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How to Become a Cult Leader(2023)
- Genre:
- Documentary,Crime
- Country:
- United States of America
- Creator:
- N/A
- Released:
- 2023-07-28
Synopsis
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 & Episodes
1. Build Your Foundation
2023-07-28 · 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
2023-07-28 · 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
2023-07-28 · 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
2023-07-28 · 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
2023-07-28 · 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
2023-07-28 · 29m
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)
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Trust Me: The False Prophet
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
Arnold
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Wild Wild Country
How to Become a Mob Boss
Cursed Films
The Pharmacist
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
Mind Field
History 101
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare
American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
