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  • Explained Cults (Season 2, Episode 1)
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    TV Episode | Documentary

Explained

Cults (Season 2, Episode 1)
TV-MA
TV Episode | Documentary

How do cults lure people in and exert control? Learn a cult's telltale signs, and how loneliness and life online makes indoctrination easier than ever.
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Sep 26, 2019 (United States)

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30 cast members
Name Known for
LaKeith Stanfield
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Catherine Oxenberg
Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member Self - Mother of NXIVM Cult Member   See fewer
Laura Johnston Kohl
Self - Member, Peoples Temple Self - Member, Peoples Temple   See fewer
Janja Lalich
Self - Professor of Sociology Self - Professor of Sociology   See fewer
Samie Brosseau
Self - Member, The Twelve Tribes Self - Member, The Twelve Tribes   See fewer
Amy Bril
Self - Member, Children of God Self - Member, Children of God   See fewer
Teddy Hose
Self - Former Member, Korean Unification Church (The Moonies) Self - Former Member, Korean Unification Church (The Moonies)   See fewer
Reza Aslan
Self - Author, Zealot: The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth Self - Author, Zealot: The Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth   See fewer
Mitch Horowitz
Self - Author, Occult America Self - Author, Occult America   See fewer
Daniel Shaw
Self - Former Member, Siddha Yoga Self - Former Member, Siddha Yoga   See fewer
Tara Isabella Burton
Self - Author, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World Self - Author, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World   See fewer
Marshall Applewhite
Self - Leader, Heaven's Gate (archive footage) Self - Leader, Heaven's Gate (archive footage)   See fewer
Shoko Asahara
Self - Leader, Aum Shinrikyo (archive footage) Self - Leader, Aum Shinrikyo (archive footage)   See fewer
David Berg
Self - Leader, Children of God (archive footage) Self - Leader, Children of God (archive footage)   See fewer
Erin Burnett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ram Dass
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Father Divine
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jim Jones
Self - Leader, Peoples Temple (archive footage) Self - Leader, Peoples Temple (archive footage)   See fewer
David Koresh
Self - Leader, Branch Davidians (archive footage) Self - Leader, Branch Davidians (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Manson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sun Myung Moon
Self - Leader, Korean Unification Church (The Moonies) (archive footage) Self - Leader, Korean Unification Church (The Moonies) (archive footage)   See fewer
Swami Muktananda
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Osho
Self (as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) (archive footage) Self (as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) (archive footage)   See fewer
Keith Raniere
Self - Leader, NXIVM (archive footage) Self - Leader, NXIVM (archive footage)   See fewer
Leo J. Ryan
Self - California Congressman (archive footage) Self - California Congressman (archive footage)   See fewer
Swami Satchidananda
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Eugene Spriggs
Self - Leader. The Twelve Tribes (archive footage) Self - Leader. The Twelve Tribes (archive footage)   See fewer
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Teal Swan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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