didn't because I wasn't conceived yet. Her house still stands in Inglewood ca down the street from my aunt.
I was pretty young at the time too but I think they told everyone to drink the coolaid and some were unsure.They had guns put to their heads if memory serves.
@@samprimera5545 sort of. The most of the adults volunteered at the direction of Jones. They have some to their kids and others injected them. Some people were told they could leave but were followed into the woods and shot.
@@ronfrank09 oh wow.See like I said I was eight to ten when it happened so I went by what I'd always heard.
I also was born in El Paso but came to Illinois at 7 so I don't if The Nightstalker (Richard Ramirez) was after I moved or before I was born.
When I heard "you would swear not to reveal-" I'M SNITCHING 😂😂😂
I tried to join a couple cults but they got sick of me asking too many questions. I miss the great food.
Start your own cult. Good money if you play it right.
@@robinharwood5044 Too many people bothering me all the time. I’m cool with doing my own thing.
😆😆😆
😂🤣😂🤣 Food cult Yoo 🍄🥕🥞🧇🍕🥚🍣🍪🍭🍹
Lol. Funny
My step-dad tried to get my mom and myself to join this "church" he'd discovered. Long story on how this came about but I'll keep it short as possible here. Dad was looking for some carpet to put in an old van he was fixing up and somehow he connected with this individual. We went to the man's house which was about a mile off the main road. At the beginning of the driveway was a hand painted sign saying "God's people pray here". We arrive to an old plantation type home (this is north alabama btw) and immediately were asked all sorts of religious questions about our faith and such. We were invited to attend their "church" which consisted of a large tent in their backyard. Only members were far as I could see was themselves consisting of the man (priest,prophet,whatever he called himself) his wife and two grown kids and their spouses and kids. All total about 9-12 people. Dad rest his soul was big time spiritual and was receptive to most faiths and was quite interested but mom told him she had a bad feeling about them and if he wanted to go that was his choice but her and myself wouldn't be. The matter was dropped and he didn't go either.
It's good that he didn't go either. I'm sorry for your loss, by the way.😔
@@mojo3318 what loss did he say?
@@andrewmoore3232 His dad.
@@mojo3318 when hw said dad rest his shoulder?
Good for your Mom!!
The closest I’ve ever felt to a cult was when I found myself at a Pyramid scheme interview room
Go to a southern Baptist church and you'll see a true cult hiding in plain sight
good old MLMs 😂😂😂
Amway
Amway conferences will get you really ready to join
Vector Knives 😂
Cultiness is a spectrum across cults, religions, political parties, businesses, and almost every group in society.
Back in the late 80s, I was targeted by a Scientology follower who worked out of Camden Market(they know their targets), I was 16. He used appalling techniques designed to get you to confess your inner most private insecurities. I was 16, vulnerable, and of course, I believed his explanation as to how I would be much happier if I bought this book entitled 'Dienetics' and attended a session at their ' church' on the Tottenham Court Road at the time. The book was so boring and such crap. I couldn't get past 10 pages. A waste of £5.00 (a lot for me back in the day, I earned 50 pounds a week and 20 went on travel) straight in the bin, and thank god. Even at 16, I had common sense.
At least you only paid £5 and not hundreds or thousands for readings/audits or reaching sea levels only to find out some blabbering about Xenu😂
@degrotekoningwouter you're not wrong ! Scientology is a lying, cheating, chrarloton business. It's designed to con the vulnerable out of £££ 💵. I feel bad for those people who can't see through the facade. 👍
@degrotekoningwouter You're absolutely right ! Scientology is a scummy, charloton business designed to con the vulnerable out of ££££ 💸 . I feel for those taken in.
As someone who lived through the Rajneeshee invasion (different part of the state) of Oregon; all of these cults are all strange.
The ongoing activities of all these cults, is proof of how gullible humans generally are. 🤦♀️😢
Gullible, a sense of belonging, born into it, just plain giving up on life,
People will cling to any semblance of order to the chaos of their lives when they have no self awareness/compass. It’s very sad.
Almost every religion is the same when it comes to indoctrinating
Freemasons should be here.
People get desperate and are lost. That’s a reason
*JEHOVAH WITNESS ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE A THE TOP OF THE LIST*
Prove it.. and I'll stop my association.
@@toninoitaliano869 If a family member leaves they are shunned.
