Cult of Personality - Season 1 (2020 - 2021)

Episode 1 - Jonestown (August 7, 2020) 45 min
Jim Jones, a charismatic but tyrannical preacher, leads his followers into the remote commune of Jonestown, Guyana.

Episode 2 - Charles Manson (August 14, 2020) 45 min
Charles Manson, a former con man turned guru of a hippie commune isolated in the Californian desert, has followers who are willing to kill for him.

Episode 3 - Moonies (September 2, 2020) 45 min
Moonies are told that they are on a mission to save humanity; but in reality, they are just building an empire for their Messiah, Sun Myung Moon, the all powerful reverend of the Unification Church.

Episode 4 - David Koresh (August 21, 2020) 45 min
David Koresh, the so-called Sinful Messiah of Waco, Texas, prepares his followers for a battle with the federal government, but he also sleeps with whomever he chooses, including preteen girls.

Episode 5 - Warren Jeffs (March 5, 2021) 46 min
At the border of Utah and Arizona, a remote theocratic community has been thriving for decades; they live in full obedience to a spiritual leader by the name of Warren Jeffs, the prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ.

Episode 6 - The Children of God (September 2, 2020) 45 min
David Berg's entire belief system and his lifestyle are so uniquely shocking.

Guests

Rick Alan Ross
Court expert and author of ‘Cults Inside Out’

Lisa Kohn
Former member of the Unification Church, leadership consultant and executive coach, author of ‘To the Moon and Back: a Childhood under the Influence’ and of ‘The Power of Thoughtful Leadership’

Yolande Brener
Former member of the Unification Church and author of ‘Holy Candy – why I joined a cult and married a stranger’

K. Gordon Neufeld
Former member of the Unification Church and author of ‘Heartbreak and Rage: Ten Years under Sun Myung Moon’

Mary Jo Downey, PhD
Former member of the Unification Church and college instructor