Crystal Lake’s Self-Help Guru Draws on Est, the Real 1970s Seminar Movement That Gave Leaders Power Over Vulnerable People

Crystal Lake’s Self-Help Guru Draws on Est, the Real 1970s Seminar Movement That Gave Leaders Power Over Vulnerable People

Crystal Lake’s self-help guru draws on a real 1970s seminar culture that gave leaders power over vulnerable people. Wilhelm Richter (played by Nathan Darrow) shuts participants inside a self-help seminar and pushes them to disclose their trauma. His program, “The Experience,” draws on Erhard Seminars Training, or est, a real force in the 1970s self-improvement […]