@@ieatgremlinshow is that a top of the list matter.. anything else?
@@toninoitaliano869 Are you serious? that is cult 101.
Couldn't agree more
My mom brought me and my sister to a church in 2019. They gave my mom 500 dollars the first month she attended. We called eachother family, and I genuinely believed they were more of my family than my actual one. They were constantly forcing people to do works for them. When one of their members did something they didn't like they wouldn't talk to them at all and if they didn't apologize they were kicked out. Eventually in 2021 we were kicked out because the pastors daughter didn't like my mom. It was a small church that had about 100 members and had a school I was apart of (many kids were kicked out of it). I'm so glad that they kicked us out and I'm not longer apart of it. Now that I've had time to think about it I genuinely think it's a cult and it's scary because I know many more people will be hurt and damaged by this place.
You should report them to several groups- local & state police, FBI, CPS etc along with notifying hosts from different podcasts & channels devoted to cults on RUclips. You could end up saving lives & innocent people who would unknowingly get lured in eventually if no one speaks up now. Great job getting out of there & welcome back to the real world.
what was the name of this so called church so others can avoid it!!!!
Hey well at least you got $500
what kind of church was it?
They all sound pretty freaky to me.🤪
If scientology is not in number 1 , then we know where this content is coming from.
What??
@@AK_is_WORTHLESS u a Scientologist 💀
Great point
don’t forget about JW
@@inmate2731 not a cult
I'm surprised MOJO didn't mention that one of Jeffs wives went on a hunger strike until he was released from prison where he was placed for his child rape charges, etc. All he had to do was tell her that he would be okay and that she could eat. He remained silent. By the time the courts made the decision that she was no longer able to take care of herself, by the time she became a ward of the state, it was just too late for her. Even though they carried her off the compound on a mattress and had legal permission to use all life saving efforts, her liver, kidneys and other numerous systems were shutting down. It was too late to bring her back and she died. Starved to death, on camera, with all the Jeffs cult surrounding her.
Wow didn't know about that.
@@Monkey114 It was pretty horrific and they filmed it all and posted it. I'm guessing it was taken down a long time ago though.
Those women have exactly NOTHING to live for. I’m surprised more didn’t make that sacrifice. It’s incredible how some can escape and turn their lives around after such brainwashing. That religion is brutal on the females. The girls are taught from little on up that they’re nothing but livestock.
@@Monkey114 search Warren Jeffs. Here's one of his "calls" to the teens and young women of his cult. He's grooming them over the air.
where did you hear this?
One major aspect of all cults is fear.
I recognize a few of these cults. My advice to people is stay away from everything that`s structured and organized. The human mind is easy to control.
The thing to avoid is anything that is one-doctrine or dogma in its structure. A good belief system is one which abides by a set of general principles but with freedom to discuss variations of them. And it should not seek to control all aspects of members' lives.
@@brianarbenz1329 all religions are trash
More so, broken people looking for a crutch, are easily controlled, and are horrendously taken advantage of..
that would, funnily enough, include religion altogether.
@@fannypliers3716 that's why I say everything. Even a pencil can control the human mind.
Any Doomsday Cult religious based or otherwise is extremely dangerous literally. Oh not forgetting Church Of Scientology; which should actually be labeled as a cult,and have it's 503c tax exemption status permanently revoked
They also has 5k spies in the government all to project their tax exemption status
You missed scientology
I was just about to say the same thing! 😁
All religious groups are cults
Its not a cult its considered a religion
Boy, they missed a lot.
They went for small and wierd, I guess.
Christianity as well.
The 12 Tribes (Yellow Deli) is one of the creepiest cults I’ve ever heard of
Was Heavens Gate mentioned and I somehow missed it?? Despite the mass suicide there are still active members of that cult and there’s even a web page that’s still up and running (by a couple) and also Scientology needs to be on there.
No, they mentioned in the beginning there will be a separate list for cults like that.
Yeah there's only like 5 people in that cult. Lol
This list was for active cults. Heavens Gate is only like two married couples who stayed behind and run the website. They don't recruit anymore.
Good information -- thank you! Over 40 years ago, I sent for a "free" book on scientology, just to see what they were about. The book looked like a compilation of various other beliefs, not even advanced information, but gave credit to the Scientology founder as the one who discovered the info. I wasn't interested. I have moved many times, and even changed my name. And I still get junk mail from them -- how and why do they track people like this?
