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All Episodes of How to Become a Cult Leader

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All Episodes of How to Become a Cult Leader

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

  • Build Your Foundation
    6.6/10166 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

  • Grow Your Flock
    6.9/10133 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

  • Reform Their Minds
    6.7/10127 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

  • Promise Eternity
    6.9/10115 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

  • Control Your Image
    7.0/10106 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

  • Become Immortal
    6.8/10100 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