

All Episodes of Cults and Extreme Belief
Browse all episodes of Cults and Extreme Belief

All Episodes of Cults and Extreme Belief
Browse all episodes of Cults and Extreme Belief
Season 1
- 7.5/1084 votes
NXIVM
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/28/2018
As a recruiter for multi-level marketing self-help group NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson brought thousands of people to the organization. In October of 2017, she exposed the group as a destructive sex-cult and is now doing everything in her power to support the criminal prosecution of the cult's leader, Keith Raniere.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1040 votes
Children of God
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/5/2018
Amy Bril recounts her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group notorious for pedophilia and “religious” prostitution. Amy and others born and raised in the group are banding together to address a suicide epidemic among fellow survivors.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1039 votes
U.N.O.I.
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/12/2018
Growing up in the United Nation of Islam (UNOI), Elijah Muhammad was forced into child labor, physical abuse and squalid living conditions. Today, he has a unique opportunity to speak to the FBI in hope of getting justice for himself and the other children abused by UNOI and its leader, Royall Jenkins’, teachings.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.0/1039 votes
World Peace and Unification Sanctuary
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/19/2018
Former “Moonie” Teddy Hose, tries to alert the public to a gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as the Sanctuary Church of Newfoundland, Pa. Sean Moon, the charismatic leader and a son of the late Reverend Sun Myung Moon, preaches an extreme gospel featuring his father as “returning Jesus” and guns at the center of worship.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1039 votes
Twelve Tribes
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/26/2018
Despite their hippie persona and rustic community businesses, The Twelve Tribes have long stood accused of physically abusing children and subjugating of women. Now disconnected from her family, ex-member Samie Brosseau, works to expose the Twelve Tribes abusive practices today.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1037 votes
FLDS
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/3/2018
Many believed that the problems within the FLDS community would be solved after sentencing Warren Jeffs. However, when Jeffs was locked away, it left devoted FLDS followers like Norma Richter to face a subsequent humanitarian crisis alone. They were forced to fend for themselves in a world they were once taught to fear.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown