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Internet Version: Cult of NXIVM Series Part 10: The Love Cult of El-Sicko
When I was hired as a consultant by NXIVM, in September 2007, the company was embroiled in multiple litigations. In addition, reporters were sniffing around…
Cult of NXIVM Series Taking Off in WNY – Some warn ‘Raniere will sue you!’
The Cult of NXIVM series I have been writing for Artvoice and the Niagara Falls Reporter – now in its 10th installment – which appear in print and online weekly – has taken off locally with people…
Raniere’s brain ‘sets off radar detectors’ claim challenged
According to some of his followers, and as reported in the Albany Times Union February 24, 2012 “Raniere has convinced some followers he doesn’t drive because his intellectual energy sets off radar…
Raniere makes a comment on Hitler and rewriting history
Keith Raniere wrote, “How would our history books read today if Germany had won World War II? Well, although Hitler would probably be seen as a hero, one might hope there would be enclaves of people…
Reader: NXIVM attendance may be increasing; Keep the frankreport ‘trending’
When I actively kept a blog I had a Feedjit tracker that told me where I was being visited from. Are you getting specific stats on yours? I would imagine many visitors are from the Capital District…
Comments: Did Raniere have hidden agenda with ‘A Cappella Innovations”?
This 2008 thread shows a concern among some members the a cappella community in Albany area about the funding of performances by Bronfman/Raniere.
Reader has questions: It appears Raniere lied on his bio; how would anyone be so stupid as to follow him?
A reader asks questions:
Questions for Vanguard #5: Mastered many musical instruments? Which ones?
Keith Raniere’s bio states, “By the age of twelve, he taught himself to play piano at the concert level; his passion and aptitude for music would inspire him to master many other musical instruments.”
Author’s reminiscences: Bronfman horse farm at my disposal
When I first came to work for NXIVM in September 2007, Seagram liquor heiress, and a staunch NXIVM member, Clare Bronfman was gracious enough to give me the keys to her manor house in Delanson NY…
Questions for Vanguard #3: Tied for state record in 100 yard dash?
In the June 26 1988 Albany Times Union article “Troy man has a lot on his mind,” where you are extensively quoted, the staff reporter, Irene Gardner Keeney, writes that Keith Raniere tied for the New…
Source: server is in Schdy for E-Mallard; NXIVM lied and said it was in Albany County
I admit I do not understand much about this.
Heidi Hutchinson: Raniere spoke truly on video: He ‘killed my sister’
Keith Raniere has many followers who believe he is an ethical and compassionate man with no peer in this world.
King Con: Shmueli Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Earlier this month, the notorious conman Shmuel Shmueli was evicted from a Niagara Falls luxury condo at the Parkway Condominiums on Buffalo Ave.––but not until after he stayed in the condo for free…
Barbara Bouchey is a hero who fought NXIVM at great cost
Born and raised in a low-income housing project in South Troy, NY., Barbara J. Bouchey’s mother died when she was eight years old. Her father was an alcoholic. Two of her three brothers were mentally…
Why isn’t Raniere’s 1996 consent order with NYS Attorney General on his bio?
If honestly is a quality you look for in a teacher or mentor, then what say you to this?
Artists’ conceptions of Raniere with captions #2
Some of our readers were frankly disgusted by our earlier post which seem to mock the Vanguard Keith Raniere. It is no laughing matter that he is literally destroying the lives of many people.
Blast from the past: 1992 article about Consumers Buyline, was Raniere ‘lying’ to save ship?
Albany Times Union – May 21, 1992 – article about Consumers Buyline:
Dalai Lama did not endorse Raniere; he asked media to investigate him
Contrary to what NXIVM leaders might want the public to believe, the Dalai Lama DID NOT endorse Keith Raniere when he appeared in Albany, May 6, 2009, at the request (and probable expense) of Clare…