10 Most Disturbing Cults That Are Still Active

These dangerous and disturbing cults may not be in the news anymore, but they are still very real. For this list, we’re looking at bizarre cults that are somehow currently active. Our countdown includes The Rajneesh Movement [aka Osho], Twelve Tribes, NXIVM, and more! Which of these do you find the strangest? Let us know in the comments.
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[@WatchMojo]

Which of these do you find the strangest? Let us know in the comments. For more content like this, click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3fPoGt9bLOjqa8

[@djphlange]

@3:20 well i never thought i would see THOSE two symbols together LOL

[@kalmanbic2721]

12 tribes I got a personal problem with. I meet them at a hippie gathering. The started fights with people for no reason. They were so many of them and they don't fight fare. They will gang up on you with no problem. Then play the victim

[@Jeremiah_Rivers76]

The “Cult of Personality,” by Living Color, would be worth mentioning.

[@mukuluprince5893]

Christianity is the weirdest

[@djphlange]

@@mukuluprince5893 I would say Hinduism is weirder, or scientology

[@angelj3721]

The fact that Scientology isn't on this list shows how powerful that cult is

[@carnagegerman]

Straight up

[@elmzizdope]

Thats not an occult you bafoon.

[@glennstarkey7087]

This

[@KEN-1991]

Scientologists bribe people to not reveal certain things about their cult, Freemasonry does the same thing.

[@azrielofearth9406]

Don't want to offend anyone powerful now do we? That's how far it spread

[@joshuamohlman]

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. - Mark Twain

[@hollymartins6913]

He had such an incredible insight into human psychology. 0% tolerance for BS. Thankfully, his wit is timeless because no one has yet taken his place.

[@quaxo1]

Except he never actually said that. It's a common paraphrased misquote that has been passed around for a long time. There has never been any proof he uttered those words anywhere. What he did write was something similar in meaning in 1906 in Volume 2 of his autobiography, page 302. He wrote: "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and hard it is to undo that work again!"

[@AeroAmphibious]

INDEED!

[@brianarbenz1329]

Whether Twain said it or just something similar, anyone who has tried to explain anything to a Trump follower knows that quote is absolutely correct.

[@joshuamohlman]

@@brianarbenz1329 exactly

[@feministmermaid4769]

My parents encouraged me to check out the 12 Tribes while I was in college : "nice religious hippies!" I read up on them and decided to give it a pass. I'm so glad for the brave people who tell the truth about cults.

[@Kris10green]

More people need to talk about the Yellow Deli restaurants being run by the Twelve Tribes! The people there are forced to work there as “volunteers” and get no wages or tips, the money goes straight to the cult. I had no idea and went into one and ended up paying. This list didn’t even mention the restaurants, and Yellow Delis are popping up everywhere, especially near impressionable college kids and tourist areas!

[@TrailblazersOfficial78]

Bro there's a yellow deli 2 towns away from my town-

[@jeremycards]

Number 1 should be Scientology. They got to my sister when she was 20 years old and they pretty much destroyed my family. They completely act like a cult, turning her against my mum, even if she always gave her everything and protected her like crazy, my sister still found things to be mad at her all the time due to scientologist's "counceling", they took a lot of money from her, and made her drag my younger sister with her too. I hate them SO much and can't believe they can operate so in the open with people doing nothing about it.

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

So sorry to hear this. Scientology is honestly one of the most dangerous cults in existence. They almost operate like a mafia of sorts.

[@quaxo1]

Yes, unfortunately the United States government and many other governments around the world for some fucking reason recognize it as a religion, so apparently that makes it ok.

[@Jenifer_R_]

Sorry about your sister. They make the lives of people who get out pretty hellish. Agree they should have been number 1.

[@MrTomSpencer]

I think its because watchmojo is still afraid of $cientology.

[@mycocorleone4771]

they dont want to burn the bridge with Tom Cruise

[@briangale404]

I wonder how much Scientology paid mojo to stay off this list

[@bvigil1888]

Knowing Scientology, mojo wasnt paid off. they were probably threatened with litigation if placed on this list.

[@BelmontClan]

@@bvigil1888 I will not disagree with that accurate statement

[@bvigil1888]

I have never heard of them paying off anyone. They always threaten with a lawsuit and dig up dirt to blackmail. Thats how they fucked the government and got tax exemption.

[@brianshaker1885]

Well I'd say because everyone already knows about Scientology.

[@dashtoroya2838]

Scientology is in WatchMojo's older list

[@scottgaddy4147]

i used to work with a guy who was born and raised in scientology and the stories he told me just didnt feel real. im glad he got the help he needed

[@chaoticteaaddict6332]

My mom brought me and my sister to a church in 2019. They gave my mom 500 dollars the first month she attended. We called eachother family, and I genuinely believed they were more of my family than my actual one. They were constantly forcing people to do works for them. When one of their members did something they didn't like they wouldn't talk to them at all and if they didn't apologize they were kicked out. Eventually in 2021 we were kicked out because the pastors daughter didn't like my mom. It was a small church that had about 100 members and had a school I was apart of (many kids were kicked out of it). I'm so glad that they kicked us out and I'm not longer apart of it. Now that I've had time to think about it I genuinely think it's a cult and it's scary because I know many more people will be hurt and damaged by this place.

[@yumyumbumblebee]

You should report them to several groups- local & state police, FBI, CPS etc along with notifying hosts from different podcasts & channels devoted to cults on KZbin. You could end up saving lives & innocent people who would unknowingly get lured in eventually if no one speaks up now. Great job getting out of there & welcome back to the real world.

[@ellenfleming9685]

what was the name of this so called church so others can avoid it!!!!

[@SpicyMang0s]

Hey well at least you got $500

[@NGRKVQ34IOJ4Q3KIDFKJLIQ]

what kind of church was it?

[@bettye444]

They all sound pretty freaky to me.🤪

[@realsteventalvinzvestial420]

My father warned me about all cults when I was a young child, the worst ones he told me about are the ones who are very big but never mentioned to the world.

[@ad1h4rj48]

Ah the one that have symbol everywhere and its in 100$ us dollar right ?

