How to Become a Cult Leader - Season 1

How to Become a Cult Leader - Season 1

First aired: 7/28/2023 6 episodes
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Episodes

Episode 1

1. Build Your Foundation

Aired: 7/28/2023

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

Episode 2

2. Grow Your Flock

Aired: 7/28/2023

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

Episode 3

3. Reform Their Minds

Aired: 7/28/2023

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

Episode 4

4. Promise Eternity

Aired: 7/28/2023

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

Episode 5

5. Control Your Image

Aired: 7/28/2023

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

Episode 6

6. Become Immortal

Aired: 7/28/2023

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