← How to Become a Cult Leader

Limited Series

6 episode 2023-07-28
Limited Series
  1. E1 · Build Your Foundation

    E1 · Build Your Foundation

    32 mnt

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

    2023-07-28
  2. E2 · Grow Your Flock

    E2 · Grow Your Flock

    32 mnt

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

    2023-07-28
  3. E3 · Reform Their Minds

    E3 · Reform Their Minds

    32 mnt

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

    2023-07-28
  4. E4 · Promise Eternity

    E4 · Promise Eternity

    30 mnt

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

    2023-07-28
  5. E5 · Control Your Image

    E5 · Control Your Image

    33 mnt

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

    2023-07-28
  6. E6 · Become Immortal

    E6 · Become Immortal

    29 mnt

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

    2023-07-28