[@pipilili6241]

​@@Elxosonia probably illuminati 🤣🤣🤣

[@jacksonrelaxin3425]

Mainstream Christianity is a cult. I would know because it destroyed my mind for most of my life. However, I don’t have the privilege of pointing toward an organization or church to explain to people why I’m so messed up in the head. The insane teachings are still going on today and some poor kids somewhere are being brainwashed about how God might throw them in an endless abyss of fire and torment. It’s just legalized child abused and mental illness. The real God would never do such a thing and oddly enough it’s literally written in the Bible that he considers that pure evil and an abomination.

[@ManFinest]

Probably Religion

[@sonnyroy497]

@@ad1h4rj48 international bankers aka rothschilds...control almost all money systems on the planet.

[@loghog4392]

Back in the eighties I was living in a logging camp in the Sierra Nevada Mountains (still do). We got back to camp from work one afternoon and found a bunch of camping gear and several boxes of red clothing tucked in the bushes next to our meadow camp. Then some "hippies" all dressed in red showed up in a couple of cars and acted as if we weren't even there. Mind you, this was a decent sized trailer camp in a not very big meadow out in the middle of nowhere. It was a regular seasonal camp. We had camped there many times and never had any visitors before. Well, after a while a few of us loggers walked over to ask what our "guests" were doing and we learned everything we never wanted to know about the Rajneesh (ites). This was on a Tuesday and they informed us that by the weekend there would be over a hundred of these red people here in our little kingdom. Oh, I should mention- this meadow was owned by the big timber company that we were contract logging for and we had permission to camp there. Well on our walk back over to our trailers we had a REALLY good idea. Tuesday night, that would be tonight, would be a great time to have a trap shoot, target practice and even light up Riley's fully automatic peacemaker! After dinner we had a good hour of nothing but ballistic terror. They were still there when we got back from work on Wednesday. And even more of them were there. Well now.... we needed to come up with an even better idea than last night. There was a small road building crew from our logging company camped with us and guess how they remove 5' diameter stumps from the roadway? Yep, you guessed it! DYN-O-MITE! to quote J. J. from the TV show Good Times. Sooooo, we had a repeat of the ballistic terror from the night before and while that was distracting the red people the road building guys wandered off in the woods around the meadow and ended our explosive evening with some REAL explosives. When we got home from work on Thursday, no red people. They even apologised to one of the wives that lived in camp. We don't know where they went but we heard they were escorted off the timber companies land. Thought somebody might like to hear that story. I liked telling it. Hee-hee!

[@SheilaTrueLove]

*JEHOVAH WITNESS ORGANIZATION SHOULD BE A THE TOP OF THE LIST*

[@MsSmallTownBeauty]

My husband grew up in the 12 Tribes and most of my in-laws are still involved. The way he was raised was disturbing. They have “communities” in so many countries now, in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Australia. My husband left at 18 but he still has nightmares and PTSD from his childhood and the things he’s seen.

[@christinaFaith84]

I was interested in it because it looks so pure, like Biblical Christianity and living off the land. I stayed with them in Bellows Falls and Rutland Vermont since they allow outsiders to have dinner or even stay with them to see if its something they want to join. I knew a couple of people in Vermont who also stayed or joined and left.They have one other commune in Islamd Pond Vermont but I didn't go to that one. At first it seems great for someone who is a Christian and sick of this horrible world and you just want to live with other Christians and live off the land. Unfortunately, I learned of the higher ups and their nonsense. They obviously don't stick to the Bible 100% like they claim. There is something the higher ups are not telling anyone. I also didn't like the fact that they said they would rather stand together and be wrong then stnd alone and be right. Thats the "I'll jump of the bridge if everyone else does" mentality. I'd rather stand alone then be wrong with everyone else.

[@ruthmiller1492]

The 12 tribes sound very much like Hitler's thinking to both the three hated groups are the Jews the gays and the blacks.

[@krisskrosswigs9703]

So Christina’s racist

[@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754]

@@krisskrosswigs9703 How is Christina Fuller racist? Do enlighten us.

[@krisskrosswigs9703]

@@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754 oh idk maybe because you support a group who’s teachings is known here plain as day that blk ppl should be slaves to whites 💀

[@Jetsetfastfood]

I tried to join a couple cults but they got sick of me asking too many questions. I miss the great food.

[@robinharwood5044]

Start your own cult. Good money if you play it right.

[@Jetsetfastfood]

@@robinharwood5044 Too many people bothering me all the time. I’m cool with doing my own thing.

[@heavnnnsent]

😆😆😆

[@quantumlove896]

😂🤣😂🤣 Food cult Yoo 🍄🥕🥞🧇🍕🥚🍣🍪🍭🍹

[@secrets.295]

Lol. Funny

[@MartVale1]

I’ll never understand cults and why people create them. So scary

[@sparkysmom7149]

They are false prophets

[@clarisahernandez5280]

Power

[@kapileshwarprasad7389]

Islam and Christianity are cuIt

[@BRBonGiediPrime]

That's a good thing; you don't want to be in that mindset. Ever. Cult leaders are narcissists who believe they are Godlike.

[@egalitarius8582]

You forgot Quanon, 7 mountains dominion, Evangelical, and Jahovah Witness they all match the B.I.T.E. model of cultism.

[@PapaWolf]

I have a 33 year old woman renting a room in my house right now who escaped the Children of God when she was 16. She has several journals (which she was forced to write), a few photo albums, and some videos on VHS tape of her time in the cult. She has also talked with me, extensively, about her time in the cult. Her parents joined the cult when she was a baby (shortly after they renamed the cult The Family), and the materials she has shown me, and the stories she has shared with me have horrified, and disgusted me. Despite their claims of changing their ways (after changing the name to The Family), and forbidding child/adult sexual conduct and vicious corporal punishment, the stories this woman, and the materials she has shown me completely contradict these claims of changing their ways. Although she has come a long way in recovering from her time with the cult, she still has deep mental scars from the abuse she received there. It baffles me that this cult is still allowed to exist to this day.

