EP 1AvailableNow playingBuild Your Foundation
32m·7/28/2023·7.0
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
How to Become a Cult Leader
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDb6.9
- Released
- 7/28/2023
- Duration
- 0h 29m
- Genre
- Documentary, Crime
- Country
- United States of America
- Cast
- Peter Dinklage
Overview
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.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableNow playing
EP 2AvailableGrow Your Flock
32m·7/28/2023·7.0
Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.
EP 3AvailableReform Their Minds
32m·7/28/2023·7.0
Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.
EP 4AvailablePromise Eternity
30m·7/28/2023·7.0
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
EP 5AvailableControl Your Image
33m·7/28/2023·7.0
Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
EP 6AvailableBecome Immortal
29m·7/28/2023·7.0
Avoid unhappy endings and cement your legacy by studying Sun Myung Moon, who transformed the Unification Church into a still-thriving economic machine.
Cast
Narrator (voice)
