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"America's Book of Secrets" Deadly Cults (TV Episode 2013) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Kevin Burns
Scott Paddor

Cast (in credits order)  

Jonathan Adams ... Self - Narrator (voice)
Janja Lalich ... Self - Prof. of Sociology, CSU Chico (as Janja Lalich Ph.D.)
David Cunningham ... Self - Assoc. Prof. of Sociology, Brandeis University (as David Cunningham Ph.D.)
Rick Alan Ross ... Self - Exec. Dir., Rick A. Ross Institute (as Rick Ross)
Tim Carter ... Self - Former People's Temple Member
Mitch Horowitz ... Self - Author, Occult America
Mark Mirabello ... Self - Prof. of History, Shawnee State University (as Mark Mirabello Ph.D.)
Clint Van Zandt ... Self - Former FBI Profiler
Nancy Ammerman ... Self Prof., Sociology of Religion, Boston University (as Nancy Ammerman Ph.D.)
Arthur Goldwag ... Self - Author, The New Hate
Dick J. Reavis ... Self - Author, The Ashes of Waco
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Aird ... Self - Narrator (voice)
Marshall Applewhite ... Self - Leader of Heaven's Gate Cult (archive footage)
Susan Atkins ... Self - Member of the Manson Family (archive footage)
Jerry Brown ... Self - Governor of California (archive footage)
Bill Clinton ... Self - 42nd President of the United States (archive footage)
Leslie Van Houten ... Self - Member of the Manson Family (archive footage)
Jim Jones ... Self - Leader of the People's Temple (archive footage)
David Koresh ... Self - Leader, Branch Davidians (archive footage)
Patricia Krenwinkel ... Self - Member of the Manson Family (archive footage)
Charles Manson ... Self - Leader of the Manson Family (archive footage)
George Moscone ... Self - Mayor of San Francisco (archive footage)
Osho ... Self - Founder of Rajneesh Movement (archive footage) (as Bhagwan Shree 'Osho' Rajneesh)
Elizabeth Clare Prophet ... Self - Church Universal and Triumphant (archive footage)
Janet Reno ... Self - U.S. Attorney General (archive footage)
Leo J. Ryan ... Self - Congressman from California (archive footage)

Produced by 

Kevin Burns ... executive producer
Gregory S. Cohan ... post producer
Frankie Glass ... supervising producer
Becca Gross ... co-producer
Katie Raines ... associate producer
Shannon Schaefer ... line producer
Kim Sheerin ... co-executive producer
John Verhoff ... executive producer: H2

Editing by 

Joey Barasch
John Cason
Victoria English
Titus Heard ... supervising editor
Shane Ross
Brandon Sonnier

Production Management 

Sean B. Backus ... post production supervisor
Justin Bitton ... post production manager
Michelle Gorski ... production manager
Joe Lessard ... vp: production

Visual Effects by 

Lorcan Bradshaw ... visual effects artist
Patrick Connelly ... visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Jonathan Grubbs ... assistant camera
Jason Shook ... camera operator

Editorial Department 

Paul Arzoian ... dubber
Bryan Banks ... lead assistant editor
Alan Mackulin ... assistant editor
Rosa ... post production assistant

Music Department 

Tim Aarons ... music supervisor
Michael Phillips Keeley ... composer: additional music
Giuseppe Vasapolli ... composer: additional music

Additional Crew 

Ariel Alter ... research assistant
Tim Carter ... images courtesy of
Barry Dagestino ... clearance coordinator
Fatime Kaba ... programming coordinator
Mary Kochones ... vp: rights & clearances
Janja Lalich ... images courtesy of (as Dr. Janja Lalich)
Natasha Neely ... publicist
Sam Newman ... production coordinator
Steven J. Peña ... business & legal affairs
Michael Schachtner ... researcher
Derek Thielges ... production coordinator

See also

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