Editor’s Note: J. Gary DiLaura is a legendary FBI agent [He helped break the Timothy McVeigh case; was involved in the John Gotti arrest; and, in the old tradition of the FBI, collared bank robbers after shootouts, setting a record one year for most bank robbers caught in NYC. He advised me on the i

Well, 2019 has come and gone. And a lot happened during the year. Keith Alan Raniere and his Nxivm co-conspirators were convicted or pleaded guilty to various crimes. The rascal is in custody and likely to remain so for many years to come. The others, especially the brutal Clare Bronfman, will be he

Guest view by “ Fi”

In Mexico, at least, they love these crazy American stories. And we have a fair-sized readership in Mexico.

For some time, Frank Report has been investigating the disappearance of Kristin Snyder, who was ejected from a Nxivm class in Anchorage Alaska on February 6, 2003, allegedly driven home by a Nxivm member, and then never seen again.

I received this email today from an anonymous [unknown to me] source using Guerrilla mail, an anonymous email service.

Paul Serran is a journalist, writer, and musician. He lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

By George Frobisher

I don’t know the names of half or more of the people photographed here. I do know the photos were taken during a Nxivm retreat at Necker Island in 2010.

BY: J.J. O’Hara

It is fairly common for me to get emails from perfect strangers who want my advice, help or seek to meet me. Most of them have tales of interest. Some involve Nxivm; others involve other cults. Some are in trouble with the law and are victims of injustice.

By Kim Snyder

Sara Bronfman hosted two Nxivm retreats at Necker Island – at $250,000 per crack. Necker Island is the private island owned by Sir Richard Branson.

Joe O’Hara

It may be unusual for a defendant to advertise to find victims of prosecutorial misconduct, but that is what I did. I placed ads in my own newspapers seeking people who had been wrongly targeted by Assistant US Attorney Anthony Bruce – the man who indicted me.

By Shivani

The story was originally broken worldwide by Frank Report – the November 4th massacre of three women and six children, members of the LeBaron clan that farms land in Sonora in the northern Mexico.

At the secret Nxivm retreat on Necker Island in 2010, a select group of well-known individuals was in attendance.

Sometimes it’s a good thing to be bombarded with rude comments and ruder commenters. This happened to Dr. Leonard Horowitz who wrote an article on Ayahuasca published on Frank Report and was assailed by vicious attacks, which the good Doctor ably defended. In consequence of this, Dr. Horowitz wrote

This could be entitled “How Keith Raniere stole motherhood from Lauren Salzman.”

By Shadow State

Shivani has called our attention to Nithyananda Swami, a man seemingly cut in the Keith Raniere mold. But Nithyananda seems a little smarter than Raniere. When the authorities were out to arrest him for rape, he dashed out of India and bought his own island near Ecuador where he cannot be extradited

Some readers may find the following post pretty boring for it contains mainly excerpts from the diary of Kristin Snyder. Unless you have been following the case, with interest, it may not make much sense. This post is really for those who are, along with me, making a deep dive into the question of w

You gotta have luck.

Joe O’Hara