Ashley Love Richards

Ashley has been enthusiastically and tirelessly working to become a knowledgeable and respected professional in the world of cults, coercion and control, and crime for nearly four years. She's accomplished a lot in that time, she is:

• The creator of the original Cult Bingo, which has inspired countless other cult and coercion bingos. Ash recognized in 2020, the through lines that spanned across a multitude of coercive and controlling groups; tactics known to be used not only in well known cults, but also by coercive religious sects, the troubled teen industry, multilevel marketing, people with narcissism and more.

• A recurring guest lecturer for Dr. Bryanna Fox, in the Department of Criminology at the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at the University of South Florida.

• A recurring guest lecturer at her alma mater, San Francisco State University, in the department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts.

• Featured expert on Joseph DeAngelo in the Tubi documentary Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer.

• Working alongside several individuals in the anti-coercion field, such as world renowned cult expert, and founder of the Lalich Center on Cults and Coercion, Dr. Janja Lalich; and the founders of #IGotOut, an organization which inspires survivors of high-demand groups to share their stories in a safe environment.

• Working on a cult category for an innovative new trivia board game, Hexaquest, and has already produced a true crime category pertaining to That’s So Fcked Up.

• A sponsor of the first annual #IGotOut Story Jam in St. Louis in 2023.

• An organizer for the next #IGotOut event in 2024.

• A member of the Board of Directors for Tears of Eden, a non-profit organization which serves to help survivors of spiritual abuse.

• A creator who has just started a YouTube channel about Coercion and Control, make sure to check it out!

And she’s just getting started…