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All Episodes of How to Become a Cult Leader

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Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls.

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Season 1

6.9/10142 votes
Grow Your Flock
Season 1 Episode 2 - 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/10123 votes
Promise Eternity
Season 1 Episode 4 - 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/10114 votes
Control Your Image
Season 1 Episode 5 - 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/10108 votes
Become Immortal
Season 1 Episode 6 - 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.7/10176 votes
Build Your Foundation
Season 1 Episode 1 - 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.7/10135 votes
Reform Their Minds
Season 1 Episode 3 - 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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown