People Magazine Investigates: Cults: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

People Magazine Investigates: Cults explores how destructive and terrifying cults can be to cult members and their families. Each episode dives deep inside a twisted American cult, building to that pivotal moment when blind worship turns violent and even deadly. From Jonestown to the Army of God, People reporters are on the front lines, revealing the untold stories of power-crazed cult leaders using mind control, sex, and violence to manipulate and dominate followers. Each episode follows People's trusted journalists as they doggedly investigate the evolution of these cults, expose their bizarre and brutal day-to-day rituals, and speak first-hand to survivors who narrowly escaped lives of misery to put their cult nightmares finally behind them.

Series details

• Title: People Magazine Investigates: Cults
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2018-06-04
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Investigation Discovery
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37019
• TVDB ID: 348513

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-06-04; final listed air date 2018-07-09; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-06-03; final listed air date 2019-07-08.

Source and licence

Adapted from People Magazine Investigates: Cults on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.