This will keep you up at night: Sleepytime Tea and the Little Known Religion Behind It

Besides enthusiasm for tea, Mo Siegel (and one of the other company’s co-founders John Hay) was also an avid believer in a “new-age bible” called The Urantia Book. First published in 1955, the bible is inspired by Seventh-Day Adventist movement, except that it was supposedly communicated to an unknown man…

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Esther House resident: ‘I witnessed truly appalling things’ : Patricia Lavater’s Esther House Revealed to be a Fake Rehab Cult

Esther House

This is part 14 in a series. For the rest of the series, go here. Melissa Camm wrote to Crikey this week with her recollections of life at the Esther Foundation’s rehab facility. “My anxiety popped up after reading the articles in relation to Esther House and it took me…

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California megachurch leader, grandparents charged with murder, torture in death of 11-year-old daughter

A California megachurch leader and her parents have been arrested on charges including murder and torture in the death of the woman’s 11-year-old daughter.Leticia McCormack, a leader at Rock Church in San Diego, founded and led by former NFL player Miles McPherson, was booked in jail Monday on a charge…

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