Cults and Extreme Belief
Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take an immersive look at one currently active group through the eyes of past devotees and get perspective from believers and leaders that are still inside.
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Cults and Extreme Belief: Sneak Peek | Premieres May 28 | A&E
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1.NXIVM
28-05-201842mAs a recruiter for multi-level marketing self-help group NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson brought thousands of people to the organization. In October of 2017, she exposed the group as a dest...
2.Jehovah's Witnesses
29-05-201842mFormer Jehovah’s Witness Romy Maple–a survivor of child sexual abuse–embarks on a journey to uncover why her pleas for justice were systematically ignored by top members of the org...
3.Children of God
05-06-201842mAmy Bril recounts her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group notorious for pedophilia and “religious” prostitution. Amy and others born and raised in the group are ba...
4.U.N.O.I.
12-06-201842mGrowing up in the United Nation of Islam (UNOI), Elijah Muhammad was forced into child labor, physical abuse and squalid living conditions. Today, he has a unique opportunity to sp...
5.World Peace and Unification Sanctuary
19-06-201842mFormer “Moonie” Teddy Hose, tries to alert the public to a gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as the Sanctuary Church of Newfoundland, Pa. Sean Moon, the charismatic le...
6.Twelve Tribes
26-06-201842mDespite their hippie persona and rustic community businesses, The Twelve Tribes have long stood accused of physically abusing children and subjugating of women. Now disconnected fr...
7.FLDS
03-07-201842mMany believed that the problems within the FLDS community would be solved after sentencing Warren Jeffs. However, when Jeffs was locked away, it left devoted FLDS followers like No...
8.The Survivors Speak Part 1
15-07-201842mFormer members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
9.The Survivors Speak Part 2
22-07-201842mFormer members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
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