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Escaping NXIVM

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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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  • August 10 · 27 min

    Escaping NXIVM Introduces: The Mile Zero Murders from Uncover

    <p><strong>The Mile Zero Murders</strong> investigates the baffling wave of disappearances and murders in the small town of Dawson Creek, B.C., a community struggling with a deadly local drug trade. Host Timothy Sawa explores missing person cases like that of Cole Hosack and Renee Didier, pursuing leads from grieving families, reluctant authorities and the drug dealers themselves. The question that drives this series is the same one that haunts this community: where is the justice?</p><p><br></p

  • Oct 28, 2020 · 21 min

    The rise and fall of NXIVM's Keith Raniere

    <p>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.</p>

  • Sep 4, 2018 · 2 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.

  • S1 · E1
    Sep 4, 2018 · 35 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.

  • S1 · E2
    Sep 4, 2018 · 53 min

    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.

  • S1 · E3
    Sep 4, 2018 · 55 min

    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.

  • S1 · E4
    Sep 4, 2018 · 42 min

    Episode 4: The Suppressives

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

  • S1 · E5
    Sep 4, 2018 · 40 min

    Episode 5: Blow it Up

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

  • S1 · E6
    Sep 4, 2018 · 38 min

    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.

  • S1 · E7
    Sep 4, 2018 · 43 min

    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.

  • S1 · E8
    Sep 4, 2018 · 21 min

    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.”

  • S1 · E9
    Sep 4, 2018 · 37 min

    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.

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