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Deadly Cults (2013)
According to government statistics there are approximately 5,000 cults operating in America today with around 200,000 ‘willing’ members… The History Channel’s ‘America’s Book of Secrets’ examines some of the most notorious cult cases including: The Branch Davidians; Heaven’s Gate; The People’s Temple; and Rajneeshpuram..
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Jonestown Cult Suicides (2007)
Using dramatic reconstruction, archive footage and testimony from survivors – including cult-leader Jim Jones’s own son Stephan – the terrific documentary series ‘The True Story’ tells the horrific story of what really happened on that fateful day of November 18th 1978, when over 900 members of the religious cult The People’s Temple apparently committed mass-suicide….
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Cult Leaders (2007)
What characteristics are necessary in a person to make them a perfect candidate to become a cult leader?… and of all the cult leaders that have existed which one was the ‘most evil?’… interesting documentary that examines notorious cult leaders: Japanese Shoko Asahara, Mexican Aldolfo De Jesus Contanzo, American Charles Manson and Rev. Jim Jones…
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Cults: Dangerous Devotion (2006)
History Channel’s ‘Decoding the Past’ documentary series takes a close look at the dark, destructive power of cults and their infamous, charismatic, dangerous leaders..
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
From PBS ‘American Experience’ documentary series, ‘Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple’ features never-before-seen footage that helps to deliver a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, a religious cult headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted…