Eligio Bishop rose to fame as a spiritual influencer in 2016, promoting a “return to nature” and the idea of a “Black utopia” to recruit people to join his group Carbon Nation. But what started as an off-the-grid community soon…[Continue Reading...]
If you think the influencer-to-cult-leader pipeline is something out of a movie, Hulu’s latest docuseries is about to shake you to your core. The Cult of NatureBoy is streaming now, and it is one of those series you simply cannot…[Continue Reading...]
Documentary director Chantelle Coleman discusses the downfall of cult leader "Nature Boy" (aka Eligio Bishop). Criminally convicted at trial in Atlanta Bishop is now serving a life sentence in prison. Watch the video https://abcnews.com/video/132454846/[Continue Reading...]
True crime has become such a dominant genre that it has started to eat itself — another grisly murder, another trafficker brought to justice, another case you've already heard about. The Cult of NatureBoy sidesteps that fatigue almost entirely. The…[Continue Reading...]
They called him their god, but behind that charismatic facade, he was a master manipulator. In "The Cult of NatureBoy," ABC News Studios takes audiences into the case of Eligio Bishop, aka "NatureBoy," who used social media to recruit followers…[Continue Reading...]
"GMA" shares a preview at the new Hulu docuseries following social media figure NatureBoy and his followers in search of utopia. April 23, 2026 Watch video clip https://abcnews.com/video/132309102/[Continue Reading...]
In 2016, a rising social media star named Eligio Bishop, also known as “NatureBoy,” used his platforms to recruit followers into a group he called Carbon Nation, encouraging them to abandon their families and join his vision of a self-proclaimed…[Continue Reading...]
I t’s July Fourth, and Eligio Bishop is pacing his cell at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, with a phone pressed to his ear, wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. The 42- year-old is locked in…[Continue Reading...]
MACON, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An accused DeKalb County cult leader convicted of rape was injured in a prison fight this week. The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) says Eligio Bishop was involved in an altercation at Macon State…[Continue Reading...]
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A group of alleged squatters identified by viewers of a recent Atlanta News First investigation as members of a polygamist group have been evicted from the DeKalb County house in which they were residing.…[Continue Reading...]
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