[@whisperjames2106]

If your renter is looking for any of the survivors of this cult, there are Facebook groups that can be helpful to many, a place we feel welcome to talk about the awful stuff.

[@angelacovington3399]

Thank goodness she was able to get out! I will never understand how people fall for these cults. I know if they are born into them they have no choice until they are older to try to escape.

[@TheWolfsnack]

I was a member of COG back in the early 70's, before Flirty Fishing started...weirdly enough I was connected with a Jesus People group in Vancouver BC while in jail for a drug charge, and was paroled to them...only to find out that the group I was connected to had been taken over by the COG. They provided a room on the second floor of an old house, but most time was spent at an old commercial building they used as a de facto church, where bible studies were held and in the evenings members would get to have "Mo Letters" read to them....and be awed by the "wise words of the prophet" so to speak...meals were cooked there and we mostly ate barley cooked with discarded vegetables, while in the other room the ranking members ate steaks. The weird thing was the cultists saw this as incentive to be the best members so that one day they too might get to eat steaks. Upon being a member you had to give up all of your worldly possessions and live communally. The stuff that was given up was then sold of to generate cash for the organization. In my brief time there I saw people give up jobs and homes to join. The control was overwhelming...I had to have a senior member with me if I wanted to visit my grandmother, or go to the parole office, and no one was allowed to go out in public without two others with them...control was to the point that it was mandated that a person could only use four squares of toilet tissue, that more would be an affront to Jesus. Today I think that my having undiagnosed at the time PTSD was a savior. I gathered what little I had remaining into a pack, went out the bathroom window one night and slid down a cast iron pipe to escape. They are sinister.

[@klina7645]

Yikes. There have been some celebrities that have escaped from that cult, including Rose McGowan and the Phoenix siblings. The late River Phoenix said about the group in 1991 "They're ruining people's lives"

[@MISNM0]

Please educate yourself about cultic relationships and PLEASE share with her about Steve Hassan. He is a very recognized and competent person who works closely and through his outreach has been beneficial for those who have experienced cultic relationships.

[@DemonessofRedSnow]

I live in the city where The Twelve Tribes originated. I remember when I moved here, one of the first things the locals told me was, “Don’t eat at the Yellow Deli. It’s run by a cult.”

[@treefr0gs]

lmao you are in chattanooga lol

[@jamesmorton2621]

It's a crime against humanity not having Scientology as #1

[@charliejoson9145]

They actually had Scientology as their no.1 but it's on an older Watchmojo video about "Top 10 Infamous Religious Controversies"

[@yankee2666]

Why?

[@yankee2666]

Scientology attempted to recruit me. I said 'no' and didn't feel the least bit threatened.

[@beautifulmidnight]

Probably because they don’t want to get sued Look at the lengths South Park went to to avoid lawsuits from that cult.

[@bellzebub9863]

Litigation is pending for everyone here , they see everything 😳

[@saraf8529]

was involved in Kindalina yoga in los angeles teacher training, wearing all white, not cutting my hair, eating a certain way not getting a lot of sleep meditating for 2 1/2 hours a day to me. It was Kotlik, especially when I got hurt and was told just to meditate more not necessarily to seek medical help, which I actually really needed. for many kundalini yoga is fine I just got super involved and for me it was cold like it makes me sick to think of the wasted years

[@Otissssssssssssss]

Why haven't the Swiss government done something about the Solar Temple? I'm Swiss and it really pisses me off that they're still active

[@carastone3473]

The ongoing activities of all these cults, is proof of how gullible humans generally are. 🤦‍♀️😢

[@denisejohnson4037]

Gullible, a sense of belonging, born into it, just plain giving up on life,

[@cashmoneychanel1209]

People will cling to any semblance of order to the chaos of their lives when they have no self awareness/compass. It’s very sad.

[@MrDeano-eu9rg]

Almost every religion is the same when it comes to indoctrinating

[@VENENOSEASON]

Freemasons should be here.

[@benedictcumberbatch4275]

People get desperate and are lost. That’s a reason

[@bernienelson8926]

EDIT: PLEASE NOTE - So many people are asking me 'where is this, where is that?' This is just a list of timestamps for what is covered in THIS video. It is NOT a list of cults. If it's not in the video, it's not in this list. TIMESTAMPS 0:40 - The Rajneesh Movement (aka Osho) 2:04 - Order of the Solar Temple 3:20 - Raelism 4:37 - Aleph 6:04 - Twelve Tribes 7:23 - Happy Science 8:52 - Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 10:20 - Superior Universal Alignment 11:13 - The Family International 12:49 - NXIVM

[@jdmmg4904]

Scientology is missing

[@kevinrandall7376]

I can tell You that the Jehovah's Witnesses are one of the most powerful and corrupt. Just check out KZbin channels. Sacrifice members by forbidding Blood transfusion, shunning family members and even kicking out their own children at a young age. No support from friends or family, otherwise they will be excommunicated also. Satanic teachings and Cult leaders.

[@angelaholmes8888]

@@jdmmg4904 yeah I'm surprised it's not on the list

[@efxnews4776]

Feminism = Cult of Lilith

[@CXP3D]

Uh u forgot gloriavill that cult is a nightmare!

[@AGAMEGNOM]

Thanks for this video ❤

[@Butterflywings011]

Im speechless... :/ I'm glad there's channels like this that can educate you about all of this.

[@caseyimiller]

The closest I’ve ever felt to a cult was when I found myself at a Pyramid scheme interview room

[@hellhound1389]

Go to a southern Baptist church and you'll see a true cult hiding in plain sight

[@malloryoates8580]

good old MLMs 😂😂😂

[@chillbest14]

Amway

[@chillbest14]

Amway conferences will get you really ready to join

[@nocturnalme3685]

Vector Knives 😂

[@kheatherthompson]

The podcast, "Was I in a Cult?" brings a lot of this to light by interviewing former members. Interviewees include people from religious, social, MLMs and familial cults. The show adds humor appropriately, and they provide ways to contact counseling resources.