It’s amazing how one person’s believe can lead a generation to destruction 😢
Liberal ideology lol
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I’ll never understand cults and why people create them. So scary
They are false prophets
Power
Islam and Christianity are cuIt
That's a good thing; you don't want to be in that mindset. Ever. Cult leaders are narcissists who believe they are Godlike.
Simple: power and money
Y’all forgot about Scientology. It’s probably the most numerous and most powerful cult in the world today and possibly among the most powerful of all time.
They also forgot Jehovah’s Witness
Christian Identity. Its doctrine is so pernicious that it’s crept into many other more “ mainstream “ Christian communities. And various levels of government.
The Catholic Church, Judaism, Hinudism, Buddhism & Islam are far more powerful than Scientology.
@@saxglend9439 those are NOT cults, those are "world religions" wow! You sure are ignorant and have no clue on the definition on what a cult is!
Become educated before you write a moronic comment.
@@saxglend9439 and SDA
Happy Science doesn’t sound like a cult. It sounds like an educational TV show for toddlers and preschoolers.
hahaha
the fact that i grew up 30 minutes away from nxvim and didnt know about its existence till last year when the leader was sentenced
I have a great aunt in the children of god. My great grandfather faked a heart attack to try and get her out and hired a cult deprogrammer but it didn’t work. The cult knew what he was doing and they didn’t let her go. I’ve never met her.
Allison Mack got introduced to NXIVM because of Kristen Kreuk, but that wasn't mentioned in this video.
There's also a "NEXUS" church that has popped up in recent years.
Kristin Kreuk left it though in 2013. Mack just continued to get more involved..
This topic could be huge, with a series of exposes, going on and on and on. And let's not give a bye to right wing Chiristians - particularly in the USA. Also: in rural eastern Russia, there's a cult wrapped around a guy who looks as much like Jesus as possible, even with his long shiny locks, and dressing in all white, and walking slowly when people are watching, and talking like you'd expect Jesus to talk. People around the world are soooo easily manipulated.
I have known a number of people who were part of the Rajneesh/Osho thing in Oregon. Pretty much without exception they pine away for those heady days that they experienced. What it was for them, I perceive, was an intense experience of COMMUNITY and that is what they pine away for. It didn't matter, to them, what Rajneesh really was, or wasn't. Whether he was a real "sage" or a charlatan. (Check.) He became a lofty symbol for them, and no longer needed to interact with his minions very much. Just a Mercedes drive-by would do.
A lot of the Manson family perps do the same when they’re interviewed, even decades after incarceration.
I don’t normally judge people’s beliefs. I don’t care what someone believes in until it’s repeatedly shoved in my face or hurts people. These cults definitely hurt people and I can’t stand by them at all.
How many have been murdered by Islam & the Catholic Church?
@@saxglend9439 how's the troll business coming along? are you bored?
@@john_from_eastcoast. Truthing isn't trolling.
@@saxglend9439murdering someone unjustly is literally one of the greatest sins in islam, groups like isis and al qaeda don’t actually teach any islamic beliefs and are identified as not muslim by every verified scholar there is. I haven’t heard of the Catholic Church murdering anyone but if you’re talking about certain individuals then you can’t really blame every person who is catholic can you? It’s like me saying all people who belong to a certain ethnic group are bad because one of them committed a crime, just plain racism.
@@memo5920 Muslims decapitated millions before ISIS.
Good to know people are documenting them to protect other people from them.
Regarding the Twelve Tribes there’s no allegedly about it! I used to come home from work at four o’clock in the morning where the kids were out working in the fields. As soon as a child can walk, they are put to work. The members eat the rotted foods that didn’t sell in their Yellow Deli restaurants. If you’re in the Twelve Tribes there are people out there willing to help you.
I’ve met the leader of the 12 tribes. I got asked to go to one of their prayer groups when I was in college. I almost went but something felt off. They still have a restaurant where I live called the Yellow Deli. It’s where a lot of college kids hang out.
there is always tommorrow, if you ever wanted to ruin your life in the future, instead of drugs or alcohol, you still have the option of joining that cult lol
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ps: dark humor, don't do it, and if you actually feel down, see a psychiatrist, these people can do wonders, they helped me when I was depressed beyond depression itself, so they will have ways to help you too.
