Deadly Cults
From a self-proclaimed prophet convincing his followers to murder an innocent family to a vampire coven searching for their next sacrifice, this limited series shows how power and manipulation can lead to murder.
- 2019-2020
- 2 seasons
- Oxygen Channel
- Documentary
- TV-14
From a self-proclaimed prophet convincing his followers to murder an innocent family to a vampire coven searching for their next sacrifice, this limited series shows how power and manipulation can lead to murder.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020
Episode 1
Spiritual Warriors
Sun, Apr 26, 2020 43 mins
After three obedient followers die during an intense sweat lodge ceremony put on by a prominent self-help guru, police must determine if their deaths were accidental, or if the guru pushed the participants too far.
Episode 2
Angel's Landing
Sun, May 3, 2020 43 mins
To his followers, he's an angel who died and came back to life, but when seemingly accidental deaths keep occurring around him, one investigator digs deeper. Are these strange coincidences or is something more disturbing going on at Angel's Landing?
Episode 3
Online Alien Reptiles
Sun, May 10, 2020 43 mins
It was a 911 call for a suicide. However, when cops interview the victim's girlfriend, she claims there's more behind his death. Police must determine if an online cult that believes in aliens and reptiles disguised as humans is actually at fault.
Episode 4
Heaven's Gate
Sun, May 17, 2020 43 mins
A family is desperate to find their daughter, Gail, who ran off with a strange cult. Years later, police are called to a posh mansion near San Diego and are shocked to find 39 bodies in a mass suicide. Was Gail one of the deceased or did she escape?
Episode 5
The Camp
Sun, May 24, 2020 43 mins
A quadruple murder rocks a small California town, leading police to investigate a refugee camp run by a local man. What appeared as a quiet, small community soon reveals itself as a sinister group full of manipulation, abuse, and violent rituals.
Episode 6
The Ervilites
Sun, May 31, 2020 43 mins
A community is shocked when a prominent local doctor is gunned down by two mysterious women in broad daylight. Through the investigation, Murray, a Utah police uncover a web of warring prophets, strained families, and multiple murder plots.
Episode 7
The Gatekeepers
Sun, Jun 7, 2020 43 mins
The Gatekeepers saw themselves as pure participants in a religious quest to cleanse the world. When a member challenges the cult's radical leader, cops discover how he paid for his disobedience with his life. Now his killers are nowhere to be found.
Episode 8
Synanon
Sun, Jun 14, 2020 43 mins
A Los Angeles lawyer is attacked by a poisonous rattlesnake leading police to a bizarre cult veiled as a drug and alcohol rehab facility. The cops uncover a group of blind followers willing to do anything at their leader's urging, even murder.