Smallville sweetie-turned -cult slavemaster Allison Mack is spilling the tea on the hows and whys of her time in Nxivm.

Starting as a self-help Ponzi scheme for wealthy women and some men, Nxivm spiralled into a sinister sex trafficking organization complete with mental, physical and emotional torture.

Its ranks were largely comprised of unmoored rich kids and C-list TV actresses, including Mack, now 42. Sitting atop the twisted pyramid was sinister Svengali Keith Raniere.

Now, Mack is telling her tale on the Allison After NXIVM podcast on CBC , over the course of seven episodes.

411: Mack was the quintessential girl-next-door on Smallville , the dream of every nerd. Born in California to showbiz parents, she found stardom as Chloe Sullivan on Smallville, then the roles dried up

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