Yeah I just learned about the Yellow Deli. There's one in my area in Hiddenite NC and the fact it's in a tiny little town makes me wonder.
There’s a Yellow Deli in Vista, CA that sounds like what you are describing
You here in Chattanooga?
They just opened a Yellow Deli in Ithaca, NY. The location used to be called the "Mate' Factor" (run by the 12 tribes) and it closed down for probably almost a year, just re- opened as a Yellow Deli. I refuse to go there, those people creep me out.
Qanon is the one that's really creeping me out
Fuck, man. I’ve lost friends and family to that shit.
One seemed to happen out of nowhere, too. One day she’s posting the usual stuff, and then the next day it’s “SETH GREEN TRIED TO PAY SOMEONE 250k TO JOIN THE ILLUMINATI AND HAD HIM KILLED WHEN HE REFUSED!!111” and “TOM HANKS, EMINEM, NAOMI CAMPBELL AND LADY GAGA IN SECRET TRAFFICKING RING!!”
It was insane.
That's the one that needs to be dealt with and now.
Now we have entire families offing themselves in the back yard over Qanon and Trump they are so loyal to this and him they would rather not live. I don't like anyone that much I'm sorry
As a conservative Qanon isn’t real.
not TECHNICALLY a cult Im preety sure
0:47 he hits the griddy
Im speechless... :/
I'm glad there's channels like this that can educate you about all of this.
Last year I was hanging out with a friend and we went to target. This lady in her 40s approached us and try to recruit us. She was saying stuff like how everybody outside of this group was doomed.
I would have been like, "Good, I like a challenge".
Exclusivity is one of the signs of a cult.
Sounds like the Jahovah's Witnesses
@@chrismartinez3637 Shit, better cancel my American Express Centurion card.
Avon for sure
“The umbrella company”
“we didn’t even know we were experimented on”
Yeah that sounds about right
The "Celestial marriage" thing is a fundamental belief of Mormonism. They won't tell you that when they knock on your door, though.
What do you mean? that members of the Church of Jesus Christ have to marry three wifes? if so do a little research
Yeah, but not the 3 wives while on earth thing. I still think mainstream Mormonism is a cult and I'm glad I got out.
It's in direct contradiction of what Jesus said, also... as there was a gotcha question about afterlife from Saduchees about seven brothers who married one woman successively (which was allowed if the husband died leaving her childless). Mark 12:25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Ask them dude it s no secret. Just a religious belief 😂
"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."
- "Heavenly Bank Account"
Frank Zappa.
you forgot to list Scientology which is a widely thought to be a cult which is wrongly called a "religions" even though it displays a lot of things common to cults
So does Christianity..
I imagine they don’t want to be sued.
It is insane that people believe that cr*p? A man, a science fiction writer, decides to make p a religion and nobody sees it's based on one of his science fiction books??
@@suzyfarnham3165 is insane that people follow ANY of the dogshit, fairytale religions at all.
It's 100% of cult. If you're not allowed to talk to relatives just cuz they switched which religion they are then it's a cult.
I said this before to my friends but I’ll say it to everyone; be careful when joining a cult because you never know what you’re gonna get yourself into. Heck, you might even pay the price for it.
Trouble is nobody really sets out to join a cult. They set out to join something else not even thinking its a cult and then by the time it would be obvious to any outside observer they're already hypnotized
Nobody willingly joins a group they know to be a cult. That's kinda their business model.
Yes. Nobody is ever sitting there, thinking to themselves "Hmmm... I might join a cult."
I’m ok. I’m an adult only child. It’s all about me.
I agree with you, we should join forces in my supre friendly group called (Evil Cult of Death), despite the name, it is very wholesome, with puppies and kittens and such.
on a completely unrelated note, you do have a lot of money and a large group of friends that you can recruit, right?
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Some of these individuals are very scary. 😨 But I found this video 📹 very interesting and educational so thank you Mojo for educating your audience.
