“Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree, while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game. If the Faithful contestants banish all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund, but if a Traitor or Traitors makes it to the end, they will steal all the money.”

The Traitors' season 3 host Alan Cumming details how he selects Traitors from a cast full of 'Survivor,' 'Big Brother,' and 'Housewives' alums: 'They're blindfolded for 40 minutes. It's terrifying'

Cumming was born not far from the Scottish Highlands filming location of TheTraitors in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, and grew up on the east coast of the country in a similarly expansive feudal estate, Panmure Estate, where his father was head forester.

Peacock’s nail-biting, psychological murder mystery game is back for another season. The first three episodes of “ The Traitors ” Season 3 premiere Thursday, Jan. 9, at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.

"The Traitors" host Alan Cumming says there are lots of "extra twists" in Season 3 of "The Traitors." He also says the most stressful part of the process.