Elbert Eugene Spriggs News Today

What is it that draws people into the sinister depths of cults? Is it the allure of the unknown, the promise of enlightenment, or the hypnotic charisma of

Twelve Tribes followers take pains to present an innocuous front to outsiders. They attract new members with a folksy peace-and-love, all-are-welcome message, but underneath that hollow promise of utopia lies a manipulative cult that seeks to maintain complete control of its followers, 10 former members told The Denver Post.

From the outside it looks like the inside of a Brother's Grimm fairy tale, but the stories of the Yellow Deli cult, the Twelve Tribes are more sinister.

These four cults have committed crimes (in some cases allegedly) in New York.

These four cults have committed crimes (in some cases allegedly) in New York.

These four cults have committed crimes (in some cases allegedly) in New York.

These four cults have committed crimes (in some cases allegedly) in New York.

These four cults have committed crimes (in some cases allegedly) in New York.

Investigators have narrowed the Colorado wildfire origin to the reclusive Twelve Tribes cult that has a sinister history of child abuse, racism and homophobia

Standing in a circle, a group of Manitou Springs residents knowns as Twelve Tribes holds hands and begins to gyrate in a lively counterclockwise dance dedicated to Jesus. As musicians