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Friday August 1, 2008

Mom blames housemate, fear of satanic cult for death of son

A Tucson woman who is accused of killing her 5-year-old son was thoroughly brainwashed into believing a satanic cult was out to kill her and her son, and those closest to her were part of the plot, a forensic psychologist told jurors Wednesday.

Within a couple of months of meeting Tompson, Marsh testified, she became estranged from everyone she knew, including a pastor she was convinced was part of the satanic group.
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Tuesday May 13, 2008

Mind Control • Polygamy:

Former polygamist wife: Mind control made me murder

It happened in the late 70s as Renaâ€™s prophet husband Orville LeBaron began preaching a highly-poisonous doctrine of hatred and murder, ordering family and friends to kill his enemies. It was a bloody hit list that included one of his brothers, one of his daughters, and one special murder that LeBaron assigned to his young wife and another female follower: The assassination of a rival polygamist leader, a 71-year-old Salt Lake chiropractor by the name of Roland Allred.
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Saturday January 13, 2007

Mind Control:

Mind Games

New on the Internet: a community of people who believe the government is beaming voices into their minds. They may be crazy, but the Pentagon has pursued a weapon that can do just that.
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Thursday July 29, 2004

Mind Control:

Mind control: More than just a plot point?

Psychosurgery. Brain implants. Mind control. The stuff of movies — as in The Manchurian Candidate, which opens Friday — or a glimpse of the future?
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Monday June 16, 2003

Mind Control:

Joyce Brothers: Test your knowledge about mind control

Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 11, 2003
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Friday January 10, 2003

Mind Control:

How their weak minds got twisted

Psychologists say that mind control and peer pressure are used to snare those frustrated about something
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Monday November 4, 2002

Mind Control:

President’s column – Mind control: psychological reality or mindless rhetoric?

President's column - Mind control: psychological reality or mindless rhetoric?
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Mind Control:

Cults of hatred

Panelists at a convention session on hatred asked APA to form a task force to investigate mind control among destructive cults.
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