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"Nature Boy" and the "cult" called "Carbonation"

By Joan Jones

I became aware of the man known as Nature Boy nearly a year ago. I was following a YouTube channel whose objective was exposing an impostor pretending to be a psychologist. Periodically, I would receive a recommendation for videos featuring someone... More

Recent Additions

• Lev Tahor cult member fled Israel to Guatemala despite stay of exit order
• Lawsuit: LDS Church officials, teacher knew of abuse but kept silent
• Further investigation into Colorado Catholic Church IDs 46 more victims, 9 more abusive priests - including Denver's Father Woody
• Over a year, more than 230 sex abuse suits have been filed in NJ against the Catholic Church
• Cops intervene after extreme squatters 'Sovereign citizens' knock on doors of rich Seattle residents and demand they hand over their mansions
• 'Psychic' woman arrested for fraud on Crete
• 'Sore Throat,' the Church of Scientology and the 1970 plot against the American Medical Association
• How a Terror Group Recruited Budding Neo-Nazis
• Head of Russian division of Aum Shinrikyo terror group sentenced to 15 years in prison
• Allentown Diocese has paid $16 million to abuse victims

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