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Dangerous Persuasions

All Episodes 2013 - 2015
TV-14

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  • 2013-01-17T03:00:00Z
  • 40m
  • 8h 54m (12 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • RAW
  • Documentary
Following extraordinary and terrifyingly true tales of psychological manipulation, DANGEROUS PERSUASIONS explores everyday people who were brainwashed into making remarkable sacrifices and committing unthinkable acts in the process. Told through intimate, first-person accounts, each hour-long episode details the captivating stories of people who were lured into a web of deceit and lost themselves along the way.

12 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-01-17T03:00:00Z

1x01 Scientology My Eternal Contract

Series Premiere

1x01 Scientology My Eternal Contract

  • 2013-01-17T03:00:00Z43m

Devoted Scientologist Nancy is willing to do whatever it takes in order to bring down The Church's enemies - including becoming an undercover spy.

2013-01-24T03:00:00Z

1x02 Hitchhike to Hell

1x02 Hitchhike to Hell

  • 2013-01-24T03:00:00Z43m

In 1977, twenty year old Colleen Stan is kidnapped and imprisoned for up to 23 hours a day in a coffin sized box under a bed. Kept as a slave for seven years, will she ever escape?

2013-01-31T03:00:00Z

1x03 Prophet or Predator

1x03 Prophet or Predator

  • 2013-01-31T03:00:00Z43m

Single mom Christine meets a charismatic man who manipulates her into believing he is a Mormon Prophet and that they are ‘spiritually married.’ Promising divine blessings he coerces her into selling her possessions.

2013-02-07T03:00:00Z

1x04 False Memories, Real Evil

1x04 False Memories, Real Evil

  • 2013-02-07T03:00:00Z43m

Susan Hamlin is intimidated by husband Richard into fabricating ‘repressed childhood memories.’ He manipulates Susan into believing she has molested their own children and is at the center of a plot to kill him.

2013-02-14T03:00:00Z

1x05 Highway to Hate

1x05 Highway to Hate

  • 2013-02-14T03:00:00Z43m

Young father Kerry Noble takes his pregnant wife to a Christian commune and after meeting charismatic leader Jim Ellison, they feel this is a devout and perfect place. But soon, Kerry is led into a world of racism and mass-murder.

Season Finale

2013-02-21T03:00:00Z

1x06 Diabolical Discipline

Season Finale

1x06 Diabolical Discipline

  • 2013-02-21T03:00:00Z43m

Mary Rich and her family meet self-styled missionary Ron Larrinaga at their local church. When Ron convinces them to join his family living in a remote house in northern California, the house soon becomes a violent retreat.

Season Premiere

2015-04-16T02:00:00Z

2x01 A Scientologist's Escape

Season Premiere

2x01 A Scientologist's Escape

  • 2015-04-16T02:00:00Z1h

Mark signs a billion year contract with the Church of Scientology, convinced it will help cure his mentally ill brother. He climbs the ranks becoming one of its most elite officers. But Mark is increasingly exposed to the dark, violent side of the church.

2015-04-23T02:00:00Z

2x02 Escaping Jonestown

2x02 Escaping Jonestown

  • 2015-04-23T02:00:00Z44m

Teenagers Vernon and Leslie are members of the People's Temple, a Utopian commune set up in Guyana. But paradise turns into hell as head of the group Jim Jones becomes increasingly unhinged and despotic. Both Vernon and Leslie are desperate to leave.

2015-04-30T02:00:00Z

2x03 The Power of Hate

2x03 The Power of Hate

  • 2015-04-30T02:00:00Z43m

Angela King is a troubled teenager who falls in with the wrong crowd. She becomes a white supremacist preaching hate and inflicting brutal attacks on innocent victims. It's only when she is sent to prison for armed robbery that she can find redemption.

2015-05-07T02:00:00Z

2x04 Forsaken by God

2x04 Forsaken by God

  • 2015-05-07T02:00:00Z43m

Maura Schmierer joins a Christian group to devote her life to God. Instead she's trapped in a militaristic regime that destroys her marriage and separates her from her children. She ends up in solitary confinement with a new name - 'Forsaken'.

2015-05-14T02:00:00Z

2x05 He's My Master

2x05 He's My Master

  • 2015-05-14T02:00:00Z43m

Librarian Sarah Rose abandons her family and friends to go on the road with a mysterious spiritual guru 'Master David'. It soon turns into a horrific journey of brutal violence at the hands of the teacher she worshiped. It's only when she fears for her.

2x06 Revolution Isn't a Tea Party

  • 2015-05-21T02:00:00Z43m

In 1975 Janja Lalich joins an underground political organization. She's soon trapped in a web of abuse, at the hands of leader Marlene Dixon. It's only when she's forced to bring her dying mother into the group that she begins to realize the corruption.

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