S3.E12

Aliens and Deadly Cults

Episode aired Oct 12, 2011
TV-14
44m

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Mass suicides. Human sacrifices. Unholy rituals. Throughout history, people have claimed to have otherworldly knowledge, and have led followers to commit horrific acts of violence. Are they ... Read allMass suicides. Human sacrifices. Unholy rituals. Throughout history, people have claimed to have otherworldly knowledge, and have led followers to commit horrific acts of violence. Are they con men? Are they insane? Or might the voices in their heads really be of an extraterrestr... Read allMass suicides. Human sacrifices. Unholy rituals. Throughout history, people have claimed to have otherworldly knowledge, and have led followers to commit horrific acts of violence. Are they con men? Are they insane? Or might the voices in their heads really be of an extraterrestrial origin? And if so, did they simply misinterpret the messages they received?

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Rick Alan Ross

Self - Exec. Director, Ross Institute for Cult Studies
(as Rick Ross)

Bill Birnes

Self - Author
(as Bill Birnes J.D. Ph.D.)
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Robert Bauval

Self - Co-Author, Black Genesis

Philip Coppens

Self - Author, The Ancient Alien Question

David Southwell

Self - Author, Secrets and Lies

Mark Mirabello

Self - Author, Handbook for Rebels and Outlaws
(as Mark Mirabello Ph.D.)

William Bramley

Self - Author, The Gods of Eden

Mike Bara

Self - Author, The Choice

Jonathan Young

Self - Founding Curator, Joseph Campbell Archives
(as Jonathan Young Ph.D.)

Logan Hawkes

Self - Author, Ancient Aliens of the Americas

Deepak Shimkhada

Self - Adjunct Professor of Religion, Claremont Graduate University
(as Deepak Shimkhada Ph.D.)

David Childress

Self - Author: Technology of the Gods

Giorgio A. Tsoukalos

Self - Publisher, Legendary Times Magazine

Arthur Goldwag

Self - Author, Cults, Conspiracies and Secret Societies

Jason Martell

Self - Author, Knowledge Apocalypse

Dean Hamer

Self - Author, The God Gene
(as Dean Hamer Ph.D.)

Simon Allix

Self: Narrator

Marshall Applewhite

Self
(archive footage)

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Irresponsible Programing

This episode contains the most irresponsible content I've ever heard. Especially if we accept the following as fact:

1. "Ancient Aliens" is a television program that attracts viewers that are open minded to the possibility that intelligent life exists outside Earth's solar system.

2. Doomsday cults lead by persons claiming to receive guidance from otherworldly beings have been responsible both directly and indirectly for the deaths of their followers- followers whom the FBI profile as highly suggestible, emotionally fragile personalities.

3. The source of most of "Ancient Aliens" claims is cited only as: "according to some ancient astronaut theorists"

4. This episode claims that "some ancient astronaut theorists believe" that it is possible for humans to receive communications from distant beings from outer space.

Viewers should be extremely guarded before accepting this episode's- and by association, this series'- conclusions.

The producers, writers and the History Channel need to reconsider whether or not this episode might serve as an endorsement of doomsday suicide cults for its more impressionable viewers.