Name: Dangerous Persuasions
Released: 2013-01-16T00:00:00.000Z

Available on Investigation Discovery, Food Network, Science Channel, Discovery, TLC, Travel Channel, HGTV, Prime Video, discovery+, Tubi, Hulu, Sling TV, Animal Planet, Philo

Following extraordinary and terrifyingly true tales of psychological manipulation, Dangerous Persuasions explores everyday people who were brainwashed into making remarkable sacrifices and committing unthinkable acts.

Crime · 2013 · 44 min

EPISODE 1

Scientology: My Eternal Contract

Devoted Scientologist Nancy becomes an undercover spy to root out The Church's enemies. Little did she know she'd become immersed in the organization's secret war against its critics. Will her mission lead to her mental breakdown?

43 min · Jan 16, 2013
EPISODE 2

Hitchhike to Hell

In 1977, twenty year old Colleen Stan is kidnapped and imprisoned for up to 23 hours a day in a coffin sized box under a bed. Kept as a slave for seven years, will she ever escape?

43 min · Jan 23, 2013
EPISODE 3

Prophet or Predator?

Single mom Christine meets a charismatic man who manipulates her into believing he is a Mormon Prophet and that they are 'spiritually married.' Promising divine blessings he coerces her into selling her possessions.

43 min · Jan 23, 2013
EPISODE 4

False Memories, Real Evil

Susan Hamlin is intimidated by husband Richard into fabricating 'repressed childhood memories.' He manipulates Susan into believing she has molested their own children and is at the center of a plot to kill him.

43 min · Jan 30, 2013
EPISODE 5

Highway to Hate

Young father Kerry Noble takes his pregnant wife to a Christian commune and after meeting charismatic leader Jim Ellison, they feel this is a devout and perfect place. But soon, Kerry is led into a world of racism and mass-murder.

43 min · Feb 6, 2013
EPISODE 6

Diabolical Discipline

Mary Rich and her family meet self-styled missionary Ron Larrinaga at their local church. When Ron convinces them to join his family living in a remote house in northern California, the house soon becomes a violent retreat.

43 min · Feb 13, 2013