True crime continues to flourish as a genre, but stories about cults are uniquely compelling. There has been no shortage of cults over the years, and documentaries and docuseries help contextualize ...

Fear, faith and persuasion often intersect in ways that feel uncomfortably familiar, which is why non-fiction about cults holds such a grip. These books trace how influence builds, how communities ...

“We all have an idea of what constitutes a cult,” writes author Jane Borden in “Cults Like Us – Why Doomsday Thinking Drives America” (One Signal Publishers). “The word cult conjures a mental picture: ...

Cults are a hot topic. But, perhaps not surprisingly given the methods of influence they use, they are opaque to the public. After decades of studying cults and methods of undue influence they and ...