6.6/10159 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
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6.7/10120 votesLoading...#2 - 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.
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6.8/1098 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
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6.8/1093 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
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6.9/10126 votesLoading...#5 - 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.
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7.0/10108 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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The Worst Episodes of How to Become a Cult Leader
Every episode of How to Become a Cult Leader ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:Netflix
Worst Episodes Summary
"Build Your Foundation" is the worst rated episode of "How to Become a Cult Leader". It scored 6.6/10 based on 159 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/28/2023. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Reform Their Minds".