This Day in History: March 26, 1997: Heaven’s Gate cult members found dead in California mansion
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CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — On this day in 1997, authorities discovered 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult dead inside a Rancho Santa Fe mansion in what investigators said was a carefully planned mass suicide.
The group, led by Marshall Applewhite, believed the Hale-Bopp comet signaled it was time to “shed their containers” and leave Earth, convinced a spacecraft was traveling behind the comet.
They recorded farewell videos for former members, explaining their decision.
The mansion also housed their web-design company, “Higher Source,” where clients described the group as unusual and close-knit, but highly professional in their work.
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