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Dangerous Persuasions

Season 2 2015
TV-14

  • 2015-04-16T02:00:00Z on Investigation Discovery
  • 40m
  • 4h 36m (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • 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.

6 episodes

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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