Janja Lalich
Actor
Janja Lalich (b. 1945) is an American sociologist and writer. Lalich is best known as a foremost expert on cults and coercion, charismatic authority, power relations, ideology, and social control. She is a professor emerita of sociology at the California State University, Chico.
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TV6.8DocumentaryCrimeWhat started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern New Age religion forever. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs.
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
2020 · 41 votes
TV7.5DocumentaryYears after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
2024 · 47 votes
TV6.3DocumentaryA couple built a spiritual business to help people find true love. Now, former followers are sharing their disturbing practices in this docuseries.
Escaping Twin Flames
2023 · 37 votes
TV7.1DocumentaryCrimeThis four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg's perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM.
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
2020 · 114 votes