Twelve Tribes runs a restaurant chain known as The Yellow Deli. I went to the original Yellow Deli in Chattanooga, TN as a part of school field trip in 8th grade. The food was awful (although that might be due to how much of a picky eater I am), but that's beside the point. I don't know if the people that organized the trip knew that they were taking around 100 or so middle schoolers into a restaurant run by a cult. They probably picked that place because of the theme they wanted to give to us for this trip about "the arts" and since this restaurant had a hippy feel to it, they thought it would be fitting for us. Since this middle school is is a heavily Christian area (even though the school itself is public and thus supposed to be secular) the Christian message that the restaurant gave maybe made the organizers think that this place seemed safe enough. Nevertheless, they should have done more research on that place and not have taken us there.
It brings to mind how ISIS fighters go to places where little boys hang out after school, like swimming holes and soccer pitches. A cult is always looking to indoctrinate youngsters. The do it with smiles, candy, play, music, .... and so on.
You forgot Quanon, 7 mountains dominion, Evangelical, and Jahovah Witness they all match the B.I.T.E. model of cultism.
JWs? Their teachings are available on their website for anyone to see. The religion doesn't control your job, income, where you live, who you marry...and thus members can leave if they want to. They have congregations in over 200 lands. You see them in their public ministry. No secrets, the religion doesn't have control over the members, even their congregations have multiple elders...so that no one man can take control over a congregation. A cute controls information, every aspect of the member's lives and usually for the benefit of one or a privileged minority. Maybe they didn't forget JWs, maybe they did some research.
What about the biggest and one of the most dangerous cults of all? Wokeness.
I’m telling you the Rajneesh were frightening for many of us in Oregon. They took over a town and changed its name, poisoned another town, and had hits out on officials, all the while seemingly getting away with it. We were so happy when Sheila was arrested and Bhagwan shree Rajneesh was kicked out of Oregon.
Well if the people in the town didn’t bomb the cult’s home, everything you said wouldn’t have happened
@@knohil0583 Oregon bombed India? O_o when...
I appreciate how the narrator does a great job at saying people's names in their original pronunciation
Disturbing fact: Smallville Actress Allison Mack was in NXIVM and quickly became a 2nd in command to the founder until she took control of one branch and tried recruiting Emma Watson at one point. She got 3 years in prison
I guess Emma Watson was too smart for that.
@@annafowdy Emma spent years playing a smart girl in the movies. I'd hope that she learned enough not to be pulled into a cult.
NXIVM was really close to home for me (Upstate NY), and when the cult's practices started coming to light, it was a really big deal. I don't know of anyone who was involved in the cult, despite this being pretty much in my backyard, but I wonder if I do know people involved and they are just keeping it under wraps. The lead dude is a sick ticket. I'm glad he got the book thrown at him, and I hope we keep tabs on the remaining components of the cult to ensure no one else gets hurt or exploited.
It’s so hard to believe that Allison Mack was in prison. She was a great actress as a child
Allison Mack absolutely sounds like a name of a comic book villainess. Somewhere like Selina Kyle and Felicia Hardy mixed with Al MacKenzie.
Still waiting to see the Raëlians' Baby Eve. That supposed clone baby would be an adult by now.
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I read, if not married on Earth, one can only become an angel in the next phase. This video had a guy explain that you had to have at least three wives to be the highest in the next phase.
The family international curtailed flirty fishing because of the AIDS epidemic in the '80's.
Neither Jesus nor Apostle Paul were married, so that flies out of the window for ANYONE claiming to be Christian.
Are there any chill cults where everyone is actually genuinely nice and chill
Probably not. Most of them control their members. I guess you gotta start your own cult!
A Grateful Dead show,
It wouldn’t be a cult then.
Church of the Subgenius?
Lol as much as I agree with all these, scientology should always be on one on these lists
All religions are cults until adopted by people in power
No. You should come join us, give it a try so you can see for yourself
@@eaglesandowls I uh, I don't think I will
Should do a list
Top 10 reasons why ppl are leaving religions/church
Or leaders of megachurches who own mansions, jets, expensive vehicles
Most of those Mega churches are cult like? Look at the extreme MAGA ?? There is a cultish behaviour there as well. When anyone believes anything that just is not true and refuses to look at evidence..it's a cult.
I don't know how you guys do it. Multiple videos daily, all with interesting subjects! Hats off to you I'm really impressed
This is a truly fantastic channel, isn't it? I know I can ALWAYS found cool things on Mojo and Ms Mojo.
