How to Become a Cult Leader Season 1

Episodes

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   1. Build Your Foundation

   Jul 28, 2023 · 32m

   Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.

2. 

   2. Grow Your Flock

   Jul 28, 2023 · 32m

   Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.

3. 

   3. Reform Their Minds

   Jul 28, 2023 · 32m

   Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.

4. 

   4. Promise Eternity

   Jul 28, 2023 · 30m

   Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.

5. 

   5. Control Your Image

   Jul 28, 2023 · 33m

   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. Become Immortal

   Jul 28, 2023 · 29m

   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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