To some, Anne Hamilton-Byrne was a yoga teacher with a penchant for plastic surgery. To others, she was the evil leader of The Family -- an apocalyptic cult with about 500 followers and more than ...

To some, Anne Hamilton-Byrne was a yoga teacher with a penchant for plastic surgery. To others, she was the evil leader of The Family -- an apocalyptic cult with about 500 followers and more than ...

Australian cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne, who was known for brainwashing and drugging children she adopted in the 1970s and 80s, has died. She was 98. Hamilton-Byrne founded her sect ...

But Kogut told The Post that what really struck her when arresting Anne Hamilton-Byrne — a once-glamorous yoga teacher who had convinced her New Age disciples that she was the reincarnation of ...

Australian cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne has died in Melbourne at the age of 98. Her cult, The Family, was accused of imprisoning and brainwashing children in the 1970s and 80s. Hamilton-Byrne ...

THE leader of Australia's most infamous cult Anne Hamilton-Byrne has died aged 98. The Family founder, who considered herself to be the reincarnation of Jesus, died after suffering from dementia ...

The property in Melbourne’s south-east features exotic trees and a large community hall. It once housed The Family, a cult ...

When Ben Shenton was 18-months-old, his mother handed him over to Anne Hamilton-Byrne, a woman who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Anne Hamilton-Byrne claimed to be the ...

The Bearcat is a debut novel by Georgia Rose Phillips, inspired by the characters behind the notorious Australian doomsday ...

Phillips’ debut novel fictionalises the early life of Anne Hamilton Byrne, the real-life leader of the notorious Australian ...

Hamilton-Byrne's net worth was estimated at one point to be about $10 million. Anne Hamilton-Byrne at the Melbourne County Court in November 1993.Credit: John Woudstra Hamilton-Byrne founded The ...