Cult Justice

Bernie Hoffman's dream was to strike it rich as a Hollywood star when God called on him to be a preacher; changing his name to Tony Alamo, he started a popular Hollywood ministry.

Jim and Deborah Green's paramilitary cult mould their members into God's soldiers, but behind the scenes lie hideous secrets.

Anna Young and her husband's House of Prayer was meant to be a haven for anyone who made a mistake, committed a crime, and wanted to turn their life around.

Neighbours often wondered about the secretive group living in a school building in suburban Utica, N.Y., but the secrecy is shattered when a counselling session turns violent.

After a nine-month investigation, authorities find the bodies of a family of five; the ritualistic killings were carried out at the orders of cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren.

Dwight York, known as Dr. Love, had his own record label and musical career in the early 1990s, but he was also a charismatic speaker with radical ideas.