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Escaping NXIVM

CBC•www.cbc.ca
True Crime

NXIVM (pronounced "Nexium") calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman's journey to get out. From CBC Podcasts and CBC News. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

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Escaping NXIVM Introduces: Agent Pale Horse

FBI undercover agent Scott Payne’s job was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. He was taking down these groups from within. And Scott was good at it — people confided in him their most audacious plans for mass violence and domestic terrorism. In the second season of White Hot Hate, host Michelle Shephard gives you an unvarnished view of a life undercover. Because after a 28-year-...

Apr 01, 2025•32 min

The rise and fall of NXIVM's Keith Raniere

In a U.S. federal courtroom Tuesday, Keith Raniere was sentenced to 120 years—having been convicted of a slew of crimes related to his alleged sex cult NXIVM. During the trial and sentencing, victims told of how the self-professed empowerment "vanguard" had turned some of his followers into sex slaves and branded them with his initials. Front Burner's Jayme Poisson discusses with Uncover: NXIVM host Josh Bloch.

Oct 28, 2020•22 min

Escaping NXIVM: Trailer

Over the past few months, CBC documentarian Josh Bloch has been investigating NXIVM, a self-help group led by Keith Raniere. In this season of Uncover, we take you into NXIVM, and reveal how Raniere won the endorsement of actors, politicians and even a visit from the Dalai Lama. Originally launched September 5, 2018.

Sep 04, 2018•2 min

Episode 1: The Branding

Sarah Edmondson is a high-level member of a self-help group called NXIVM, but an invitation to join a secret women's group called DOS leads her to do something she later regrets.

Sep 04, 2018•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Episode 2: The Epiphany

Sarah takes us inside her journey with NXIVM, from signing up for a personal growth workshop to becoming a star recruiter for the group she now calls a cult.

Sep 04, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 3: Sex, Money and Nazis

Those who knew Keith Raniere intimately reveal his early life, how he started NXIVM and ended up being accused by the FBI of running a criminal enterprise.

Sep 04, 2018•56 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 4: The Suppressives

What happens when you leave NXIVM? Those who have left or spoken out reveal the price they paid.

Sep 04, 2018•42 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Episode 5: Blow it Up

Sarah and her husband try to escape NXIVM and take it down while warning others who are still inside.

Sep 04, 2018•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 6: The Defence

Josh speaks to one of Keith Raniere's lawyers, Marc Agnifilo, and hears a different point of view on NXIVM and DOS.

Sep 04, 2018•39 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Episode 7: The Reckoning

Sarah faces criticism about her role in NXIVM and tries to come to terms with the 12 years she spent as a high-level member of the group.

Sep 04, 2018•43 min•Season 1Ep. 7

The Fright Experiments: Bonus

Jennifer Kobelt — Sarah Edmondson's former assistant in NXIVM — tells her story of joining NXIVM at a moment of crisis in her life and being involved in the group’s so-called "fright study.”

Sep 04, 2018•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Inside the Trial: Bonus

The team behind season one of Uncover: Escaping NXIVM takes us inside the trial of NXIVM co-founder Keith Raniere and speaks with former member of the group Sarah Edmondson about her thoughts on the trial.

Sep 04, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 9
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