Dangerous Persuasions
Following extraordinary and terrifyingly true tales of psychological manipulation, Dangerous Persuasions explores everyday people who were brainwashed into making remarkable sacrifices and committing unthinkable acts. Through intimate, first-person accounts, each episode details the stories of people who were lured into a web of deceit and lost themselves along the way.
- 2013-2015
- 2 seasons
- Documentary, Drama
Following extraordinary and terrifyingly true tales of psychological manipulation, Dangerous Persuasions explores everyday people who were brainwashed into making remarkable sacrifices and committing unthinkable acts. Through intimate, first-person accounts, each episode details the stories of people who were lured into a web of deceit and lost themselves along the way.
Season 2 Episode Guide
3 Episodes 2015
Episode 1
A Scientologist's Escape
Tue, Apr 14, 2015
Mark signs a billion year contract with the Church of Scientology, convinced it will help cure his mentally ill brother. He climbs the ranks becoming one of its most elite officers. But Mark is increasingly exposed to the dark, violent side of the church.
Episode 3
The Power of Hate
43 mins
A girl who grew up lonely, raised in a broken home by a divorcee mother, Angela King becomes a lost, angry and confused teenager who craves acceptance. She has no clue that falling in with a group of skinheads will lead to her transformation into a white supremacist preaching hate in her neighbourhood. As her life spirals out of control and she becomes involved in violent confrontations, including a stand-off with a SWAT team and brutal attacks on other gang members, she starts to question her actions. But it's only when she is sent to prison for armed robbery that she can find redemption and eventually use her experience to warn others about the power of hate. The Power Of Hate by xDarkestRainx
Episode 6
Revolution Isn't a Tea Party
Wed, May 20, 2015 43 mins
In 1975 Janja Lalich joins an underground political organization. She's soon trapped in a web of abuse, at the hands of leader Marlene Dixon. It's only when she's forced to bring her dying mother into the group that she begins to realize the corruption.
