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How to Become a Cult Leader Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2023 - 2023
Episode 1
Build Your Foundation
Tue, Nov 14, 202332 mins
Embrace your calling and reinvent yourself by studying the life of petty criminal and folk rock troubadour-turned-murderous legend Charles Manson.
Episode 2
Grow Your Flock
Fri, Jul 28, 202331 mins
Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.
Episode 3
Reform Their Minds
Fri, Jul 28, 202332 mins
Return to Buddhafield and unlock the mastery of manipulation with Jaimie Gomez, a failed actor who built an army of servants by promising enlightenment.
Episode 4
Promise Eternity
Fri, Jul 28, 202331 mins
Apocalypse, anyone? Create credible danger and consolidate power by studying the spiritual, sci-fi, narrative of Heaven's Gate leader Marshall Applewhite.
Episode 5
Control Your Image
Fri, Jul 28, 202333 mins
Leverage media coverage to cover cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
Episode 6
Become Immortal
Fri, Jul 28, 202329 mins
Avoid unhappy endings and cement your legacy by studying Sun Myung Moon, who transformed the Unification Church into a still-thriving economic machine.
