Season 1

E1. The Hollywood Prophet

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

Bernie Hoffman's dream was to strike it rich as a Hollywood star when God called on him to preach the gospel; changing his name to Tony Alamo, he started a popular Hollywood ministry, TV and radio programs together with his wife Susan.

E2. The Generals

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

General Deborah Green and her husband Jim didn't hesitate to call themselves leaders of a cult - what started as a free love commune offering salvation and refuge for lost souls became a militaristic organization that believed in tough love

E3. Mother Anna

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

Anna Young and her husband's House of Prayer was meant to be a haven for anyone who made a mistake, committed a crime, and wanted to turn their life around.

E4. Pastor Tiffanie

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

Neighbors often wondered about the secretive group living in a school building in suburban Utica, N.Y., but the secrecy is shattered when a counselling session turns violent.

E5. The Jeffrey Lundgren Tapes

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

After a nine-month investigation, authorities find the bodies of a family of five buried in a barn in Kirtland, Ohio; the ritualistic killings, which made headlines in 1990, were carried out at the orders of cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren.

E6. The Nuwaubi

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

Dwight York, known as Dr. Love, had his own record label and musical career in the early 1990s; his early recordings feature love songs and ballads, but Dr. Love was also a charismatic speaker with radical ideas and gathered hundreds of followers.

E7. Angel of Death

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

Con man Daniel Perez was so charismatic that he convinced his followers he was an angel; when he was caught and charged with multiple counts of child rape, he fled to Mexico and faked his own death, ending the investigation.

E8. The Messiah of New Mexico

Jan 1, 2023 · 42m

Tucked away in a remote, rural compound in New Mexico in 1987, doomsday preacher Wayne Bent broke away from his Seventh-day Adventist Church upbringing to provide a haven for his followers, who were captivated by his charismatic preaching.