Cult/Religion
Case 339: Waco (Part 3/3)
The standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians held firm for more than a month, with David Koresh and his followers refusing to surrender…
Case 339: Waco (Part 2/3)
In 1992, a chance discovery by a UPS delivery driver would lead to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – commonly known as the ATF – launching an investigation into David Koresh’s activities at Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas…
Case 339: Waco (Part 1/3)
In 1981, a 20-year-old named Vernon Howell drove more than two hours from his hometown in east Texas to visit a church near Waco…
Case 334: Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich & Elly Sapper
When renowned teacher Malka Leifer joined the staff at Adass Israel School in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, she was welcomed by the entire community…
Case 324: Khalil Rayyan
In late 2015, a young pizza delivery man named Khalil Abu Rayyan from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, met and fell in love with a woman he met online…
Case 281: Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman
In June of 2020, London social worker Bibaa Henry decided to celebrate her 46th birthday with a picnic at scenic Fryent Country Park…
Case 208: John Chau
In 2018, American missionary John Chau sailed out to North Sentinel, a forested island off the coast of India. He intended to spread the word of God to the Sentinelese…
Case 128: Joan Vollmer
When 49-year-old Joan Vollmer begins acting strangely, her husband Ralph blames spiritual problems and turns to…
Case 123: Mark Kilroy
When 21-year-old Mark Kilroy and a group of his friends headed to South Padre Island in Texas for Spring Break…
Case 83: Chantelle & Leela McDougall, Tony Popic
In 2007, 28-year-old Chantelle McDougall told her family she was moving to Brazil for spiritual purposes, along with her daughter Leela…
Case 60: Jonestown (Part 3/3)
On November 17 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan travelled to Guyana to inspect Jonestown for himself. When a number of Peoples Temple members…
Case 60: Jonestown (Part 2/3)
In the late 1970s, Jim Jones and hundreds of his followers relocated to The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project in the South American country of Guyana – more commonly known as ‘Jonestown’…
Case 60: Jonestown (Part 1/3)
During childbirth, Lynetta Jones’ deceased mother appeared to her in a vision and prophesied that the baby would one day become a great man…