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. Addendum: On Thursday, April 15, the British Chiropractic Association dropped its libel case against Simon Singh. Read more at Sense About Science.

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?

Medical Quackery

How MAS Didn’t Come to TAM
Once upon a time, or maybe twice, a skeptic named Zep who used to post on the JREF forum was instead taking the skeptical word to where it was needed most by posting on a Pakistani homeopathy forum. This landed a known homeopath in a lot of trouble...