S35 E1: It Started in Vancouver | Allison after NXIVM

Allison after NXIVM from Uncover

CBC

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4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Former Smallville star Allison Mack is headed to court to be sentenced for her role in NXIVM, the sex cult that lured successful women with promises of personal growth—only to enslave, blackmail, and brand them. When the judge hands down his sentence—three years in federal prison—Allison must begin to unravel the beliefs she once evangelized, parsing what was true and what was manipulation. Journalist Natalie Robehmed sits down with her to explore how she got here: from child actor to TV star to a pivotal moment in Albany that changed everything.

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0:00.0	A boy goes missing from a bus stop in Queensland, Australia.
0:03.7	His disappearance made national headlines
0:05.8	and launched the largest search for a missing child in Australia's history.
0:09.9	It was absolutely enormous.
0:11.9	He said it was going to be a long few days.
0:13.9	Didn't that was going to be a long 12 years.
0:16.0	Who's ever responsible had picked on the wrong family?
0:18.3	We're going to hunt you down.
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0:31.2	This is a CBC podcast.
0:36.3	Campside Media.
0:47.4	Yeah. Camp site media It's a warm muggy day in New York City in June 2021 The kind of summer day when the air feels oppressively heavy
0:51.2	As if it's about to smother you
0:53.1	And for Alison Mack, the day could not
0:56.7	get any heavier. Allison is a famous actress, but she's famous for something else now,
1:04.5	for being prominent in one of the most devastating cults in contemporary history. She spent 12 long years in that cult.
1:12.6	And now she's sitting in the back of a car
1:15.6	that's driving towards a Brooklyn courthouse.
1:18.6	She's wearing a black dress that she's bought specifically
1:21.6	for the court date.
1:22.6	Her green eyes gaze ahead at what's to come.
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