How to Become a Cult Leader Grow Your Flock (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 31 min | Documentary, Crime

How to Become a Cult Leader

Grow Your Flock (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 31 min | Documentary, Crime

Build a fervent following by retracing the steps of Jim Jones, whose messiah complex turned a small healing grift into a dangerously loyal congregation.

Directors

Greg Franklin | Tim Rauch

Producer

Jessica Hyndman

Cinematographers

Paul de Lumen | Nigel McGregor | John W. Rutland

Editors

Jeremy Cloe | Jesse Friedman | Alistair Knapp | David Nippert | Clay Zimmerman

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Updated Jul 28, 2023

Release date

Jul 28, 2023 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Peter Dinklage Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Game of Thrones (2011)
Rachel Bernstein Self - Cult Intervention Specialist Self - Cult Intervention Specialist See fewer	Paradise Recovered (2010)
Jeff Guinn Self - Author, The Road to Jonestown Self - Author, The Road to Jonestown See fewer	Love Is a Gun
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Jim Jones Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	People's Temple (1973)
Amanda Montell Self - Author, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Self - Author, Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism See fewer	Men Grieving (2023)
Herbert Newell Self - Former People's Temple Member Self - Former People's Temple Member See fewer	How to Become a Cult Leader (2023)
Leo J. Ryan Self - Congressman (archive footage) Self - Congressman (archive footage) See fewer
Julia Scheeres Self - Author, A Thousand Lives Self - Author, A Thousand Lives See fewer	Jesus Land
Yulanda Williams Self - Former People's Temple Member Self - Former People's Temple Member See fewer	Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2016)