Cult from small Colorado town the focus of new HBO docuseries

• Carlson's mummified remains were found inside a sleeping bag wrapped in Christmas lights in April 2021. Authorities believed her body was set up as a shrine.

Driving the news: Her story is chronicled in the HBO docuseries "Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God," which premiered earlier this month.

Details: Carlson was a self-professed deity whose followers believed had been reincarnated multiple times, living past lives as historical figures like Cleopatra and Joan of Arc.

• The online livestreaming she used to spread her message is included in the series, along with interviews with her followers and family members.

The big picture: Carlson, 45, was in poor health shortly before her death, and a coroner's report said she died from a combination of anorexia, alcohol abuse, and chronic colloidal silver ingestion.

• Authorities believe she had been dead for about two weeks before her body was discovered.

The intrigue: Some members alleged Carlson was abusive, per the Denver Post. The group's beliefs combined elements of Abrahamic religions, conspiracy theories and spiritualism, according to the Alamosa Citizen.

• Her followers believed her death would lead to a UFO evacuation and, ultimately, to human salvation, according to HBO.