Deprogrammed
Ted "Black Lightning" Patrick's practice of "deprogramming," also known as "reverse brainwashing," started in the early 1970s and quickly snowballed into a vast underground movement composed of concerned parents, ex-cultists-turned-deprogrammers and some sympathetic law-enforcers whose mission was to physically and mentally remove individuals from cults.
Cast
Ted Patrick
Self - Deprogrammer
Mia Donovan
Self / Narrator (voice)
Matthew Robinson
Self
Aaron Christ
Self - The Christ Family
Steve Capellini
Self - Former member of The Unification Church (Moonies)
Stephen A. Kent
Self - Professor of New Religions
Jim Siegelman
Self - Author
Flo Conway
Self - Author
Cheryl Prokosh
Self - Former member of The Christ Family
Kathy Crampton
Self - Former member of the Love Family
Rick Alan Ross
Self - Deprogrammer/Cult Expert
Dan Eyink
Self - Rudrananda Ashram
Sondra Sacks
Self - Ted Patrick’s Secretary
Ruth Patrick
Self - Ted Patrick’s Wife
Videos
Storyline
Ted "Black Lightning" Patrick's practice of "deprogramming," also known as "reverse brainwashing," started in the early 1970s and quickly snowballed into a vast underground movement composed of concerned parents, ex-cultists-turned-deprogrammers and some sympathetic law-enforcers whose mission was to physically and mentally remove individuals from cults.
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