How to Become a Cult Leader

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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Documentary
Crime
Created By

First Aired on

Jul 28, 2023

1 seaons till Jul 28, 2023

Popularity: 23.9442
38 votes
Networks
Production

Citizen Jones (US)Estuary Films (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Become Immortal

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Limited Series

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Build Your Foundation32 min

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

  • Episode 2Grow Your Flock32 min

    Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.

  • Episode 3Reform Their Minds32 min

    Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.

  • Episode 4Promise Eternity30 min

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

  • Episode 5Control Your Image33 min

    Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.

Crew & Team

Peter Dinklage

Executive Producer

Jonas Bell Pasht

Executive Producer

Jonah Bekhor

Executive Producer

David Ginsberg

Executive Producer

Jake Laufer

Executive Producer

Brad Saunders

Co-Executive Producer

Paul Dektor

Co-Executive Producer

Kellen Hertz

Co-Executive Producer

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