Janja Lalich
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
Janja Lalich (b. 1945) is an American sociologist and writer. Lalich is best known as a foremost expert on cults and coercion, charismatic authority, power relations, ideology, and social control. She is a professor emerita of sociology at the California State University, Chico.
TV Credits
Escaping Twin Flames
Character: Self
A couple built a spiritual business to help people find true love. Now, former followers are sharing their disturbing practices in this docuseries....
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
Character: Self
Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry....
Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
Character: Self
This four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg's perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM....
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
Character: Self - Sociologist
What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern New Age religion forever. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs....
How to Become a Cult Leader
Character: Self
Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies, and souls. Disguised as a guidebook for capturing a devoted cult following, this docuseries takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of six famed flock leaders. How to Become a Cult Leader is a television documentary series released on Netflix which examines how cult leaders recruit followers and control all aspects of their lives....