Cults

Allison Mack has admitted to coming up with the now-infamous branding ceremony for DOS "slaves" within NXIVM.

Nancy Salzman And Lauren Salzman were high ranking members in NXIVM, which has been exposed as having a sex cult at its core lead by leader Keith Raniere.

Keith Raniere's group NXIVM had its own unique set of terminology to describe its ranking system, members, and inner groups.

Mark Vicente and Bonnie Piesse were two of the whistleblowers who helped bring NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere down.

Sarah Edmondson was a struggling actress when she became fascinated with the self-improvement philosophies of NXIVM. A torturous initiation into a secret society within the group changed her mind. 

In the aftermath of the brutal slaughter of his pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski was convinced the killer was someone he knew and began to suspect his celebrity friends of the heinous slayings.

Charles Manson's early years were shaped by his teen mother's arrest for robbery and a strict uncle who once forced him to go to elementary school in a dress.

Leslie Van Houten is currently serving a life sentence for the 1969 murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

Leslie Van Houten, a member of the Manson Family cult, helped kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in August 1969,

Charles Manson's one-time girlfriend Stephanie Schram said she was enthralled by the charismatic cult leader, who she met outside a gas station bathroom.