Dangerous Persuasions
Season 2
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. You'll never know who to trust again.
Where to Watch Dangerous Persuasions • Season 2
6 Episodes
- A Scientologist's Escape
E1A Scientologist's EscapeMark 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. - Escaping Jonestown
E2Escaping JonestownVernon Gosney is 19 and estranged from his parents when he arrives at a small commune in the idyllic Californian countryside called The People's Temple with his young wife, Cheryl. Thirteen year old Leslie Wagner Wilson is brought to live at the commune by her single mother. With charismatic leader Jim Jones' healing miracles and emphasis on social equality for all, Vernon and Leslie both feel like they've found a beautiful way of life. But their paradise soon becomes a prison as Jim Jones turns to violence and mind control and moves the community to a remote jungle location in Guyana. Stuck in the jungle with no means of contacting the outside world and a despotic leader obsessed with mass suicide, Vernon and Leslie are desperate to escape. But will they make it out in time? - Revolution Isn't a Tea PartyE6
Revolution Isn't a Tea PartyIn 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.