Cult of Personality

David Berg's Children of God promises spiritual freedom while concealing a culture of exploitation and child abuse.

Inside an isolated religious community, Warren Jeffs dictates whom his followers marry, how they live and whom they obey.

David Koresh preaches the coming apocalypse and prepares his followers for a final confrontation. When federal agents arrive at his Texas compound, faith and firepower collide.

They surrender their possessions, their freedom, and even the choice of whom to marry. Convinced they are saving humanity, Sun Myung Moon's followers help build a vast financial empire.

In California's counterculture, Charles Manson offers lost young people a sense of belonging-then turns their devotion into a weapon.

Jim Jones promises equality and a fresh start in the jungles of Guyana. Instead, his followers enter a world of fear, abuse and absolute control. Survivors reveal how a preacher's utopian vision became the nightmare of Jonestown.