Cults and Extreme Belief, Season 1
EPISODE 1
NXIVM
A former recruiter for multilevel marketing self-help group NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson exposes the organization as a destructive sex cult in October 2017 and works to support the criminal prosecution of the cult's leader, Keith Raniere.
EPISODE 2
Jehovah's Witnesses
Former Jehovah's Witness Romy Maple, a survivor of child sexual abuse, embarks on a journey to uncover why her pleas for justice were systematically ignored by top members of the organization.
EPISODE 3
Children Of God
Amy Bril recounts her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group notorious for pedophilia and religious prostitution; Amy and others born and raised in the group band together to address a suicide epidemic among fellow survivors.
EPISODE 4
U.N.O.I.
Forced into child labor, physical abuse and squalid living conditions while growing up in the United Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad seeks justice for himself and the other children abused by UNOI and the teachings of its leader, Royall Jenkins.
EPISODE 5
World Peace And Unification Sanctuary
Former "Moonie" Teddy Hose attempts to alert the public to a gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as the Sanctuary Church of Newfoundland, Penn., which preaches an extreme gospel and guns at the center of worship.
EPISODE 6
Twelve Tribes communities
Despite their hippie persona and rustic community businesses, the Twelve Tribes stand accused of abusing children and subjugating women; disconnected from her family, ex-member Samie Brosseau works to expose the organization's abusive practices.
Elizabeth Vargas
Eli Holzman
Aaron Saidman
Alex Weresow
Rachelle Mendez
Elaine Frontain Bryant
Amy Savitsky
Evan Lerner