Shocking Secrets from the NXIVM Trial - Beyond 'The Vow' ~ with Dr Janja Lalich.

Some viewers may find some of this content upsetting. The NXIVM group was a front for a cult that branded women like cattle and treated them like objects, and yet its members were enthralled by its leader. Hollywood stars such as Smallville's Allison Mack counted themselves as disciples. The current HBO documentary The Vow tells the entire story of Raniere's rise. In March 2018, the cult's leader Keith Raniere was arrested and indicted on a variety of charges. His federal trial began on May 7, 2019. DR JANJA LALICH is a well-known researcher, author, educator, and professor emerita of Sociology at California State University, Chico. She has studied and taught about the subject of cults for more than 30 years and has appeared on countless documentaries and podcasts. She talks with MARK from Talk Beliefs about her role as an observer at the Raniere trial - and everything that was revealed about the cult leader and his odious ways.