Cults And Extreme Belief
TV Show · Documentary · Crime

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

2018 · 41m
Starring Elizabeth Vargas

Season 1

  • Nxivm
    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.
    39m
  • Jehovah's Witness
    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.
    39m
  • Children Of God
    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.
    40m
  • U.N.O.I
    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.
    40m
  • World Peace Unification Sanctuary
    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.
    39m
  • Twelve Tribes
    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.
    40m

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  • Deadly Cults
  • Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult
  • Escaping Polygamy
  • The Vow
  • The Cult of the Family
  • The Witnesses
  • The Turpin 13
  • Mad Minds

Cast & Crew

  • Elizabeth Vargas
    Host
  • Eli Holzman
    Producer
  • Aaron Saidman
    Producer
  • A‌W
    Alex Weresow
    Producer
  • R‌M
    Rachelle Mendez
    Producer
  • Elaine Frontain Bryant
    Producer
  • A‌S
    Amy Savitsky
    Producer
  • E‌L
    Evan Lerner
    Producer

About

Cults And Extreme Belief

Documentary

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

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Studio
A&E
Released
2018
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
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English (United States) (CC)

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  • Mozambique
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  • Niger (English)
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  • Saudi Arabia
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  • Turkmenistan
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