[@nofacenocase9341]

I just checked it out. Awesome. Ty 🫡

[@Cay30]

I appreciate how the narrator does a great job at saying people's names in their original pronunciation

[@RandomSwiftie13]

Becoming an atheist is the best decision I have ever made. Most cults can't get to you when you don't believe in having delusional beliefs, you don't really care for having a 'community' or a 'family' and your brain starts questioning everything about people's different lifestyles the second you meet them. I have been approached by 4 different cult members of different types of cults and I was able to clock them within the first day of meeting. Two were MLM cult members wanting to recruit me into their pyramid schemes, after that met one who was a spiritual healing type cult member who wanted me to join her yoga/spiritual healing sessions with colourful christals with power that she wanted me to buy... idk whats that was about and then met one who was a missionary type who really wanted me to come to there church for some "spiritual cleansing" he was also literally demanding donetions as well, not even asking politely but demanding...I cut these people out so fast.

[@TemerityPascal]

Agreed; these aren’t all that different from other organized religions

[@mr_sm0k3y60]

I did a paper on the Twelve Tribes for a Cults and World Religions class at Calvary Chapel Bible College. There were some people at my church who liked going to the Yellow Deli Cafe who didn't seem to think that they were a cult despite me giving them a copy of my paper.

[@pooh44100]

AS A JEW BUT PARTICULARLLY A MESSIANIC JEW I AM INSULTED BY THE TWELVE TRIBES CULT THEY HAVE BUISINESSES IN OUR VERMONT TOWN I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE I WILL NEVER SUPPORTG THEM IN ANY WAY

[@Areniapixie]

The keep sweet documentary was disturbingly fascinating. Had to turn it off for a while on a couple of occasions. I can’t believe they are still active and still listening to their leader behind bars 🤯

[@bunnehontherocks]

I had to turn it off too. Lots of cat videos after that too.

[@Dopecheetah]

They barely touch the surface of what happened. They left out all the boy rape in that documentary.

[@kerimarie3471]

They are brainwashed, most do not know of any other life they are born into it . We have a similar cult here in New Zealand called Gloriavale. look it up

[@ianloeb1672]

I didn’t turn it off at all but then again I have a very strong stomach

[@707RipOtee]

yeah I'd watch a episode then come back a week later then the next, another week then another until I finished. ugh!

[@lwisdom66]

Living here in Seattle I grew up seeing and being near many cults. From the Moonies,to The Love Family and many others. The 70s and mid 80s seem to be when they were at their peak

[@plugworld9023]

Is it a good idea to move there?

[@weenerbuttholeee33]

@@plugworld9023fuck no! king county is a shit show snohomish county is so much better

[@crazyleaf257]

I've met people from twelve tribes. I grew up in a Christian community similar to 12 tribes. There was a season where it was a little bit cultish by definition because some people revered and feared the founder too much. I do not believe that he was power hungry and evil like some of these but this cult vein was remedied when he chose to leave and/or was possibly encouraged to leave so that the community would be healthier and on equal footing with all. The difference with my community was that we really followed the Bible especially the ten commandments and Corinthians 13 and believed that true religion brings life not death. We weren't perfect, but we did our very best and much of what we did as a lifestyle was very good. Families were family units and each had authority over and protection of their own children and money. Money was only asked of people when we realized we needed to keep the lights on in the church building otherwise we all cared for each other's needs by choice and shared what was needed. CPS was called just because we were a community and people suspected a cult. No children were taken, all the kids were happy and thriving (though there was a some abuse, any abuse that came to light was dealt with properly, or to the best of ability. You can't have a group of people without some that do evil)

[@brianarbenz1329]

About 10 years ago, I entered a parked touring van promoting what I thought was The Farm, a Tennessee communal farm, which is not a cult or abusive in any way. It has a long record of peaceful, nurturing ways. Inside, I quickly found that this van was was not from The Farm, but the 12 Tribes. OMG, what a polar opposite. Always read the fine print before entering any doorway.

[@hackman669]

Avoid strange people, vehicles🤫

[@chvfd687]

My step-dad tried to get my mom and myself to join this "church" he'd discovered. Long story on how this came about but I'll keep it short as possible here. Dad was looking for some carpet to put in an old van he was fixing up and somehow he connected with this individual. We went to the man's house which was about a mile off the main road. At the beginning of the driveway was a hand painted sign saying "God's people pray here". We arrive to an old plantation type home (this is north alabama btw) and immediately were asked all sorts of religious questions about our faith and such. We were invited to attend their "church" which consisted of a large tent in their backyard. Only members were far as I could see was themselves consisting of the man (priest,prophet,whatever he called himself) his wife and two grown kids and their spouses and kids. All total about 9-12 people. Dad rest his soul was big time spiritual and was receptive to most faiths and was quite interested but mom told him she had a bad feeling about them and if he wanted to go that was his choice but her and myself wouldn't be. The matter was dropped and he didn't go either.

[@mojo3318]

It's good that he didn't go either. I'm sorry for your loss, by the way.😔

[@andrewmoore3232]

@@mojo3318 what loss did he say?

[@mojo3318]

@@andrewmoore3232 His dad.

[@andrewmoore3232]

@@mojo3318 when hw said dad rest his shoulder?

[@johnpatterson4816]

Good for your Mom!!

[@NikoBellic-wq3dq]

When I heard "you would swear not to reveal-" I'M SNITCHING 😂😂😂

[@astolfosimp8386]

Im not prepared to watch something about cults that doesn't even name Scientology You're GUTLESS

[@StoryTime1991]

My mother was raised in a cult when she lived in VA, when my parents divorced and me and my two brothers were young we moved to VA and without knowing it at the time we became members of the cult for about a year I was 8 years old at the time but I still remember everything about that year and how messed up it was. My mom thankfully was able to get out and took my brothers and I to safety but she still from all those years of her childhood and even early adulthood has given her PTSD and Schizophrenia because of it. It’s sad. I still have family members who are active and we stay far away from there because they are absolutely dangerous and crazy.

[@greywolf7577]

What was the name of the cult? Where in Virginia was it?

[@StoryTime1991]

@@greywolf7577 I’m not sure of the name honestly I think Bible World or something like that it’s in Chesapeake, VA.

