Some cults, led by leaders like Charlie Manson, Jim Jones, and David Koresh, are notorious. But others are less well known, such as Shoko Asahara and his doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, who orchestrated the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway. How do these leaders get such often-unfathomable power over their adherents? Across a series of profiles, Killer Cults revealsthe jaw-dropping truth behind some of the most mystifying and deadly cults and their leaders, all of whom led their followers down a dark, murderous path.