The Devil You Know
2019–2021 · Vice TV · 60 min · 2 seasons
S02E06 · New Age Alien Agenda
Tue, 4 May, 12:00 pm
When Sherry dies from a heart attack, we investigate how her ministry lives on, and trace the proliferation of her conspiracy theories about the New Age Alien Agenda.
About
Set in a small suburban community just outside of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, The Devil You Know focuses on a local suburban legend, John Lawson, a self-styled Satanist who renamed himself Pazuzu. When two missing individuals' bodies turn up at his house, the rumors of this Charles Manson-like figure whose house was a non-stop parade of sex, drugs, guns and loud music take a darker and more troubling turn. The series follows every twist around the crime, the mishandled investigation, the legal case as well as the underlying economic inequality inherent in the story. The show features interviews with the journalists who chased the story, authorities, friends and neighbors of Pazuzu as well as people close to the victims to try to understand the twisted depths of this story from every angle.
Episodes
- E01
Vampire Witch
Tue, 30 Mar· 60 minWhen doomsday prepper Steve Mineo is expelled from Sherry Shriner's cult, he tries to protect his girlfriend Barbara Rogers from online attacks and winds up dead.
- E02
Orgone Warrior
Tue, 6 Apr· 60 minAn exclusive prison interview with Barbara Rogers reveals that cult leader Sherry Shriner is the force who brought Steve and Barbara together and ultimately tore them apart.
- E03
Angel in the Flesh
Tue, 13 Apr· 60 minWhen 22-year-old Shriner follower Kelly Pingilley is found dead in a field, a pattern of expulsion is established that reveals Steve isn't Sherry's only victim.
- E04
Daughter of the Most High
Tue, 20 Apr· 60 minWith two victims now connected to Shriner's Ministry, we ask: who the real Sherry Shriner is; a former member of Sherry's flock takes viewers deep inside the mind of a cult leader.
- E05
Super Solider
Tue, 27 Apr· 60 minWith Barbara on trial and Sherry exploiting Steve's murder to gain followers, we hear from a ballistics expert who shows how it's possible that Steve turned the gun on himself.
- E06
New Age Alien Agenda
Tue, 4 May· 60 minWhen Sherry dies from a heart attack, we investigate how her ministry lives on, and trace the proliferation of her conspiracy theories about the New Age Alien Agenda.
