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How to Become a Cult Leader

How to Become a Cult Leader

S1 · E1

IMDB:

6.8
How to Become a Cult Leader

Released

7/28/2023

Duration

0h 29m

Genre

Documentary, Crime

Country

United States of America

Cast

Peter Dinklage

Overview

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.

Episodes

Build Your FoundationEP 1Available

Build Your Foundation

32m7.0

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

Grow Your FlockEP 2Available

Grow Your Flock

32m7.0

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 MindsEP 3Available

Reform Their Minds

32m7.0

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 EternityEP 4Available

Promise Eternity

30m7.0

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

Control Your ImageEP 5Available

Control Your Image

33m7.0

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 ImmortalEP 6Available

Become Immortal

29m7.0

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

Cast

Peter Dinklage

Narrator (voice)

Peter Dinklage

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