@@do9138 I really like their content
Because it's more of a company than a channel. They can afford an entire staff to constantly do research and write scripts. All the narrator had to do is read that script, different groups put together the video and do the editing. Hope this explains how they came mass produce videos.
I've met people from twelve tribes. I grew up in a Christian community similar to 12 tribes. There was a season where it was a little bit cultish by definition because some people revered and feared the founder too much. I do not believe that he was power hungry and evil like some of these but this cult vein was remedied when he chose to leave and/or was possibly encouraged to leave so that the community would be healthier and on equal footing with all. The difference with my community was that we really followed the Bible especially the ten commandments and Corinthians 13 and believed that true religion brings life not death. We weren't perfect, but we did our very best and much of what we did as a lifestyle was very good. Families were family units and each had authority over and protection of their own children and money. Money was only asked of people when we realized we needed to keep the lights on in the church building otherwise we all cared for each other's needs by choice and shared what was needed. CPS was called just because we were a community and people suspected a cult. No children were taken, all the kids were happy and thriving (though there was a some abuse, any abuse that came to light was dealt with properly, or to the best of ability. You can't have a group of people without some that do evil)
This list is incomplete because it does not include Scientology or Jahovah's Witnesses.
Or Mormonism
@@heath1948 or Christianity
Or fallun dafa
Or Tump worshipers
The beliefs of Jehovah's witnesses are widely known, it's on their website it's in their magazines. The members are free to leave if they want to, they don't murder anyone they preach they uphold bible principles it is very interesting that people call them a cult. Those I know who use to be their members prefer to fornicate live homosexual lifestyles and other things that are against bible teachings then they curse the thing they once supported. But I very well know not even logic can sway prejudice.
I wish you would cover the cult The Process that was very actively recruiting in the early ‘70’s
The Manson family were involved in the Process. That's where Manson met so many people
do a cover on Synanon. They were a group that started in the '60s with intentions of helping addicts break the habit. Synanon started out good but unfortunately they devolved into a cult. They no longer exist.
I was a member of The Family International. I was in it for a few years, after most of the weird teachings were already gone.
What kind of weird teachings are you referring to? Very interesting to hear these testimonies!
@@heavnnnsent Sleeping with outsiders went out after the 'free love' era and with the spread of HIV. The number of people in each home decreased and kids weren't always homeschooled. We went out to see if we could get people to pray with us to be saved and gave out tracts about Jesus to everyone, even to staff in the shops we used. Ask me about anything else.
I was born a raised in the COG. They taught adults to groom and sleep with small children. They are going to hell, for sure. If there even is a hell.
Reminds me of Frisbeterians. They believe that when you die, you soul goes up on the roof and won't come down.
Back in 2021 i stayed a few days in a small (unnamed) town. The owner of the hotel was also the owner of the restaurant and grocery store in town.
I joked with my hubbs that all of the religious pamphlets in the hotel lobby were flyers for their hidden cult and that the owner looked like he was related to a creepy cult leader...
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Found out last year that this town is only a few miles from the FLDS compound.
While it is highly improbable, I will always have my suspicions about that guy who practically owned that entire (unnamed) town.
Interesting list Watch Mojo. Never heard about any of these
We have a Twelve Tribes faction in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Went out for lunch to their Yellow Deli unaware they were a cult. Definitely a shock to my partner and I when we decided to Google it and began reading about the cult and their views. Felt weird paying them, like I was supporting child abuse...
They also have the Yellow Deli in Oneonta NY, went to college there, remember the workers handing me a card asking me to come to their house for dinner.
They are creepy out of midsomar movie
I don’t support guns but that’s the kind of place i’d bring one… with intent of using it
OMG I live in wpg...thats kinda scary...
I had never heard of them before but after a quick Google search i can see they have yellow delis all over north america including my Canadian province. That's creepy.
‘Who’s more Foolish, The Fool, or the Fool who follows the Fool!!!!’
-Obi Wan Kenobi
I'm gonna start my own cult, and worship blue oysters.
Ye shall not fear the reaper 😂😂😂
@@RustyNail920 ...or Godzilla!
What would you call it?
That’s the best thing I’ve heard all day! Thanks!
Honestly after watching this im kinda sure some will actually following u
4:37 originally Aum Shinrikyo and after the 1995 attack in Tokyo, they caused that cult separated into two organizations The other one is called circle of light to this day. The Japanese government still keeps severe surveillance on them.
