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How to Become a Cult Leader

How to Become a Cult Leader (2023)

July. 28,2023

6.7

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| Crime Documentary

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. 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.

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How to Become a Cult Leader

2023 / TV-MA

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2023

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Build Your Foundation

July. 28,2023

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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Episode 2 - Grow Your Flock

July. 28,2023

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 3 - Reform Their Minds

July. 28,2023

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 4 - Promise Eternity

July. 28,2023

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

Episode 5 - Control Your Image

July. 28,2023

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

Episode 6 - Become Immortal

July. 28,2023

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