From the stand, Lola describes life inside TCS. Her interview with police is played for the jury.

Sociology professor, cult author, and former cult member Dr Janja Lalich talks about her personal history in the Democratic Workers' Party, its revolution, and the charisma of cult leaders.

Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance is examined as a method of indoctrination. If a person’s behavior, thought, or emotion is controlled... the others will follow, opening the door to mind control. Before leaving her first retreat, Lola Addams officially joins the Temple of Contemplative Science.

Michael Bluejay is an accomplished writer who was raised in a cult called Aesthetic Realism. In today's episode, he talks about recruitment, modern-day cultic environments, South Park, and more.

Lola attends her first group-sponsored event, a meditation retreat in Key Largo which Tai Biman hosts. Stella Laughlin explains Kurt Lewin’s three step change model, in which a person’s authentic identity can be broken down and replaced by a cult identity.

Youtube sensation Telltale Atheist shares his personal history raised as a Jehovah's Witness and breaks down the difference between religions and cults.

Lola traces her cult involvement back to her participation in a local meditation circle. Cult expert Stella Laughlin describes trance and hypnosis techniques used by cults during recruitment. For the first time, Lola learns of Temple leader Tai Biman, enjoying his powerful and seductive approach to meditation.

World renowned cult expert Patrick Ryan discusses cultic relationships and his personal history with Transcendental Meditation.

Season four launches with the murder of deprogrammed alleged cult member Kyle Addams. His wife (and murder defendant) Lola shot him in the back because church doctrine convinced her she was saving lives by preventing him from leaving their group. Now claiming to be deprogrammed in jail, an ambiguous (REAL) Florida Statute opens the door for her to walk due to justifiable homicide. 

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Getting Off host and Criminal Defense Attorney Jessa Nicholson Goetz shares her reactions to the Stowe trial.