Do they still have mass follower?
@@jurjitsingh3728 curious to know too
A.k.a. Aleph, is on this video.
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Im not prepared to watch something about cults that doesn't even name Scientology
You're GUTLESS
Anybody I mean anybody asking you to give your life as a way of proving your loyalty is insane! Count me out!
I recently watched the 4 part documentary "Stay Sweet, Pray and Obey." Sickening and disgusting. Sometimes, religion truly is "the opium of the masses." I also looked into the Raelians about 20 years ago, mainly the website. Rather bizarre.
i recommend watching everything related to NXIVM. I find it special in the sense of how to my knowledge it is first of all fairky recent and modern as well as pretty unique in how the leading members started to defect aka deprogramming themselves and still willing to go on record.
No sometimes about it, *always.*
Especially when you pick a few nice sounding Bible verses and leave out all the problematic ones…
@@torturedsouldepartment I stand corrected.
Where is Scientology from the list? Probably the most famous of sinister cults these days.
Wrong. Come join us and see for yourself how it can change your life for the better
What’s crazier is I just got an ad of a cult from this. 💀🙏
I suspect that Alison Mack isn't the only CW star that was/is part of NXIVM.
Kristen Kreuk, Lana, was. They tried to get Michael Rosenbaum, Lex, involved but he left after one meeting finding it too weird.
@@julieporter7805 , yea. The fact that "Lex Luthor" found them off putting screams volumes...
Bonus, Scientology and the world economic forum.
If you're not allowed to leave it, criticize it or ridicule it, it may be a cult.
GOP
MAGA as well. They attacked their own country on January 6th.
Islam, Judaism & Catholicism.
Cults are absolutely insane. Makes me happy that I didn't grow up in one.
Do you go to church?
@@saxglend9439 Nope
@@666Brago Most people are in a cult
the concept of cults is so inherently human though. as much as i cant imagine ever falling for sth. like that (i am agnostic ... so believing is pretty strange to me), i reallly understand why ppl do. and i feel it is important to
@@saxglend9439your question is stupid at best.
Institute of Basic Life Principles should be on the list. Families like the Duggars and the Bates are part of it. Their leader was accused of multiple counts of sexual assault on women. And the amount of meningitis the clot that have gone to prison for sex crimes are disturbing.
In the early 80s,Me and my friends would hangout down these paths in the woods. So we're hanging out on the grass, All of a sudden this group of people all dressed like When Jesus was here. It gets better, There's about 12 people and one guy who looks just like Jesus Christ. Everyone else was dressed in what looked like a long sleeve dress, They tried to recruit us the as fast as they appeared they went back to the other side of the woods. We're all in our teens 15. We're like WTF was that?? There's no place to sleep down there. But they were always ever so quietly they'd just appear all the time. They were around for about 2weeks poof they were gone... To this day we will bring it up. And yah, we still laugh at it
Oh wow that’s crazy
Crazy
That's wild. At least they weren't aggressive
Living here in Seattle I grew up seeing and being near many cults. From the Moonies,to The Love Family and many others. The 70s and mid 80s seem to be when they were at their peak
Is it a good idea to move there?
@@plugworld9023fuck no! king county is a shit show snohomish county is so much better
My mind is blown every time I see or hear anything about cults. How can people do this to themselves? The worst part of all is that children are subjected to torture and abuse by the hands of their parents and whatever sadistic leader they are following. Why are there so many people who refuse to think for themselves?
So like the american schools and lgtbq+ "community". Scary how exact you described Them.
@@alexzander2211 brah wtf are u talking about 💀
@@anastasiavanessa7100The person is making a comparison to cults or cultish behavior to the LGBTQ community snd schools. And unfortunately... I can see it. ESPECIALLY those who struggle with detransitioning because they were constantly affirmed of their nonexistent gender dysphoria. Then BAM! They are shunned for being a detransitioner.
Also the constant taking away parents' right to educate their kids how they want and teachers grooming them in schools without parents permission.
Cult mindsight indeed.
@@alexzander2211I hope you don't live long ngl
@@Mamahouse8 thanks tolerant liberal. I know it was hard for you to not trying to be more evil than that. Took alot of repression for you to do that. Im proud of you my little mao zedong. Dont forget to do your daily grooming.