How to Become a Cult Leader
2023 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Crime, Documentary
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.
Seasons
1 season · 6 episodes- 1
Build Your Foundation
28 Jul 2023 32m
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
- 2
Grow Your Flock
28 Jul 2023 32m
Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.
- 3
Reform Their Minds
28 Jul 2023 32m
Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.
- 4
Promise Eternity
28 Jul 2023 30m
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
- 5
Control Your Image
28 Jul 2023 33m
Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
- 6
Become Immortal
28 Jul 2023 29m
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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