Deadly Cults Season 2, Episode 8: Synanon

Spiritual Warriors

After three obedient followers die during an intense sweat lodge ceremony put on by a prominent self-help guru, police must determine if their deaths were accidental, or did the guru push the participants too far.

43 min

Angel's landing

To his followers, he's an angel who died and came back to life, but when seemingly accidental deaths keep occurring around him, one investigator digs deeper.

43 min

Online Alien Reptiles

Police investigating a 911 call for a suicide interview the victim’s girlfriend, who claims there’s more behind his death; police must determine if an online cult that believes in aliens and reptiles disguised as humans is actually at fault.

43 min

Heaven's Gate

43 min

The Camp

43 min

The Ervilites

43 min

The Gatekeepers

The Gatekeepers saw themselves as pure participants in a religious quest to cleanse the world. When a member challenges the cult’s radical leader, cops discover how he paid for his disobedience with his life. Now his killers are nowhere to be found.

43 min