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Americans are driven by equal parts admiration for hard work and easy answers.
We believe in the long slog of determination and grit, but we also want everything immediately and conveniently.
We long for truth but dont have the time to figure it out.
Cult narratives capture both the allure and danger of living this way.
Each one offers a unique perspective on the art of the scam.
He remained a member for 22 years, serving as the groups primary filmmaker and propagandist.
Eighteen others were hospitalized and Ray was convicted of negligent homicide.
Patricks methods were controversial, and not everyone he works with benefits from his deprogramming techniques.
This2015 documentaryis a modern classic, based on Lawrence Wrights book of the same name.
Youngs critical eye draws connections between the snake-oil salesmen and P.T.
Barnums of adolescent America and contemporary impostors like James Frey and Rachel Dolezal.
This book differs greatly from many of the other texts on this list.
The extra time served ONeill well.
This book offers a rare reevaluation of the Manson story.
This is a comprehensive and controversial study of a story we thought we already knew.
TV Series
Wild Wild Country
What more can be said aboutWild Wild Country?
This documentary took over every conversation when it premiered on Netflix in 2018.
This expertly crafted series does an excellent job conveying the seductiveness of Rajneesh.
The series provides an overdue look at one of the most notorious and harmful cults of recent memory.
But the story of the Family deserves a closer look.
This podcast exposes how practices of exploitation, found in so many cults, are reproduced in corporate configs.
This story opens with Barbara Rogerss murder of her boyfriend Steven Mineo.
There are no easy answers in this podcast.
Cult Podcast
A rare cult podcast that doesnt take itself too seriously!
Described as A podcast.
InThe Incendiaries, R.O.
Kwon writes about the thorny overlaps between religious extremism, personal mythmaking, and fractured love.
The book was inspired by Kwons personal loss of faith, and that reckoning fuels much of the novel.
On its surface,The Water Curemight not seem like a cult novel.
Clines debut novel skims the edges of the Manson family and the girls who recruit for the cult.
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