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Netflix
Jul 28, 2023
29 m

Netflix
Jul 28, 2023
29 m

How to Become a Cult Leader

Summary Narrated by Peter Dinklage, the six-part documentary series focuses on six cult leaders: Heaven's Gate Marshall Applewhite, Aum Shinrikyo's Shoko Asahara, Buddhafield's Jaime Gomez, Jim Jones, Charles Manson, and Unification Church's Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

Directed By: Ron Myrick

Netflix
Jul 28, 2023
29 m

Netflix
Jul 28, 2023
29 m

How to Become a Cult Leader

S1 • Episode 6

Become Immortal

Air Date: Jul 28, 2023

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Summary Narrated by Peter Dinklage, the six-part documentary series focuses on six cult leaders: Heaven's Gate Marshall Applewhite, Aum Shinrikyo's Shoko Asahara, Buddhafield's Jaime Gomez, Jim Jones, Charles Manson, and Unification Church's Rev. Sun Myung Moon.

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Episode 1 • Jul 28, 2023 • 32 m

Build Your Foundation

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

Episode 2 • Jul 28, 2023 • 31 m

Grow Your Flock

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 • Jul 28, 2023 • 32 m

Reform Their Minds

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 • Jul 28, 2023 • 31 m

Promise Eternity

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

Episode 5 • Jul 28, 2023 • 33 m

Control Your Image

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

Episode 6 • Jul 28, 2023 • 29 m

Become Immortal

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

Top Cast

Peter Dinklage

Narrator

Lola Blanc

Self - Former Cult Member

Diane Benscoter

Self - Expert on Psychological Manipulation

Janja Lalich

Self - Expert on Cults and Coercion

Rachel Bernstein

Self - Cult Intervention Specialist

Amanda Montell

Self - Author, The Language of Fanaticism, Self - Author, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

Asha Rangappa

Self - Former FBI Special Agent

Yulanda Williams

Self - Former People's Temple Member

Jeff Guinn

Self - Author, The Life and Times of Charles Manson, Self - Author, The Road to Jonestown

Chris Johnston

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Kimiaki Nishida

Self - Professor of Psychology

Will Allen

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Dianne Lake

Self - Former Manson Family Member

Sawyer

Self - Former Member Heaven's Gate

Atsushi Sakahara

Self - Director, Me and the Cult Leader

Radhia Gleis

Self - Former Member Buddhafield

Erica Baffelli

Self - Professor of Japanese Studies

Ivor Davis

Self - Author, Manson Exposed

Benjamin Zeller

Self - Author, Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion

Ian Reader

Self - Emeritus Professor of Japanese Studies

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