How to Become a Cult Leader
How to Become a Cult Leader
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How to Become a Cult Leader

6.8 / 10
2023
1 season
6 episodes
DocumentaryCrime

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.

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Seasons

  • Build Your Foundation

    1.Build Your Foundation

    7.0
    28-07-202332m

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

  • Grow Your Flock

    2.Grow Your Flock

    7.0
    28-07-202332m

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

  • Reform Their Minds

    3.Reform Their Minds

    7.0
    28-07-202332m

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

  • Promise Eternity

    4.Promise Eternity

    7.0
    28-07-202330m

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

  • Control Your Image

    5.Control Your Image

    7.0
    28-07-202333m

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

  • Become Immortal

    6.Become Immortal

    7.0
    28-07-202329m

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

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