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'The Cult of NatureBoy': How 'the ultimate influencer' led a cult

  • Apr 28
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Allison Mack talks NXIVM past after being released from prison

  • Nov 12, 2025
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Convicted 'doomsday mom' faces new trial in murder of 4th husband

  • Apr 7, 2025

Dramatic opening statements in alleged 'doomsday' cult murders

  • Apr 11, 2024

ABC's 'Truth and Lies' returns to delve into 3 chilling cases

  • Jan 25, 2024

College 'sex cult' mastermind sentenced to 60 years in prison

  • Jan 21, 2023

Heaven's Gate survivor reflects on cult's mass suicide 25 years ago

  • Mar 14, 2022

Sneak peek at new Diane Sawyer special event, 'The Cult Next Door'

  • Mar 12, 2022

Latest Videos

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'The Cult of NatureBoy': Inside the modern-day cult led by 'the ultimate influencer'

  • Apr 28
1:49

College 'sex cult' mastermind sentenced to 60 years in prison

  • Jan 21, 2023
2:55

College 'sex cult' mastermind sentenced to 60 years in prison

  • Jan 20, 2023
1:45

Man convicted of exploiting daughter's friends at Sarah Lawrence

  • Apr 6, 2022
3:07

Diane Sawyer reflects on speaking to former cult members of Heaven's Gate

  • Mar 11, 2022
2:03

Actor Allison Mack sentenced in NXIVM sex slave case

  • Jun 30, 2021
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Actor Mack faces sentencing in sex-slave case

  • Jun 30, 2021
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Sex cult leader Keith Raniere gets 120 years in 'branded women' trial

  • Oct 28, 2020

Latest Stories

Brother of Lori Vallow Daybell speaks out on their relationship, sister's murder charges

"You don't know who to trust, who's saying what, what actually happened," Cox said in an exclusive network interview with ABC's "20/20."

  • Jan 22, 2022

Student's father charged in alleged sex cult at New York college

The father of a former student at Sarah Lawrence College in New York has officially been charged in connection with an alleged sex cult he is accused of running out of his daughter's dorm room.

  • Feb 12, 2020

NXIVM leader Keith Raniere found guilty in 'branded women' sex cult trial

A jury in federal court in Brooklyn took less than five hours to find Keith Raniere guilty on all counts of sex-trafficking and other charges accusing him of coercing women into unwanted sex using systematic shame and humiliation.

  • Jun 19, 2019

'Smallville' actress, alleged sex cult leader back in court

An actress best known for playing a young Superman's friend on "Smallville" and her alleged cult leader went before a Brooklyn judge Friday.

  • May 4, 2018
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'Smallville' actress Allison Mack, called slave 'master,' granted bail

A federal judge in Brooklyn agreed to release Allison Mack on $5 million bond and place her under home detention in California. She'll be living with her parents.

  • Apr 24, 2018