Writer Varity Lopez tells the story of her six years inside Sukyo Mahikari, a religious group from Japan with all kinds of red flags. This feature is about finding belief in strange places and how something as small as a headache can lead to indoctrination. This is a stunning first person account of going inside and finding your way out something that comes to control your life.

Writer Amethyst Rhodes goes on an extended vacation to the Hawaiian island of Kauai and discovers a cult compound on the land where she’s staying. Her suspicions about the group grow over time as she takes advantage of opportunities to talk to people living around the mansion and the leader himself. Once she’s made up her mind about the group, Amethyst explores other cults that have made the island home.