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How to Become a Cult Leader
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How to Become a Cult Leader

Fri, Jul 28, 2023
  • Documentary
  • Crime
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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  • Netflix↗
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Peter Dinklage
    Peter Dinklage
    as Narrator (voice)
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Episodes

1 season · 6 episodes

Ended · 6 aired
Season 1
6 episodes · 6 aired
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  • E1
    Build Your Foundation
    Aired · Fri, Jul 28, 2023 · 32m

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

  • E2
    Grow Your Flock
    Aired · Fri, Jul 28, 2023 · 31m

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

  • E3
    Reform Their Minds
    Aired · Fri, Jul 28, 2023 · 32m

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

  • E4
    Promise Eternity
    Aired · Fri, Jul 28, 2023 · 30m

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

  • E5
    Control Your Image
    Aired · Fri, Jul 28, 2023 · 32m

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

  • E6
    Become Immortal
    Aired · Fri, Jul 28, 2023 · 29m

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