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* 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
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UPDATE 4/21: Rolling Stone magazine has now published an expose on Bentinho Massaro’s recent abuses. 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
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Could the Jonestown Massacre have been prevented? In the 1970s the media and political establishment decided that the public shouldn’t hear about cult leader Jim Jones’ abuses. Be Scofield is a prominent cult reporter whose work has been cited by New York Times, Washington Post and others. By BE
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April 25th, 2021 The Guru Magazine LISTEN BELOW The fast-growing Conspirituality Podcast recently featured a segment on Kaia Ra and Teal Swan on which they relied upon the reporting of Guru Magazine founder Be Scofield. The show, which NXIVM survivor Sarah Edmonson says is her favorite podcast, has garnered widespread
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Kaia Ra says she was raised in a QAnon-like satanic cabal and claims to be a “world-renowned divine oracle.” She sells jewelry she says removes suicidal thoughts and trauma and her followers think she rules over a tribe of cosmic “Sophia Dragons.” Now she’s building a temple in Sedona
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An Olive Branch finds rape, group sex, and abuses in their investigation into Yogi Bhajan. Cult expert Matthew Remski argues, however, that the report supports Yogi Bhajan’s enablers by including their glowing praise. By Be Scofield TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual and physical abuse. August
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“It sure smells like somebody killed her,” says a prominent Medical Examiner hired by a veteran CBS news reporter to investigate the death of Carla Jean Shaffer. It’s a powerful rebuke to coroner Randall Gaylord who ruled the death an “accidental drowning” in 2006 despite claiming “the lungs were
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* Former followers of Yogi Bhajan are speaking out about years of severe physical, sexual, verbal and emotional abuse. They claim he ran a destructive cult and groomed and abused children. * Former long-term staff member Kate Felt claims Bhajan brutally raped her at the age of 20 while her sister Amrit
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Former members are speaking out about psychological, financial and sexual abuses they’ve seen or experienced in the New Kadampa Tradition. They claim founder Kelsang Gyatso has built a cult in service of his expansionist drive to put a temple in every city in the world. By Be Scofield In
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE GURU MAGAZINE Media Contact: [email protected] 10/21/2019 Janis Briedis also known as Aaravindha Himadra and his lawyer Nadeen Hayden of Minc Law in Clevland Ohio were handed a defeat today when they were compelled to dismiss their defamation lawsuit against prominent cult reporter
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Sounds True author and spiritual teacher Aaravindha Himadra has filed a frivolous $250,000 SLAPP lawsuit against prominent cult reporter Be Scofield in San Juan County. The article in question explored the events surrounding the mysterious death of one of his students 13-years ago on Orcas Island in Washington. NEWS
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At 1:30 pm on January 5th, 2006, Carla Jean Shaffer’s body was found dead, floating in a small pond near the Orcas Island airport in Eastsound, Washington. She was 52 years old. Three weeks before, on December 14th, Carla suffered 30–40 stab wounds, a broken rib, a