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In interviews and rare home video footage, ex-FLDS members share the truth about their isolated community — and the events that pushed them to leave.


Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls. Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.

Peter Dinklage
Narrator (voice)
How to Become a Cult Leader is a documentary, crime series that first aired in 2023 exploring themes of cult, miniseries, tongue in cheek, cult leader. Created by Peter Dinklage, it stars Peter Dinklage. Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls. Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders.
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