Cults

Warren Jeffs once threatened to "break" Rebecca Musser, but the former FLDS member would find her own power while playing a critical role — more than once — in taking down the powerful polygamist leader.

After moving into his daughter’s Sarah Lawrence College dorm room, Larry Ray slowly exerted control over a group of students.

Gwen Shamblin rose to fame through her extreme religious-based weight loss philosophy that she claimed taught people “how to stop bowing down to the refrigerator and how to bow back down to him." 

Police allege that Nathan Chasing Horse was leading a cult and raped and sex trafficked his wives, including several who were underage.

"He intentionally inflicted brutal and lifelong harm on innocent victims that he groomed and abused into submission,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Mollie Bracewell wrote in a sentencing letter advocating for a life sentence for alleged sex cult leader Larry Ray.

The second season of "The Vow" highlights what came of several NXIVM members, including leader-turned-convicted-sex-offender Keith Raniere. 

Nicki Clyne, Nancy Salzman and more former NXIVM members shared their thoughts on the cult in the documentary "The Vow," two years after Keith Raniere was found guilty of multiple charges.

Judge Steven W. Boyce said he "sees no other alternative" than to vacate the upcoming January 2023 trial in light of concerns about Lori Vallow's competency to stand trial. 

“Sex, Lies and the College Cult” executive producers spoke to Oxygen.com about Larry Ray, whose crimes are the subject of the Peacock series.

After Larry Ray started living in his daughter's dorm at Sarah Lawrence, he was able to form a predatory connection with some of the students he met there.