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  1. revelations
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    Bethany Joy Lenz’s Memoir Will Track Her Decade in a CultDinner for Vampires shows how she lost her autonomy (and millions) to the Big House Family.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  2. abel’s angels
    What’s Going On With The Idol?HBO said a second season is actually still possible.
    By Charu Sinha and Bethy Squires
  3. coming soon
    The Incendiaries Novel Is Being Recruited to a New CultThe best-selling book by R.O. Kwon will become a limited television series.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. sex cult: the squeakquel
    The Vow Trailer Wants You Back in Its Clutches for Part TwoThe second part of the NXIVM documentary will follow Keith Raniere’s trial and his inner circle.
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. podcasts
    Are You in a Cult? This Podcast Can Tell YouSounds Like a Cult hosts Amanda Montell and Isabela Medina want you to be suspicious of everything, from SoulCycle to Disney.
    By Nicholas Quah
  6. we’re far from the shallow now
    Teal Swan Documentary Will Usher in the Summer of CultsThe Deep End airs on Freeform as part of its new docuseries slate.
    By Morgan Baila
  7. rhoslc
    Mary Cosby Broke Her Silence on Skipping RHOSLC ReunionOn Twitter Spaces, of all places.
    By Bethy Squires
  8. wwjd
    Signs From God Point to Mary Cosby Leaving RHOSLCThe alleged cult leader has been confirmed absent from the reunion taping.
    By Wolfgang Ruth
  9. the law
    Keith Raniere Sentenced to 120 Years in NXIVM Sex Cult CaseHe has now been ordered to pay $3.46 million to his victims.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  10. vulture lists
    The Art of the Scam: A Streaming and Reading Guide to CultsFrom NXIVM to the Manson Family, these books, podcasts, TV shows, and movies explore who starts, joins, and leaves a cult.
    By Isle McElroy
  11. snl
    SNL Knows That Nothing Says Relaxation Like Watching Murder ShowsFeaturing Nick Jonas as The Vow cult leader Keith Raniere.
    By Rebecca Alter
  12. trump tv
    What American Horror Story: Cult Got Right—and Very Wrong—About the Trump EraDebuting less than a year after Trump took office, the anthology series’ messy attempt to speak to the moment was both flawed and prescient.
    By Jen Chaney
  13. viewing guide
    Which NXIVM Docuseries Is Right for You?Fear not: Keith Raniere’s strange obsession with volleyball will show up regardless of which of these three docuseries you pick.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  14. close reads
    Before NXIVM and The Vow, Mark Vicente Directed a Truly Bizarre Hit DocumentaryA look back at What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?, the 2004 indie phenom that Vicente made back when he was the student of another dubious guru figure.
    By Alison Willmore
  15. cult followings
    HBO Feels 9 Hours of The Vow Wasn’t EnoughMore episodes are coming in 2021.
    By Justin Curto
  16. nxivm
    Can’t Get Enough of The Vow? Starz Has Another NXIVM Doc for You.Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult follows India Oxenberg.
    By Rebecca Alter
  17. the vow
    NXIVM Went After ‘the Beautiful People’A clip from this Sunday’s episode of The Vow breaks down how “successful, capable” people were lured into the NXIVM sex cult.
    By Dan Reilly
  18. nxivm
    What to Know About HBO’s The Vow and the NXIVM Sex CultA guide to the docuseries’ main players and the organization’s inner workings, subsequent trials and convictions, and ongoing work.
    By Dan Reilly
  19. streaming
    Blumhouse Is Adapting New York Magazine’s Sarah Lawrence Cult StoryReed Morano will direct the series for Amazon.
    By Rebecca Alter
  20. the law
    Allison Mack and Seagram’s Heiress Have BFF Reunion at Court TodayThe sex-cult case is expected to go to trial soon.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  21. tv
    Riverdale Recruits Chad Michael Murray to Be Their Friendly Local Cult LeaderThe One Tree Hill actor will star as new-age guru Edgar Evernever, and based on his last name alone, you know he’s up to no good.
    By Halle Kiefer
  22. cults
    Allison Mack’s Sex Cult, NXIVM, Is Getting a DocumentaryPsych actress and former member Sarah Edmondson will be starring in it.
    By Devon Ivie
  23. ask an expert
    R. Kelly’s Latest Legal Trouble, ExplainedWith Kelly accused of running a “sex cult,” he could be headed for another legal battle.
    By Dee Lockett
  24. explainer
    What Exactly Do The Path’s Meyerists Believe In?Here’s everything you need to know about the religion-cult hybrid.
    By Alissa Wilkinson
  25. first person
    I Grew Up in a Cult. Here’s What Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Gets Right.Kimmy’s enthusiasm might seem questionable, but it’s not.
    By Flor Edwards
  26. The Apple Orchard Kids, by Caitlin KeanI tried to tell them that we were too old to go apple-picking, but did they listen? No. They made me pack up that Sunday and head out to old […]
    By Brian Boone
  27. radio vulture
    Jody Rosen’s Songs of the Week: Future, Cults, and Cage the ElephantHonesty, you see, is Future’s policy.
    By Jody Rosen
  28. cults
    Watch Cults on Yo Gabba Gabba!Is appearing on a children’s TV show too mainstream if the show is weirder than the band?
    By Eliot Glazer
  29. cults
    Flying Saucer Cults and the American Sprawl: How Preston Miller Made God’s Land for $30,000A movie documenting the “God Saves the Earth Flying Saucer Foundation,” whose leader wears a ring said to contain a rocket ship capable of carrying 100,000 believers into space.
    By Mark Jacobson
  30. clickables
    Watch the Predictable But Weird Jonestown Video for Cults’ ‘Go Outside’Huh, this feels weird.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  31. chat room
    Cults’ Brian Oblivion on Sudden Indie-Rock Fame, Dating Your Singer, and How His Band Is Just Like Spinal Tap“The reason our band is doing well is because we decided to say ‘fuck you’ to that attitude.”
    By Bryan Hood
  32. clickables
    Stream the Latest My Morning Jacket Album, CircuitalPlus: Death Cab for Cutie and Cults!
    By Amanda Dobbins
  33. clickables
    See Cults’ ‘Abducted’ Video, With a Twist EndingWe hope ‘The Killing’ ends like this, too.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  34. clickables
    Stream the Cults’ Dreamy New Single, ‘You Know What I Mean’Cults’ self-titled debut album is out May 31.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  35. cults
    Ashton Kutcher Takes On Ted Turner in Million-Man Tweet-OffSomething about this sure seems ominous to us.
    By Mark Graham