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How to Become a Cult Leader

Limited Series

2023 · 6 episodes

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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