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Cults and Extreme Belief

Season 1
In Cults and Extreme Belief, Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people's desperation.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - NXIVM
    May 27, 2018
    41min
    TV-14
    As a recruiter for multi-level marketing self-help group NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson brought thousands of people to the organization. In October of 2017, she exposed the group as a destructive sex-cult.
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  2. S1 E2 - Jehovah's Witnesses
    May 28, 2018
    44min
    TV-14
    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.
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  3. S1 E3 - Children of God
    June 4, 2018
    44min
    TV-14
    Amy Bril recounts her childhood growing up in the Children of God, a group notorious for pedophilia and "religious" prostitution.
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  4. S1 E4 - U.N.O.I.
    June 1, 2018
    43min
    TV-14
    Growing up in the United Nation of Islam (UNOI), Elijah Muhammad was forced into child labor, physical abuse and squalid living conditions. Today, he has a unique opportunity to speak to the FBI in hope of getting justice for himself and the other children abused by UNOI and its leader, Royall Jenkins', teachings.
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  5. S1 E5 - World Peace Unification Sanctuary (#107)
    June 25, 2018
    42min
    TV-14
    Former "Moonie," Teddy Hose, tries to alert the public to a gun-obsessed Unification Church offshoot known as The Sanctuary Church of Newfoundland, PA.
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  6. S1 E6 - Twelve Tribes
    June 25, 2018
    43min
    TV-14
    Despite their hippie persona and rustic community businesses, the Twelve Tribes have long stood accused of physically abusing children and subjugating of women.
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  7. S1 E7 - FLDS (#105)
    July 3, 2018
    43min
    TV-14
    Many believed that when Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for child sexual assault, the problems within the FLDS community would be solved.
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  8. S1 E8 - The Survivors Speak Part 1
    July 14, 2018
    42min
    TV-PG
    Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
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  9. S1 E9 - The Survivors Speak Part 2
    July 21, 2018
    43min
    TV-14
    Former members of different groups meet to discuss their shared experiences with Elizabeth Vargas.
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English [CC]
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A+E Networks
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