Episodes

  • Darkness of the World Trailer
    Nov 3 2022
    La Luz del Mundo has been called the world’s largest cult that no one has ever heard of. Sochil Martin grew up inside it. Her harrowing true story to escape and seek justice is an epic that exposes alleged crimes of biblical proportions. It’s important to note that certain parts of this series include details of sexual abuse. Discretion is strongly advised. In addition, some individual names, places, and historical events have been deliberately changed to protect identities and privacy rights. As a girl, Sochil was taught that the world beyond La Luz del Mundo was dark, dangerous, and hell bound; that serving La Luz del Mundo’s divine leader, the “Apostle”, was the only path to eternal salvation. But as Sochil got older, she says what it meant to “serve” the Apostle became darker and darker. Then, in the depth of her despair and at the least expected moment, she met a man who had grown up on the outside. As their love grew against the odds, Sochil resolved to seek justice for the “Apostle’s” alleged crimes. Her incredible true story of surviving La Luz del Mundo and blowing the whistle on its “Apostle” is being told in full for the first time.
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    1 min
  • The Apostle
    Nov 3 2022
    Los Angeles native, Sochil Martin, grows up in the religious sect, La Luz del Mundo, and is taught that belief in and service to its leader, the “Apostle”, is the path to eternal salvation. She learns that her estranged mother was once one of the Apostle’s favorites.
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    28 mins
  • Unconditionals
    Nov 3 2022
    At age 13, Sochil vows to be an “unconditional,” committing her life to serving the Apostle. She believes he can do no wrong, so she says she is confused when told she must take off her clothes in front of him.
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    26 mins
  • Secrets
    Nov 3 2022
    Sochil begins working for the church-based media group run by the Apostle’s son, Naason, who is also the pastor at her church in Los Angeles. She says Naason begins to touch her, but tells her not to talk about it. She doesn’t know how to get help.
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    26 mins
  • A New Apostle
    Nov 3 2022
    Sochil unexpectedly meets and falls in love with a man named Sharim, who grew up outside the church. When she returns to LA, they secretly search for a way to be together despite her “unconditional” vow to be the Apostle’s spiritual wife. But then… the Apostle dies. Who will replace him?
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    34 mins
  • Infallible
    Nov 3 2022
    Sochil believes that marriage, and motherhood, will save her from Naason, the new Apostle, but she says he continues to abuse her. She keeps Sharim in the dark. Then, she says, the Apostle asks her to do something she fears she won’t be able to.
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    31 mins
  • Disobedience
    Nov 3 2022
    Sochil disobeys the Apostle and thinks she is hell bound, but when Sharim discovers some of her secrets, it shatters his belief in the Apostle and throws their entire family into crisis.
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    26 mins
  • Escape
    Nov 3 2022
    The secrets Sharim discovered become a wedge that drive him and Sochil away from La Luz del Mundo. Sochil makes a new vow: to bring the Apostle to justice.
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    27 mins