[@hhholly]

Amish ?

[@StoryTime1991]

@@hhholly Nah we were never Amish but that’s a cult within itself.

[@hhholly]

@@StoryTime1991 Yeah really. The Amish is in my town. I go there to buy foods and flowers. It’s .. different. I’m in KY.

[@xavierx2927]

Back in the late 80's I was targeted by a Scientology follower who worked out of Camden Market(they know their targets), I was 16. He used appalling techniques designed to get you to confess your inner most private insecurities. I was 16, vulnerable, and of course, I believed his explanation as to how I would be much happier if I bought this book entitled 'Dienetics'. The book was so boring and such crap. I couldn't get past 10 pages. A waste of £5.00(a lot for me back in the day, I earned 50 pounds a week and 20 went on travel)straight in the bin and thank god, even at 16 I had common sense.

[@shellyscholz1256]

Regarding the Twelve Tribes there’s no allegedly about it! I used to come home from work at four o’clock in the morning where the kids were out working in the fields. As soon as a child can walk, they are put to work. The members eat the rotted foods that didn’t sell in their Yellow Deli restaurants. If you’re in the Twelve Tribes there are people out there willing to help you.

[@phillypb4165]

We have a Twelve Tribes faction in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Went out for lunch to their Yellow Deli unaware they were a cult. Definitely a shock to my partner and I when we decided to Google it and began reading about the cult and their views. Felt weird paying them, like I was supporting child abuse...

[@myninjacatsnowflake]

They also have the Yellow Deli in Oneonta NY, went to college there, remember the workers handing me a card asking me to come to their house for dinner.

[@youtubeaccountserio2633]

They are creepy out of midsomar movie

[@edwinyounes4934]

I don’t support guns but that’s the kind of place i’d bring one… with intent of using it

[@iiic0nonline69]

OMG I live in wpg...thats kinda scary...

[@ronfrank09]

My great grandmother died in the Jonestown cult about 6 months before I was born. We don't know if she committed suicide or was killed.

[@leftisbest7173]

Wow..that is interesting

[@ronfrank09]

@@leftisbest7173 yeah it honestly creeps me out. In some of her early letters she tried convincing my dad to come. I'm glad he didn't because I wasn't conceived yet. Her house still stands in Inglewood ca down the street from my aunt.

[@samprimera5545]

I was pretty young at the time too but I think they told everyone to drink the coolaid and some were unsure.They had guns put to their heads if memory serves.

[@ronfrank09]

@@samprimera5545 sort of. The most of the adults volunteered at the direction of Jones. They have some to their kids and others injected them. Some people were told they could leave but were followed into the woods and shot.

[@samprimera5545]

@@ronfrank09 oh wow.See like I said I was eight to ten when it happened so I went by what I'd always heard. I also was born in El Paso but came to Illinois at 7 so I don't if The Nightstalker (Richard Ramirez) was after I moved or before I was born.

[@mdc7878]

As someone who lived through the Rajneeshee invasion (different part of the state) of Oregon; all of these cults are all strange.

[@florenbaron7111]

One major aspect of all cults is fear.

[@mrssunshine3843]

Back in 2021 i stayed a few days in a small (unnamed) town. The owner of the hotel was also the owner of the restaurant and grocery store in town. I joked with my hubbs that all of the religious pamphlets in the hotel lobby were flyers for their hidden cult and that the owner looked like he was related to a creepy cult leader... ... ... ... ... Found out last year that this town is only a few miles from the FLDS compound. While it is highly improbable, I will always have my suspicions about that guy who practically owned that entire (unnamed) town.

[@ToniHunterOne]

I'm surprised MOJO didn't mention that one of Jeffs wives went on a hunger strike until he was released from prison where he was placed for his child rape charges, etc. All he had to do was tell her that he would be okay and that she could eat. He remained silent. By the time the courts made the decision that she was no longer able to take care of herself, by the time she became a ward of the state, it was just too late for her. Even though they carried her off the compound on a mattress and had legal permission to use all life saving efforts, her liver, kidneys and other numerous systems were shutting down. It was too late to bring her back and she died. Starved to death, on camera, with all the Jeffs cult surrounding her.

[@Monkey114]

Wow didn't know about that.

[@ToniHunterOne]

@@Monkey114 It was pretty horrific and they filmed it all and posted it. I'm guessing it was taken down a long time ago though.

[@larking1555]

Those women have exactly NOTHING to live for. I’m surprised more didn’t make that sacrifice. It’s incredible how some can escape and turn their lives around after such brainwashing. That religion is brutal on the females. The girls are taught from little on up that they’re nothing but livestock.

[@ToniHunterOne]

@@Monkey114 search Warren Jeffs. Here's one of his "calls" to the teens and young women of his cult. He's grooming them over the air.

[@333cherry]

where did you hear this?

[@ChenRuiQi93]

If scientology is not in number 1 , then we know where this content is coming from.

[@redbrixanimations]

What??

[@redbrixanimations]

@@MrV41N u a Scientologist 💀

[@Shawnmyrelle]

Great point

[@inmate2731]

don’t forget about JW

[@redbrixanimations]

@@inmate2731 not a cult

[@maddieforee1342]

I have a great aunt in the children of god. My great grandfather faked a heart attack to try and get her out and hired a cult deprogrammer but it didn’t work. The cult knew what he was doing and they didn’t let her go. I’ve never met her.

[@MissAngela007]

Jehovah’s Witness should be on the list

[@Marmadillo1]

The 12 Tribes have a chain of restaurants called The Yellow Deli and there's one in my city. The vibes were always off but the restaurant itself was cozy and open 24 hours 5 days a week, so students frequented it for studying instead of the typical café. A lot of my friends at the time were invited to their weekly gathering/party and none of them went, but we've heard crazy stories, specifically about another location in BC, Canada. It's crazy they're still active.

[@cynosurreal]

They're located in my city too and reopening. They're misogynistic and abuse people in their cult, super bigoted, have groomed children here- I used to go there and they tried to indoctrinate me. It's terrifying. I don't feel safe with them here.

