• Title: Cults
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• Duration: unknown
• Rating: 7,8
• Genres: Documentary

Summary Cults ()

How do cults lure people in and exert control? Learn a cult's telltale signs, and how loneliness and life online makes indoctrination easier than ever.

Explained takes an in-depth look at cults and how they lure people in and exert control. It first looks at the People's Temple at how its leader Jim Jones was using mind control to lead his followers to mass suicide. It defines cults as being led by a charismatic leader, as using forms of thought control, and as exploited its membership. It also explores the relationship between cults and religion and examines indoctrination techniques.

Synopsis Cults ()