NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Jehovah's Witnesses
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/29/2018
Former Jehovah’s Witness Romy Maple–a survivor of child sexual abuse–embarks on a journey to uncover why her pleas for justice were systematically ignored by top members of the organization.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - The Survivors Speak Part 1
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/15/2018
Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - The Survivors Speak Part 2
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/22/2018
Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
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Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation...
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"NXIVM" is the worst rated episode of "Cults and Extreme Belief". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/28/2018. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Jehovah's Witnesses".