Cult Rock
July 25th, 1965 was a defining moment for rock music. Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival and his group played “Maggie’s Farm” with electric guitars. The guitars screeched loudly as the band jammed. It was heresy to play an electric guitar at a folk festival, however.
Cult Rock
Charles Manson tries his hand at rock stardom befriending Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys.
Cult Rock
Carlos Santana follows abusive guru Sri Chinmoy for ten years.
Cult Rock
Leonard Cohen dropped out of society and became a zen monk for six years...
Cult Rock
Scientology produces an album that goes gold, selling over 500,000 copies
Cult Rock
Jeremy Spencer disappears from the Fleetwood Mac tour in 1971 only to be discovered in the Children of God cult.
Cult Rock
Father Yod ran a sex cult and rock music band in the 1960s and 1970s in L.A.
Two suspicious deaths, "drug-fueled gang rapes," and women being choked unconscious are among the revelations of a new lawsuit against Swami Chetanananda. Carol Merchasin, one of the leading attorneys prosecuting spiritual abuses, is behind the lawsuit.
Cults & Gurus
A dislocated jaw. Bloody scalps. Bruises. A torn ear. Violent shakings. Occult initiations. Broken marriages. These are just some of the abuses ex-followers allege by Sedona's Devra Patton West aka the Rishi.
Kristal Reisinger murder suspect John Keenan's cause of death has finally been disclosed. Be Scofield is the author of the new book Hunting Lucifer: One Reporter's Search for Cults and Demons. Her reporting is mentioned in the NYtimes, Rolling Stone, People and more. BY BE SCOFIELD
Cults & Gurus
* A cult living in an isolated desert commune in Tumacacori/Tubac, AZ near the border has raised alarm over its leaders UFO doomsday predictions and heavy use of indoctrination, surveillance and control. * The 120 members are required to turn over their homes, cars, money, businesses and possessions to the cult
“Catfish” John Keenan became famous after his alleged involvement in the death of Kristal Reisinger. Now, he too may have been killed. Are the Raleigh police failing to investigate his death? Be Scofield is the author of the new book Hunting Lucifer: One Reporter's Search for Cults and