Cults

Kanungu – Hell on Earth, Part 2
This is the second article about the Kanungu cult in Uganda. The apocalyptic prophecies ended in a disaster, where adults and children were burned alive, only to satisfy a few power-hungry maniacs.

Cults

Aum Shinrikyo – Heavenly Terror, Part 2
The cult investigated various methods of implementing death and destruction on a massive scale. They tried every possibility, ranging from military weapons, to biological and chemical warfare. They settled on the nerve gas sarin, and ran several real-world tests, resulting in deaths. Life within the cult was no picnic either: Stay and obey, or leave and die.

Medical quackery

Beware the spinal trap
On 19 April 2008, Singh wrote an article in the UK based newspaper The Guardian, which resulted in him being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. Fortunately, Simon Singh is fighting this, with the help of an increasing number of supporters. Many have reprinted the article, and SkepticReport is one of them.

Cults

Heaven's Gate - Ascent to madness, Part 2
The second article on the Heaven's Gate cult describes in detail how the cult members shed their earthly containers, in order to be able to board the spaceship that followed in the trail of the Hale-Bopp comet.

Cults

The Waco Massacre – Sex, guns and religion, Part 2
The preamble to the devastating raid on the compound at Mount Carmel. How did the preparations go? What were the reasons for the raid? Why the show of force? Why did it go so wrong?

Pseudohistory

New World Order, City Hall Square, Copenhagen
Undoubtedly, the most popular myth today deals with the attack on September 11, 2001. The movement behind this conspiracy theory is called the "Truth"-movement, and its followers "Truthers". Read about their celebration of the 8th anniversary of the attack.