Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies and souls.
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Episode List
S1 • E1
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.
S1 • E2
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.
S1 • E3
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.
S1 • E4
Promise Eternity
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi, narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
S1 • E5
Control Your Image
Leverage media coverage to cover cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
S1 • E6
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.
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Cast
Peter Dinklage
Narrator
Lola Blanc
Self - Former Cult Member
Diane Benscoter
Self - Expert on Psychological Manipulation
Janja Lalich
Self - Expert on Cults and Coercion
Amanda Montell
Self - Author, The Language of Fanaticism
Rachel Bernstein
Self - Cult Intervention Specialist
Asha Rangappa
Self - Former FBI Special Agent
Yulanda Williams
Self - Former People's Temple Member
Jeff Guinn
Self - Author, The Life and Times of Charles Manson
