Cults and Extreme Belief(2018)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2018-05-28
Average Runtime: 42m
Rating: 7.2
Votes: 6
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take an immersive look at one currently active group through the eyes of past devotees and get perspective from believers and leaders that are still inside.
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Season 1
Episodes: 9E01
NXIVM
Air Date: 2018-05-28
As a recruiter for multi-level marketing self-help group NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson brought thousands of people to the or...
E02
Jehovah's Witnesses
Air Date: 2018-05-29
Former Jehovah’s Witness Romy Maple–a survivor of child sexual abuse–embarks on a journey to uncover why her pleas fo...
E03
Children of God
Air Date: 2018-06-05
Amy Bril recounts her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group notorious for pedophilia and “religious” p...
E04
U.N.O.I.
Air Date: 2018-06-12
Growing up in the United Nation of Islam (UNOI), Elijah Muhammad was forced into child labor, physical abuse and squa...
E05
World Peace and Unification Sanctuary
Air Date: 2018-06-19
Former “Moonie” Teddy Hose, tries to alert the public to a gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as the Sanc...
E06
Twelve Tribes
Air Date: 2018-06-26
Despite their hippie persona and rustic community businesses, The Twelve Tribes have long stood accused of physically...
E07
FLDS
Air Date: 2018-07-03
Many believed that the problems within the FLDS community would be solved after sentencing Warren Jeffs. However, whe...
E08
The Survivors Speak Part 1
Air Date: 2018-07-15
Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
E09
The Survivors Speak Part 2
Air Date: 2018-07-22
Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
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