How to Become a Cult Leader — Season 1, Episode 5: Control Your Image
Documentary, Crime • 33 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 6.8/10
Episode synopsis
Leverage media coverage to cultivate a pious image like Shoko Asahara, who built the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo on positive PR and deadly methods.
About How to Become a Cult Leader
Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls. Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.