Investigation Discovery Premieres All-New Series DANGEROUS PERSUASIONS Tonight

"There is nothing more frightening than the thought of people preying on your most valuable asset: your mind," said Henry Schleiff , general manager, Investigation Discovery. "DANGEROUS PERSUASIONS profiles average men and women who were coerced into disturbing situations, proving that - horrifyingly enough - almost anyone can find themselves vulnerable to manipulation."

The premiere episode of Dangerous Persuasions features the story of former Scientologist Nancy Many. As an impressionable college student in 1971, Nancy joined the Church of Scientology in the hopes of making the world a better place. Unbeknownst to her, she would soon become an undercover agent, immersed in espionage activities, waging a secret war against the Church's greatest critics. It was only after joining the organizations' elite inner circle that Nancy finally understood the corruption at the center of Scientology's enormous empire. Little did she know the intimidation and interrogation she would have to endure when her allegiance to the Church came into question. Upon suffering an emotional breakdown, Nancy finally left the Church after living nearly 30 years of her life as a devout Scientologist.

Dangerous Persuasions delves into what happens when a predator warps an individual's very own sense of self. From those seeking answers to life's largest questions to those who fell victim to a powerful stranger, the men and women featured in this new six-part series were all torn from their path in life, becoming trapped in abuse and Deception instead. Other episodes include Christine Marie , a single mother who thought she had met the man of her dreams, only to realize that the self-proclaimed Mormon Prophet was anything but, coercing her into giving up her children and sleeping with other men to finance what he claimed was "God's work"; Colleen Stan , a 20-year-old woman who was abducted while hitchhiking and forced into sexual slavery for over seven years; Kerry Noble , a young father who lived happily with his wife in a small Christian Community until charismatic Community leader Jim Ellison steered him into a world of racism and mass murder; and Susan Hamlin , a wife and mother of four, whose manically controlling and violently abusive husband terrorized and brainwashed her into believing she was at the center of a satanic cult.