Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult

January. 01,2013      
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Escaping Evil: My Life in a Cult brings viewers face to face with people who spent years living in fear according to a megalomaniac's version of the truth. Compelling interviews and remarkable re-creations offer a rarely seen firsthand picture of life inside a cult.

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