The fishing on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska is incredible. If you ever make the trip, be sure to drop a line in the Kenai River in Cooper Landing for salmon that bite all summer or charter one of the many ships in Homer where you can find enormous halibut. It’s totally worth the cost […]
Ervil LeBaron was an LDS cult leader responsible for the deaths of at least 30 people who he perceived as his enemies. It’s a story of murder and lust for power, but what was behind Ervil’s spree of terror? Raised by a cult leader in his own right and fed toxic theology from youth, there’s […]
The article does not disappoint. It’s totally bonkers. For The Body historian in your life, the US Observer piece pairs nicely with Laura Knowlton’s Okanogan Gazette-Tribune story from June which was never released online. Active members are victims in these stories. They are victims, that’s true, but not the kind of victims they’re made out […]
Ervil LeBaron was an LDS cult leader responsible for the deaths of at least 30 people who he perceived as his enemies. It’s a story of murder and lust for power, but what was behind Ervil’s spree of terror? Raised by a cult leader in his own right and fed toxic theology from youth, there’s […]
Two members of The Body were arrested in Washington on April 8th, 2022. A six-year-old was recovered at the scene. In a separate incident involving the police and CPS, a three-year-old was rescued. Both children are safe and are now with their mother who has been out of the cult for years. This is a […]
This review is definitely about The Body, and it was harder to find than you might assume. The two stars here took a lot of digging to uncover despite tips from a direct source linking Satech to The Body. An interview with a former member revealed that a man named Gary P (we’re still withholding […]
It’s important to understand where The Body was created. The environment found on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska where the church was founded turned out to be a highly hospitable to an underground religious group. Maybe the story would have broke sooner if headquarters were somewhere else. Another thing to keep in mind is the […]
The sect of The Way that Susan joined in college had been established a few years before it found her. People going through transitions in their lives are at the highest risk of falling prey to coercive control, and whether or not Victor Wierwille knew this, he encouraged his missionaries to set up shop and […]
Is there any overlap between your mission and that of Sonic’s? Is there a bridge between these concepts?Well, there is no concept of MLM’s in the Sonic Universe, but, like I said, Sonic will fight for what’s right and will take down any bad guy and that is my mission. I want to expose these […]
The Body International is a website about cults originally conceived as a means of shining light on a destructive organization from Nikiski, Alaska called The Body. The URL was secured when word got out that The Body was splintering and had spread internationally. Unfortunately, ubiquitous keywords like “the” and “body” made it difficult to reach […]
This is the third essay in a series by Lisa Mildred about getting up close and personal with cultic groups. In her last essay, Lisa paid a visit to Amish country. I’ve had a cursory knowledge of the group commonly called the “Moonies” for years, and had always dreamed of going to one of their […]
When Patrick Ryan entered the world of deprogramming it was still in its kidnapping and holding cult members against their will stage, which was popularized by Ted Patrick in the ‘70’s. Ryan now sees this as a process that was barbaric, but such were the tools of the time. After adopting a gentler form of […]
Children were rescued from The Body, Chris Coombes was arrested and given a twelve year restraining order to protect his ex wife and children. Who came to defend Chris and the cult? The US~Observer, a pay-to-play newspaper that traffics in goofing with the cases of the guilty. Read More Is The Body’s Australian sect a […]
Morgan DamerowAG Ombudsman Washington State 0 1 / 1 4 / 2 0 2 4 Hello Morgan, I’m Syran Warner, the journalist from Minneapolis you spoke with on Friday, January 5th. There’s still an open issue concerning delinquent public record’s request #23-523 filed with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office[1] on November 12th, 2023. The FOIA […]
