Dangerous Persuasions - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
A Scientologist's Escape
Mark 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
Teenagers Vernon and Leslie are members of the People's Temple, a Utopian commune set up in Guyana. But paradise turns into hell as head of the group Jim Jones becomes increasingly unhinged and despotic. Both Vernon and Leslie are desperate to leave.
The Power of Hate
Angela King is a troubled teenager who falls in with the wrong crowd. She becomes a white supremacist preaching hate and inflicting brutal attacks on innocent victims. It's only when she is sent to prison for armed robbery that she can find redemption.
Forsaken by God
Maura Schmierer joins a Christian group to devote her life to God. Instead she's trapped in a militaristic regime that destroys her marriage and separates her from her children. She ends up in solitary confinement with a new name - 'Forsaken'.
He's My Master
Librarian Sarah Rose abandons her family and friends to go on the road with a mysterious spiritual guru Master David'. It soon turns into a horrific journey of brutal violence at the hands of the teacher she worshipped. It's only when she fears for her.
Revolution Isn't a Tea Party
In 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.
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