[@huachengssilvervambrace8815]

They have a Deli where I live too and I used to work as a camp counsellor almost directly beside it. It freaked me out

[@nostaldec4705]

There’s also a Yellow Deli in Katoomba, a town in Australia’s Blue Mountains. It’s especially a shame because tourists come for the scenery and the stylish, often alternative vibe of the town, but if they stop for lunch at the Yellow Deli, the money goes straight in to the cult’s pocket.

[@maribelmaldonado252]

What happened to the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day saints

[@robertwilber1909]

@@maribelmaldonado252 if you want to include them you best throw in Catholics, Jews and Muslims too

[@SwampNymph522]

Happy Science doesn’t sound like a cult. It sounds like an educational TV show for toddlers and preschoolers.

[@user-iy5ij4ty5f]

hahaha

[@albirtarsha5370]

Cultiness is a spectrum across cults, religions, political parties, businesses, and almost every group in society.

[@Lopcristian]

You forgot swifties

[@albirtarsha5370]

LMAO 😂

[@RaxonXVI]

“The umbrella company” “we didn’t even know we were experimented on” Yeah that sounds about right

[@headtrauma100]

You missed scientology

[@Aushra1969]

I was just about to say the same thing! 😁

[@rockydon3400]

All religious groups are cults

[@NeverPutDown]

Its not a cult its considered a religion

[@dmytrom297]

Boy, they missed a lot. They went for small and wierd, I guess.

[@simplylethul]

Christianity as well.

[@alexisgreen-hernandez8604]

Some of these individuals are very scary. 😨 But I found this video 📹 very interesting and educational so thank you Mojo for educating your audience.

[@blackholeentry3489]

In the mid 50's, I lived in Laurelwood, OR, for three years. This is essentially a Seventh Day Adventist Cult community with their own grade school, high school, and their Laurelwood Academy.....ALL tuition schools. With my dirt poor crop picking parents barely able to feed we five children, we never attended these schools, but walked a full two miles (in all kinds of weather) past ALL of those schools onto a small one room school where one teacher valiently tried to teach a wide variety of subjects to about 25 students in seven grades. While high on my list of great memories, my Enguish suffered for it and which plauged me until I got into college.

[@thathorrorshow4126]

I recognize a few of these cults. My advice to people is stay away from everything that`s structured and organized. The human mind is easy to control.

[@brianarbenz1329]

The thing to avoid is anything that is one-doctrine or dogma in its structure. A good belief system is one which abides by a set of general principles but with freedom to discuss variations of them. And it should not seek to control all aspects of members' lives.

[@simplylethul]

@@brianarbenz1329 all religions are trash

[@angiviljoen8870]

More so, broken people looking for a crutch, are easily controlled, and are horrendously taken advantage of..

[@fannypliers3716]

that would, funnily enough, include religion altogether.

[@thathorrorshow4126]

@@fannypliers3716 that's why I say everything. Even a pencil can control the human mind.

[@THANATOS-PRIME]

Last year I was hanging out with a friend and we went to target. This lady in her 40s approached us and try to recruit us. She was saying stuff like how everybody outside of this group was doomed.

[@HarmonixsLoL]

I would have been like, "Good, I like a challenge".

[@chrismartinez3637]

Exclusivity is one of the signs of a cult.

[@flip9118]

Sounds like the Jahovah's Witnesses

[@HarmonixsLoL]

@@chrismartinez3637 Shit, better cancel my American Express Centurion card.

[@ashleybrown4754]

Avon for sure

[@The_voices_are_getting_louder_]

scientology definetly bribed them to not keep that on number one 💀💀

[@cynthiacassel]

Good to know people are documenting them to protect other people from them.

[@flip9118]

This list is incomplete because it does not include Scientology or Jahovah's Witnesses.

[@heath1948]

Or Mormonism

[@NeverPutDown]

@@heath1948 or Christianity

[@dmytrom297]

Or fallun dafa

[@spiderzvow1]

Or Tump worshipers

[@jermainegayle1647]

The beliefs of Jehovah's witnesses are widely known, it's on their website it's in their magazines. The members are free to leave if they want to, they don't murder anyone they preach they uphold bible principles it is very interesting that people call them a cult. Those I know who use to be their members prefer to fornicate live homosexual lifestyles and other things that are against bible teachings then they curse the thing they once supported. But I very well know not even logic can sway prejudice.

[@adamwilder2943]

Any Doomsday Cult religious based or otherwise is extremely dangerous literally. Oh not forgetting Church Of Scientology; which should actually be labeled as a cult,and have it's 503c tax exemption status permanently revoked

[@RockandRollsince1992]

Nobody tells me what to do with my life or body and the more someone tries to manipulate me the less I do something. I guess that's my best trait, a cult could never get me.

[@ernestined.lawrence9514]

Anybody I mean anybody asking you to give your life as a way of proving your loyalty is insane! Count me out!

[@cjdragonemperor5374]

I said this before to my friends but I’ll say it to everyone; be careful when joining a cult because you never know what you’re gonna get yourself into. Heck, you might even pay the price for it.

[@lj2265]

Trouble is nobody really sets out to join a cult. They set out to join something else not even thinking its a cult and then by the time it would be obvious to any outside observer they're already hypnotized

[@KrakenIsland64]

Nobody willingly joins a group they know to be a cult. That's kinda their business model.

[@Jenifer_R_]

Yes. Nobody is ever sitting there, thinking to themselves "Hmmm... I might join a cult."

[@johnjohnson3709]

I’m ok. I’m an adult only child. It’s all about me.

[@belalabusultan5911]

I agree with you, we should join forces in my supre friendly group called (Evil Cult of Death), despite the name, it is very wholesome, with puppies and kittens and such. on a completely unrelated note, you do have a lot of money and a large group of friends that you can recruit, right? -------------------- 🤣😂

[@JDk22]

It’s amazing how one person’s believe can lead a generation to destruction 😢

[@eutropius2699]

Liberal ideology lol

[@katekatey279]

👍

[@Canyon2023]

Most people aren't smart enough to think for themselves. And they love being told what to do.

