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Binge Worthy Cult Documentaries
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items Raise your hand if you find this subject matter as fascinating as I do🙋♀️. Learning about cults satisfies a morbid curiosity about mind control and manipulation. It forces people to examine their own boundaries and wonder what it would take for the...
An in-depth look at the Heaven's Gate cult from the leaders to the followers this kept me up until 3am👀.The series delves into the cult's origins, its unique ideology centered on extraterrestrial salvation, and the events leading to the 1997 mass su...
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults, Season 1 - Prime Video
The Vow is an HBO documentary series that investigates the NXIVM cult, following members who joined the self-improvement group and later exposed its leader, Keith Raniere, for crimes like sex trafficking and racketeering. I was filled with so much ra...
Watch The Vow | HBO Max
A really interesting look at a cult from a former believer. Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult is a 2020 Starz docuseries that follows India Oxenberg's story as she escapes the NXIVM cult, a self-help organization led by Keith Raniere that was revealed t...
Watch Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult Streaming Online | Hulu
Scientology: Cult or Religion? You be the judge. This film explores the origins, practices, and controversies surrounding the Church of Scientology through interviews with former members.
Watch Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief - Netflix
The most comprehensive look at Jim Jones and the People's Temple from start to grisly finish. If you want a definitive account of what led to the Jonestown massacre this is it.
Watch Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple - PBS
This was heartbreaking to watch. Interviews with survivors and witnesses to the horrific events on the final day at Jonestown. This National Geographic docuseries provides an immersive, harrowing, and detailed look at the final hours of the Peoples T...
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown (TV Mini Series 2024) - IMDb
This chilling docuseries breaks down the rise of Warren Jeffs and the complete unraveling of the FLDS church into a highly oppressive, criminal organization. The bravery of the women who managed to live thru this and tell their stories is extraordina...
Watch Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey | Netflix Official Site
Told mostly from the perspective of her surviving son, this docuseries unpacks the tragic circumstances that led to Lori Vallow murdering two of her children after following the cultist work of a doomsday prophet.
Sins of Our Mother (TV Mini Series 2022) - IMDb
This is widely praised as the most definitive modern account of Waco. It utilizes newly uncovered archival materials, raw news footage, and never-before-seen FBI negotiation tapes to immerse viewers in the 51-day standoff between federal agents and t...
Watch Waco: American Apocalypse | Netflix Official Site
Wild doesn't even begin to cover it🤯The series chronicles the escalating tensions, which involved political clashes, legal battles, and criminal acts like a bioterror attack and attempted murder, exploring how a spiritual commune became embroiled in...
Watch Wild Wild Country | Netflix Official Site