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How to Become a Cult Leader (2023)
Popularity 3.5
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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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Peter DinklageNarrator (voice)
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David GinsbergExecutive Producer
Jake LauferExecutive Producer
Jonah BekhorExecutive Producer
Jonas Bell PashtExecutive Producer
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Limited Series
6 episodes · First aired 2023-07-28 · ★ 7.0
E01
Build Your Foundation
2023-07-28 · 32 min
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
E02
Grow Your Flock
2023-07-28 · 32 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.
E03
Reform Their Minds
2023-07-28 · 32 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.
E04
Promise Eternity
2023-07-28 · 30 min
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
E05
Control Your Image
2023-07-28 · 33 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.
E06
Become Immortal
2023-07-28 · 29 min
Avoid unhappy endings and cement your legacy by studying Sun Myung Moon, who transformed the Unification Church into a still-thriving economic machine.
