Deprogrammer: Four Decades of Battling the World's Most Destructive Cults

America’s leading cult expert exposes how notorious cults including NXIVN, Branch Davidians, and Scientology use psychological tactics to capture the mind—and what it takes to break their hold

What makes someone vulnerable to a cult mentality? How do cult leaders evade prosecution? Is MAGA a cult? For forty years, cult intervention specialist Rick Alan Ross has been reversing the work of narcissists, sadists, and some of the world’s most dangerous minds, one victim at a time. With nuance and...