Death of Stephen Mineo, ex-follower of Sherry Shriner, featured in episode of Deadly Cults. TONIGHT 10pm EST

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'Deadly Cults' to feature 2017 Pennsylvania Murder

Posted May 9, 2020 at 7:27 AM

A 2017 Monroe County murder connected to an online cult will be featured on Sunday’s episode of “Deadly Cults.”

Right from Barbara Rogers’ 911 call about the shooting death of her boyfriend, 32-year-old Stephen Mineo, it was clear that the case would be unusual.

During that call early on July 15, 2017, Rogers claimed both that Mineo pulled the trigger, and that she accidentally pulled it after he grabbed her hand.

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Rogers’ interview with police revealed the second strange layer of the case: the “weird religious cult” led by Sherry Shriner.

Footage of her interview with police is included in the Oxygen show, which airs at 7 p.m. Sunday and repeats at 10 p.m. The program also lays out the evidence that contradicts Rogers’ story, interviews those who knew Mineo, and delves into the cult’s beliefs. (Though Shriner has died, she left behind an extensive internet presence including audio and video.)

A rift between Shriner and the couple left Mineo suicidal, Rogers told police.
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Homicide Victim Allegedly Asked Girlfriend to Shoot Him Because of 'Aliens and Raptures' Cult Connection

July 18, 2017 03:37 PM

A Pennsylvania woman is behind bars after she allegedly admitted she fatally shot her boyfriend — but claimed he wanted her to kill him because of issues he was having with a cult.

Barbara Rogers, 42, was charged with criminal homicide and is being held without bail in the death of her 32-year-old boyfriend Steven Mineo, who was found dead in their Coolbaugh Township apartment on July 15.

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Rogers told police the couple had been feuding with Sherry Shriner, the founder of a website that posts about conspiracy theories, doomsday preparations, soul scalping and a “new-age alien agenda.”

“The victim believed that contrary to her appearance, Shriner was actually ‘reptilian,'” the complaint states.

Shriner, who agreed to be interviewed by PEOPLE over email, claims she became friends with Mineo on Facebook in 2010.

“Steve liked revolution, surviving the coming hard times etc…zombie apocalypse, survival, typical stuff for guys I guess,” she says.

Shriner says they recently had a falling out over his relationship with Rogers.

Airs in half an hour...