How to Become a Cult Leader

  • Premiered: Jul 2023
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 20
  • Ended
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Season 1
1x1
Build Your Foundation
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 2023
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
1x2
Grow Your Flock
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 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.
1x3
Reform Their Minds
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 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.
1x4
Promise Eternity
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 28, 2023
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
1x5
Control Your Image
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 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.
1x6 Show finale
Become Immortal
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 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.

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