CultNEWS101 Articles: 6/10/2026
Patrick Ryan
New DocuseriesTime: The True Story Behind Bring Me the Beauties and the Eternal Values Cult
Cult recovery advocates are praising the series for its deep look into susceptibility, proving that even highly successful, wealthy, and intelligent individuals can be systematically isolated through psychological pressure, public shaming, and charismatic manipulation.
Yahoo: Who Was Frederick von Mierers? All About the ‘Bring Me the Beauties’ Cult Leader
"Frederick von Mierers was an extraterrestrial reincarnated from the giant star Arcturus—or at least that’s what he told followers. The Manhattan socialite was the leader of Eternal Values, a doomsday UFO-centered cult composed of high-fashion models.
Von Mierers, who founded the cult in the 1980s, lured in top modeling professionals with his peculiar brand of new-age mysticism and used his spiritual authority to exploit his devotees financially.
His influence is explored in the new HBO documentary series Bring Me the Beauties: A Model Cult, which includes extensive interviews with his most prominent former follower, supermodel Hoyt Richards.
Here’s what you should know about Frederick von Mierers."
A 24-year-old artificial-intelligence researcher has pleaded not guilty to charges of cutting the throat of an 82-year-old man in January 2025. The young man was part of a loose network called the Zizians: self-proclaimed rationalists who believe a misaligned AI superintelligence could one day torture humanity the way factory farms torture animals.
They believe direct action is required to stop the descent of this AI judgment. The group is linked to six violent deaths in California, Pennsylvania, and Vermont. Multiple Zizian trials are pending, and federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in one case.
The Zizians haven’t labeled their own activity AI worship, but they’ve organized themselves around the practice. The Zizians are convinced that a coming superintelligence will decide the fate of every living thing and that violence now is justified to shape what that AI will become.
This is what the first AI-centered extremist movement in America looks like. It won’t be the last. New religions are forming around artificial intelligence, and the focus of their worship is the large language model itself—a piece of software treated as a personal deity.
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