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The Kern County child abuse cases started the day care sexual abuse hysteria of the 1980s in Kern County, California. [1] The cases involved allegations of satanic ritual abuse by a sex ring against as many as 60 children who testified they had been abused. At least 36 people were convicted and most of them spent years in prison.
Erhard Seminars Training, Inc. (marketed as est, though often encountered as EST or Est) was an organization founded by Werner Erhard in 1971 that offered a two-weekend (6-day, 60-hour) course known officially as "The est Standard Training".
Furthermore, on 27 May 2005, the 1995 list of cults of the French report was officially cancelled and invalidated by Jean-Pierre Raffarin's circulaire. [19] [20] In France, Antoinism was classified as a cult in the 1995 parliamentary reports which considered it one of the oldest healer groups. [21]
Known for its pioneering in California lifestyle staples like health food, yoga, psychedelic rock and hippie fashion, the group’s leader, Father Yod, née Jim Baker, “left the body” in 1975 ...
He was convicted of petty theft and ordered to pay a $25 fine in San Luis Obispo, California, in 1948 [33] and in 1978 was convicted of illegal business practices, namely, making false claims about his ability to cure physical illnesses in France. He was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison, which was never served.
EDITOR’S NOTE — On Jan. 26, 1971, Charles Manson and three members of his California cult were convicted for the murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. On Tuesday ...
Mass suicide by cult members at direction of cult leader [27] [28] 21: Black Widow Murders: Los Angeles: 1999, 2005: 2: Two elderly women convicted of murdering two vagrants, the first in 1999 and the second in 2005 [10] 22: Glenn Helzer: Concord: 2000: 5: Former leader of the "Children of Thunder" cult murdered five people as part of an ...
San Francisco Bay, August 1972 San Francisco PCC-type streetcar 1167 southbound on Church Street. San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals.