Wed, Jan 20, 2021
Luring their friend deeper into Pennsylvania woods, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf prepared to carry out their sinister plot. But only one of them was prepared for the aftermath of Skylar Neese's disappearance. In January 2013, Rachel was finally ready to reveal the full depths of the trio's dysfunction.
Wed, Jul 7, 2021
During the late '80s and early '90s, Mexican music producer Sergio Andrade was on top of the world, thanks to his biggest star Gloria Trevi. But no one knew that behind closed doors, Andrade abused Trevi and controlled nearly every aspect of her life - and she wasn't his only victim.
Wed, Jul 14, 2021
After years of abusing his underage female clients, Sergio Andrade was finally exposed as a monster by his victims. The quest to bring the aging music producer to justice quickly turned into an international manhunt, as Andrade struggled to retain his control over the women and girls he manipulated.
Wed, Aug 4, 2021
In Australia, a young Katherine Knight had a volatile childhood marked by parental abuse and a short fuse. Things didn't improve as she got older. But what Katherine never had a problem with was finding men - she fell into relationships as quickly as her partners fell out of them, until eventually, she reached the very end of her rope.
Wed, Aug 18, 2021
John du Pont was a failed Olympic hopeful who used his colossal family fortune to become wrestling's biggest patron. By the early 1990s, John supported most of the elite wrestlers in the U.S., including the most famous of all: Dave Schultz. John was always known for being a little odd, but in 1995, his strange behavior took a dangerous turn.
Tue, Nov 23, 2021
How do quests for enlightenment get so sinister? In this three-part special from Cults, they're looking at three stories of yoga gurus who were loved - then loathed - for their practices. They start in Romania, charting the rise of Gregorian Bivolaru: an allegedly all-powerful mystic who remixed religions for an ever-expanding cache of followers across Europe. But the price of following him was more than devotion.
Tue, Nov 23, 2021
Hosts Vanessa Richardson and Lanie Hobbs explore the story of Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally - the so-called king and queen of Diamond Mountain who used tantric yoga to lure hundreds to their Arizona desert retreat. Every week, Cults analyzes the minds and movements of notorious cult leaders, and Crimes of Passion follows love stories that turn into crime stories.