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Topic: Cult

Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult (Netflix)

6 TikTok cult doc revelations

Nardos Haile
Trump supporters celebrate before former President Donald Trump speaks at the CAGOP convention in Anaheim Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"A clarion call to arms" for MAGA

Chauncey DeVega
Trump supporters pray as they await the arrival of President Donald Trump at Latrobe Airport on September 3, 2020 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Trump and the MAGA faithful: True love

Chauncey DeVega
Seth Rogan and Tom Cruise (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Rogen: Tom Cruise pitched me Scientology

Joy Saha
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Jacob Chansley, also known as the "QAnon Shaman," screams "Freedom" inside the U.S. Senate chamber after the U.S. Capitol was breached by a mob during a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

When do movements become cults?

Matthew Rozsa
Teal Swan in "The Deep End" (Freeform)

Teal Swan: wellness guru or scammer?

Joy Saha
Mamoudou Athie in "Archive 81" (Netflix)

Sects, lies and videotape in Archive 81

Alison Stine
Britney Spears performs at the NOW 99.7 Triple Ho Show 7.0 SAP Center on December 3, 2016 in San Jose, California. (Steve Jennings/WireImage/Getty Images)

I was in a cult and captive like Britney

Dr. Tamara MC
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Actress Allison Mack departs the United States Eastern District Court (Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Allison Mack's chilling NXIVM cult audio

Kylie Cheung
Heaven's Gate: Cult of Cults (HBO Max)

The method to Heaven's Gate's madness

Ashlie D. Stevens
President Donald Trump poses ahead of a dinner at Winfield House for Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during their state visit on June 04, 2019 in London, England. (Getty/Peter Summers)

George Will: GOP has "become a cult"

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Bhagwan Rajneesh in "Wild Wild Country" (Netflix)

Why are we so fascinated with cults?

Gwenda Bond - Cult Faves
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Charles Manson (AP)

An inside view of Manson's "Family"

Rachel Leah
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Yuliya+Savich'>Yuliya Savich</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

My weekend in a (sort of) cult

Alice Bradley
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Yuliya+Savich'>Yuliya Savich</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

My weekend in a (sort of) cult

Alice Bradley
"Holy Hell" (WRA Productions)

What life in a cult is like

Gary M. Kramer
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Trump's insane white cult

Chauncey DeVega
(AP)

Adam Morris - The Believer
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Bikram founder sued for rape

Joanna Rothkopf
(The CW/Laine Hentscher)

Willa Paskin
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Amish women exit the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Cleveland on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012. The jury found all 16 Amish people guilty in the hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in Ohio. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) (Associated Press)

Ryan Lenz - Southern Poverty Law Center
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