[@AtamMardes]

"What's the difference between a cult and a religion? In a cult, there's someone at the top who knows it's all bs. In a religion, that person has died long time ago."

[@sere7678]

Well well cults are really manipulative and obv have a cause or a weird thing they tryna achieve and many of the religions are based on sacred texts while a cult is just made by a psycho man also religious have more following than cults so if you cannot tell difference between cult and religion you're also one of the idiots who joins some psycho cult

[@blueischiii1575]

@@sere7678Why so defensive?

[@annawickberg535]

😂

[@luckescotchy7089]

Allison Mack got introduced to NXIVM because of Kristen Kreuk, but that wasn't mentioned in this video. There's also a "NEXUS" church that has popped up in recent years.

[@Denis-89]

Kristin Kreuk left it though in 2013. Mack just continued to get more involved..

[@brahmburgers]

This topic could be huge, with a series of exposes, going on and on and on. And let's not give a bye to right wing Chiristians - particularly in the USA. Also: in rural eastern Russia, there's a cult wrapped around a guy who looks as much like Jesus as possible, even with his long shiny locks, and dressing in all white, and walking slowly when people are watching, and talking like you'd expect Jesus to talk. People around the world are soooo easily manipulated.

[@esegall91]

Y’all forgot about Scientology. It’s probably the most numerous and most powerful cult in the world today and possibly among the most powerful of all time.

[@Yourlocalbacterium]

They also forgot Jehovah’s Witness

[@kellyalves756]

Christian Identity. Its doctrine is so pernicious that it’s crept into many other more “ mainstream “ Christian communities. And various levels of government.

[@saxglend9439]

The Catholic Church, Judaism, Hinudism, Buddhism & Islam are far more powerful than Scientology.

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

​@@saxglend9439 those are NOT cults, those are "world religions" wow! You sure are ignorant and have no clue on the definition on what a cult is! Become educated before you write a moronic comment.

[@joayy6406]

@@saxglend9439 and SDA

[@ionasan]

Where's the Jehovah Witnesses?

[@poyoAesthetic]

Where are the Jehovahs wittnesses

[@SilverSunPublishing]

Good information -- thank you! Over 40 years ago, I sent for a "free" book on scientology, just to see what they were about. The book looked like a compilation of various other beliefs, not even advanced information, but gave credit to the Scientology founder as the one who discovered the info. I wasn't interested. I have moved many times, and even changed my name. And I still get junk mail from them -- how and why do they track people like this?

[@Dan-ud8hz]

Qanon is the one that's really creeping me out

[@beautifulmidnight]

Fuck, man. I’ve lost friends and family to that shit. One seemed to happen out of nowhere, too. One day she’s posting the usual stuff, and then the next day it’s “SETH GREEN TRIED TO PAY SOMEONE 250k TO JOIN THE ILLUMINATI AND HAD HIM KILLED WHEN HE REFUSED!!111” and “TOM HANKS, EMINEM, NAOMI CAMPBELL AND LADY GAGA IN SECRET TRAFFICKING RING!!” It was insane.

[@ferox965]

That's the one that needs to be dealt with and now.

[@teresamcmillan4837]

Now we have entire families offing themselves in the back yard over Qanon and Trump they are so loyal to this and him they would rather not live. I don't like anyone that much I'm sorry

[@masonpyle5929]

As a conservative Qanon isn’t real.

[@S.D.323]

not TECHNICALLY a cult Im preety sure

[@stephaniemorrissey5114]

The "Celestial marriage" thing is a fundamental belief of Mormonism. They won't tell you that when they knock on your door, though.

[@josephgunderson6532]

What do you mean? that members of the Church of Jesus Christ have to marry three wifes? if so do a little research

[@adityadhoke7159]

Ur knowledgeable think so but cannot understand the osho ......so great to see your video

[@penelopeviews7335]

I don’t normally judge people’s beliefs. I don’t care what someone believes in until it’s repeatedly shoved in my face or hurts people. These cults definitely hurt people and I can’t stand by them at all.

[@saxglend9439]

How many have been murdered by Islam & the Catholic Church?

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

​@@saxglend9439 how's the troll business coming along? are you bored?

[@saxglend9439]

@@john_from_eastcoast. Truthing isn't trolling.

[@memo5920]

@@saxglend9439murdering someone unjustly is literally one of the greatest sins in islam, groups like isis and al qaeda don’t actually teach any islamic beliefs and are identified as not muslim by every verified scholar there is. I haven’t heard of the Catholic Church murdering anyone but if you’re talking about certain individuals then you can’t really blame every person who is catholic can you? It’s like me saying all people who belong to a certain ethnic group are bad because one of them committed a crime, just plain racism.

[@saxglend9439]

@@memo5920 Muslims decapitated millions before ISIS.

[@MsDown2Earth26]

I’ve met the leader of the 12 tribes. I got asked to go to one of their prayer groups when I was in college. I almost went but something felt off. They still have a restaurant where I live called the Yellow Deli. It’s where a lot of college kids hang out.

[@belalabusultan5911]

there is always tommorrow, if you ever wanted to ruin your life in the future, instead of drugs or alcohol, you still have the option of joining that cult lol ----------- ps: dark humor, don't do it, and if you actually feel down, see a psychiatrist, these people can do wonders, they helped me when I was depressed beyond depression itself, so they will have ways to help you too.

[@jozihorror]

Yeah I just learned about the Yellow Deli. There's one in my area in Hiddenite NC and the fact it's in a tiny little town makes me wonder.

[@victorfoo2966]

There’s a Yellow Deli in Vista, CA that sounds like what you are describing

[@angelajo8039]

You here in Chattanooga?

[@andyginterblues2961]

They just opened a Yellow Deli in Ithaca, NY. The location used to be called the "Mate' Factor" (run by the 12 tribes) and it closed down for probably almost a year, just re- opened as a Yellow Deli. I refuse to go there, those people creep me out.

[@pnwlegalservices]

You forgot to feature Sam Fife's Move of God, still active with wilderness compounds in Alaska, Georgia and other locations.

