Why and how do young people get recruited by Muslim extremists?
Alex Gibney’s Scientology documentary will debut on HBO at the end of March.
Also: Psychic Daniel Perez has been convicted in the drowning death of a woman at his commune, plus 27 other criminal charges.
Plus: cult expert Steve Hassan’s YouTube channel.
The leader of a commune believed to have been living off the life insurance payouts of its dead members will stand trial.
Daniel >Perez, who also goes by Lou Castro, is accused of 38 crimes.
Suspected Kansas cult leader Daniel Perez accused of killing a woman in 2003 allegedly instructed a child to lie to police that the young mother accidentally drowned in the pool trying to rescue her two-year-old daughter.
Prosecutors have portrayed Perez as a domineering commune leader who got group members and friends alike to do his bidding, sometimes with threats of violence.