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Cults and Extreme Belief Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
NXIVM
Mon, May 28, 201841 mins
Inside the NXIVM "self-help" organization accused of turning members, including Hollywood actors, into pseudo-slaves with forced branding and near-starvation diets.
Episode 2
Jehovah's Witnesses
Tue, May 29, 201844 mins
They explore your friendly neighbourhood door knockers-Jehovah's Witnesses.
Episode 3
Children of God
Tue, Jun 5, 201844 mins
By early 1969, The Children of God counted 50 converts, and eventually Berg hit the road with his "family." Over eight months, they grew to 200 members. People dropped what they were doing to join this caravan of pious revolutionaries. The leader David Berg (1919-1994) a.k.a. "Moses David" communicated to his converts through letter writing. His teachings and prophesies were known as "MO's Letters."
Episode 4
U.N.O.I.
Sat, Jun 2, 201843 mins
Forced into child labor, physical abuse and squalid living conditions while growing up in the United Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad seeks justice for himself and the other children abused by UNOI and the teachings of its leader, Royall Jenkins.
Episode 5
World Peace and Unification Sanctuary
Tue, Jun 19, 201842 mins
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.
Episode 6
Twelve Tribes
Tue, Jun 26, 201842 mins
Founded in Tennessee in 1972 by Elbert Eugene Spriggs, the 50-year-old Twelve Tribes blends Spriggs' personal beliefs with elements of both Christianity and Judaism. New members must give up their possessions and names, live in one of the Twelve Tribes' three dozen worldwide communes and follow the cult's strict rules, which, former members say, dictate everything from how much toilet paper a member should use (two sheets) to the shape of a member's eyeglasses (round). Followers are encouraged to cut off all contact with the outside world. The group can be considered a cult because it has a charismatic authoritarian leader, extremist ideology, an all-or-nothing belief system, and uses coercion to control and exploit members, cult expert Janja Lalich said. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies the Twelve Tribes as a "Christian fundamentalist cult."
Episode 7
FLDS
Tue, Jul 3, 201842 mins
Many believed that when Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for child sexual assault, the problems within the FLDS community would be solved--the group would disperse and members would wake up and leave the church. However, when Jeffs was locked away, it left devoted FLDS followers like Norma Richter to face a subsequent humanitarian crisis alone, and forced to fend for themselves in a world they were once taught to fear.
Episode 8
The Survivors Speak Part 1
Sun, Jul 15, 201842 mins
Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
Episode 9
The Survivors Speak Part 2
Sun, Jul 22, 201842 mins
Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