[@jayt5912]

People are gullible and weak, cults will continue to thrive because these opportunistic predators that call themselves leaders will always take advantage of these vulnerable souls that become their followers!

[@KassandraCarlos]

Was Heavens Gate mentioned and I somehow missed it?? Despite the mass suicide there are still active members of that cult and there’s even a web page that’s still up and running (by a couple) and also Scientology needs to be on there.

[@anitrabrown2680]

No, they mentioned in the beginning there will be a separate list for cults like that.

[@elcheekoful]

Yeah there's only like 5 people in that cult. Lol

[@gutrum_vagner]

This list was for active cults. Heavens Gate is only like two married couples who stayed behind and run the website. They don't recruit anymore.

[@DivineFellowship]

I have known a number of people who were part of the Rajneesh/Osho thing in Oregon. Pretty much without exception they pine away for those heady days that they experienced. What it was for them, I perceive, was an intense experience of COMMUNITY and that is what they pine away for. It didn't matter, to them, what Rajneesh really was, or wasn't. Whether he was a real "sage" or a charlatan. (Check.) He became a lofty symbol for them, and no longer needed to interact with his minions very much. Just a Mercedes drive-by would do.

[@SimonDelaney1974]

A lot of the Manson family perps do the same when they’re interviewed, even decades after incarceration.

[@jindoara2477]

10:31 as a brazilian I got curious about this cult and when I searched about it, i saw the news that the Valentina Andrade died early january (2023)

[@katherinelarson1475]

Institute of Basic Life Principles should be on the list. Families like the Duggars and the Bates are part of it. Their leader was accused of multiple counts of sexual assault on women. And the amount of meningitis the clot that have gone to prison for sex crimes are disturbing.

[@spookyfawn]

Disturbing fact: Smallville Actress Allison Mack was in NXIVM and quickly became a 2nd in command to the founder until she took control of one branch and tried recruiting Emma Watson at one point. She got 3 years in prison

[@annafowdy]

I guess Emma Watson was too smart for that.

[@greywolf7577]

@@annafowdy Emma spent years playing a smart girl in the movies. I'd hope that she learned enough not to be pulled into a cult.

[@Claudia-lq3ns]

NXIVM was really close to home for me (Upstate NY), and when the cult's practices started coming to light, it was a really big deal. I don't know of anyone who was involved in the cult, despite this being pretty much in my backyard, but I wonder if I do know people involved and they are just keeping it under wraps. The lead dude is a sick ticket. I'm glad he got the book thrown at him, and I hope we keep tabs on the remaining components of the cult to ensure no one else gets hurt or exploited.

[@debbieschultz9768]

It’s so hard to believe that Allison Mack was in prison. She was a great actress as a child

[@angellucas-ranck9594]

you forgot to list Scientology which is a widely thought to be a cult which is wrongly called a "religions" even though it displays a lot of things common to cults

[@simplylethul]

So does Christianity..

[@beautifulmidnight]

I imagine they don’t want to be sued.

[@suzyfarnham3165]

It is insane that people believe that cr*p? A man, a science fiction writer, decides to make p a religion and nobody sees it's based on one of his science fiction books??

[@simplylethul]

@@suzyfarnham3165 is insane that people follow ANY of the dogshit, fairytale religions at all.

[@imissthe90s]

It's 100% of cult. If you're not allowed to talk to relatives just cuz they switched which religion they are then it's a cult.

[@luckylaura12]

I find cults so freaking fascinating. I just cant seem to learn enough about them. Anyone have some lesser known cults they can drop so I can research?

[@davidmitchell6873]

Alcoholics anonymous is a true cult.

[@E.A.D.GGroove-tw4xv]

QAnon, the self proclaimed Queen of Canada and her followers.

[@greenghoul157]

The LDS are already bizarre and creepy the FLDS are another level of disturbing

[@kylewagner2998]

the fact that i grew up 30 minutes away from nxvim and didnt know about its existence till last year when the leader was sentenced

[@rr8960]

I’m telling you the Rajneesh were frightening for many of us in Oregon. They took over a town and changed its name, poisoned another town, and had hits out on officials, all the while seemingly getting away with it. We were so happy when Sheila was arrested and Bhagwan shree Rajneesh was kicked out of Oregon.

[@knohil0583]

Well if the people in the town didn’t bomb the cult’s home, everything you said wouldn’t have happened

[@truecynic1270]

My aunt joined The Emissaries of Divine Light in the late 1940's. I was sent there for "a visit" because my parents thought I was a problem and a loser and it would straighten me out. Hah! Even at 15, naive as I was and continue to be, I came home after three weeks and told my father that, although the people were very nice, I thought they were all sheep. It wasn't the place for me but I can see how people who think or feel that they themselves don't fit into "mainstream society" ( like me) would find acceptance and meaning in a group like this. It's a 'mild" cult but a cult nonetheless and still in operation today. ANY group which isolates and identifies its members as "special" or "better than ---" is a cult. In actuality, anyone who "gives up their decision-made life" to live in a group which does the thinking for you, is a cult. So......yes, there are also many cult-like groups in operation today!! ( motorcycle gangs, anyone!!??)

[@belnel863]

I recommend the book, "Why Cults are more Addictive than Doughnuts".

[@mattkrieger3428]

Thought for sure CrossFit would have received an honorable mention

[@jenf6489]

😂😂😂😂

[@ssunfish]

I read, if not married on Earth, one can only become an angel in the next phase. This video had a guy explain that you had to have at least three wives to be the highest in the next phase. The family international curtailed flirty fishing because of the AIDS epidemic in the '80's.

[@wrollan]

Holy cow, holy cow, holy cow, I used to live in that very same apartment that the lady from the family did in Sioux Falls…

[@blademaster1227]

They had a cult in the 3rd MHA movie where they tired to kill everyone with super powers. The thing is we have that in our world too there are some cults in the world if your not living in a way they like they think you need to die.

[@camecex]

Interesting list Watch Mojo. Never heard about any of these

[@snoozy04]

​“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

[@sgt_slobber.7628]

‘Who’s more Foolish, The Fool, or the Fool who follows the Fool!!!!’ -Obi Wan Kenobi