Episodes
Season 1 · Limited Series
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Build Your Foundation
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
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Grow Your Flock
Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.
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Reform Their Minds
Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.
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32m
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Promise Eternity
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
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30m
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Control Your Image
Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
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33m
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Become Immortal
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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29m
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Build Your Foundation
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
Not watched yet
32m
2
▶
Grow Your Flock
Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.
Not watched yet
32m
3
▶
Reform Their Minds
Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.
Not watched yet
32m
4
▶
Promise Eternity
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
Not watched yet
30m
5
▶
Control Your Image
Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
Not watched yet
33m
6
▶
Become Immortal
Avoid unhappy endings and cement your legacy by studying Sun Myung Moon, who transformed the Unification Church into a still-thriving economic machine.
Not watched yet
29m
Cast
Peter DinklageNarrator (voice)Because you watched How to Become a Cult Leader
★ 7.5Trust Me: The False Prophet
★ 6.9Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
★ 7.9Arnold
★ 7.5Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
★ 7.5How to Become a Mob Boss
★ 7.2Sean Combs: The Reckoning
★ 7.2Cursed Films
★ 7.1History 101
★ 6.4Eli Roth's History of Horror
★ 7.8Mr. McMahon
★ 7.7Wild Wild Country
★ 7.6American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden
★ 6.8I AM A KILLER
★ 7The Last Movie Stars
★ 8.2Mind Field
★ 6.8Killer Sally
★ 8.8The End of an Era
★ 7.8Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes