According to reports, the decomposing body of retired Justice Igbetar was found with deep cults on her back inside her kitchen on Aug. 24.

Source: https://www.pulse.ng/news/metro/police-arrest-4-suspects-over-murder-of-retired-judge-in-benue/7ke8ehy

As a result, it has become known for being a destination for escapists from across Europe in pursuit of an alternative 'hippy' way of life, while there have also been reports of cults operating in the region and in the wider Occitanie area.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12867461/The-French-region-home-hippy-communes-ranging-conspiracy-theorists-doomsday-cults-Ariege-Alex-Batty-spent-two-years-infamous-alternative-lifestyle-groups-including-one-led-convicted-paedophile.html?ns_mcha

But its most interesting aspect – its depiction of cults – is one that has been strangely glossed over.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-idol-finale-tedros-cult-jocelyn-b2365884.html

Come for the satisfying pun in the title, stay for the deeply researched chronicles of all kinds of cults.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/arts/podcasts-cults-nxivm-manson.html

'Dictators build cults of personality around themselves, and they use those cults to deny the glaringly obvious.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12201107/Tucker-Carlson-ridicules-former-Fox-bosses-apologizing-Biden-wannabe-dictator-chyron.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

'Dictators build cults of personality around themselves, and they use those cults to deny the glaringly obvious.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12201107/Tucker-Carlson-ridicules-former-Fox-bosses-apologizing-Biden-wannabe-dictator-chyron.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Not all cults are created equal, and even if you survive, you can play again to find another way.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/tech/10932096/best-roguelikes-steam-summer-sale-2023/

The isolated region has over the years developed a reputation for its off-the-grid communities, some of which have become bizarre cults.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12867461/The-French-region-home-hippy-communes-ranging-conspiracy-theorists-doomsday-cults-Ariege-Alex-Batty-spent-two-years-infamous-alternative-lifestyle-groups-including-one-led-convicted-paedophile.html?ns_mcha

There are talks of the cults of flesh-obsessed workers who gather the dead of the massive hive cities.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/warhammer-40-imperium-maledictum-characters-lore-ttrpg/

The search area in France alone is a huge swathe of Pyrenean countryside which is hugely popular with spiritual communities, sects, cults and hippies.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/hunt-alex-battys-kidnapper-mum-31692359

“What makes people end up in cults are the best human qualities, like wanting to engage with others, a spiritual-seeking, wanting to help the world be a better place.”

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/10525476/cult-trip-child-sex-abuse/

When you talk about it, you liken it to the way cults recruit.

Source: https://therealnews.com/repairing-americas-trauma-epidemic-by-confronting-sexual-violence