About this season
Dive into unhinged murder cases in which investigators uncover and expose the dark world of cults that kill. The series explores how power and manipulation can lead to extreme actions.
Episodes (8)
1. Spiritual Warriors
Aired 27 April 2020 • 43 min
After three obedient followers die during an intense sweat lodge ceremony put on by a prominent self-help guru, police must determine if their deaths were accidental, or did the guru push the participants too far.
2. Angel's landing
Aired 5 May 2020 • 43 min
To his followers, he's an angel who died and came back to life, but when seemingly accidental deaths keep occurring around him, one investigator digs deeper.
3. Online Alien Reptiles
Aired 11 May 2020 • 43 min
Police investigating a 911 call for a suicide interview the victim’s girlfriend, who claims there’s more behind his death; police must determine if an online cult that believes in aliens and reptiles disguised as humans is actually at fault.
4. Heaven's Gate
Aired 12 May 2020 • 43 min
5. The Camp
Aired 24 May 2020 • 43 min
6. The Ervilites
Aired 25 May 2020 • 43 min
7. The Gatekeepers
Aired 7 June 2020 • 43 min
The Gatekeepers saw themselves as pure participants in a religious quest to cleanse the world. When a member challenges the cult’s radical leader, cops discover how he paid for his disobedience with his life. Now his killers are nowhere to be found.
8. Synanon
Aired 14 June 2020 • 43 min