Episode 45 // NXIVM’s Own Starlet: The Wayward Story of Allison Mack

Allison Mack set off on her acting career at a young age, playing dorks, "plain Janes" and other blonde-haired, girl-next-door types across the ‘90s and early aughts. But when a crisis of confidence presented a fork in her road, Mack veered down a dark path of sex-trafficking, conspiracy and a whole lot of interpersonal manipulation. How did it all happen? We trace the story in this episode.

SOURCES:

• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/is-nxivm-a-cult-what-we-know

• https://www.emmys.com/shows/smallville

• https://frankreport.com/2017/12/30/allison-mack-claimed-she-won-emmy\

• https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/founder-nxivm-purported-self-help

• https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/20973590-us-v-keith-raniere

• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/how-smallvilles-allison-mack

• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-31-mn-29778-story.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/nyregion/nxivm-cult-allison-mack.html

• https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38dzj/how-nxivm-rippled

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/glass-house_1_b_1582426

• https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4875033/hollywood-actress-allison-mack-brainwashed

• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/nyregion/allison-mack-nxivm-sentencing

• https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment

• https://frankreport.com/2019/07/28/was-allison-mack-making-plea-for-help

• https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/allison-mack-nxivm-read-full-statement

• https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/nyregion/nxivm-trial-keith-raniere

• https://www.thedailybeast.com/nxivm-sex-cult-survivors

• https://frankreport.com/2021/07/09/jessica-joans-complete-statement

• https://people.com/crime/allison-mack-reports-to-prison-early

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