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How to Become a Cult Leader

How to Become a Cult Leader
★ 6.9/10•2023•TV-MA•Documentary•Crime
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Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls. Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 28, 2023

Episodes

Episode 1 - Build Your FoundationE132m

Build Your Foundation

Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.

Jul 28, 2023

Episode 2 - Grow Your FlockE232m

Grow Your Flock

Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.

Jul 28, 2023

Episode 3 - Reform Their MindsE332m

Reform Their Minds

Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.

Jul 28, 2023

Episode 4 - Promise EternityE430m

Promise Eternity

Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.

Jul 28, 2023

Episode 5 - Control Your ImageE533m

Control Your Image

Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.

Jul 28, 2023

Episode 6 - Become ImmortalE629m

Become Immortal

Avoid unhappy endings and cement your legacy by studying Sun Myung Moon, who transformed the Unification Church into a still-thriving economic machine.

Jul 28, 2023

Actors

Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage

Narrator (voice)

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