‎Cults And Extreme Belief - Apple TV

Journalist Elizabeth Vargas explores how controversial organisations use their influence to create powerful and often damaging belief systems.

Documentary · 2018 · 41 min

Starring Elizabeth Vargas

EPISODE 1

Nxivm

In October 2017, former recruiter for marketing self-help group NXIVM Sarah Edmonson exposes the organisation as a destructive sex cult and helps with the criminal prosecution of the cult's leader, Keith Raniere.

39 min · 11 June 2020
EPISODE 2

Jehovah's Witness

Former Jehovah's Witness Romy Maple, a child sexual abuse survivor, sets out to learn why her pleas for justice were ignored.

39 min · 11 June 2020
EPISODE 3

Children Of God

Amy Bril reflects on her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group known for notorious acts of paedophilia and religious prostitution.

40 min · 11 June 2020
EPISODE 4

U.N.O.I

Elijah Muhammad was forced into child labour, physical abuse, and awful living conditions while growing up in the United Nation of Islam.

40 min · 11 June 2020
EPISODE 5

World Peace Unification Sanctuary

Teddy Hose tries to warn the public about the gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as the Sanctuary Church of Newfoundland.

39 min · 11 June 2020
EPISODE 6

Twelve Tribes

The Twelve Tribes are accused of abusing children and subjugating women, and ex-member Samie Brosseau tries to expose the organisation's abusive practises.

40 min · 11 June 2020