Tag: cults

‘The Leader’ Director Michael Gallagher and Star Tim Blake Nelson on Why the Story of the Heaven’s Gate Cult Is Relevant Today: ‘When There Is Nothing but Certainty Within a Group, Danger Can Strike’

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When director Michael Gallagher was eight years old, 39 people died in his neighborhood in San Diego, California. They were the victims of the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, who died in a coordinated mass suicide timed with the approach of…[Continue Reading...]

LA Woman Goes to an Event Looking for Opportunities as an Artist, Then Finds Out She is Being Pulled Into a Cult: ‘All Money Ain’t Good Money’

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Sometimes, desperation can lead people into trouble. This isn’t to say that desperation is a negative trait, because it’s something you genuinely feel at a specific moment due to your circumstances. For example, when I was in school, I was…[Continue Reading...]

Gateway to the Cult Education Institute archives

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The Cult Education Institute has assembled one of the largest archives of information about controversial groups, some called "cults," and related information on the Web. This archive contains thousands of press articles, court documents, and essays. Collections of articles pertaining…[Continue Reading...]

Dramatic thriller “The Leader” portrays the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult of the ‘90s and leaves no jaw unslacked. [Tribeca]

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There is a delicacy and there is a purpose to making a movie that tells the story of a cult, especially when telling the story of Heaven’s Gate, the cult that is responsible for the highest casualty rate by mass…[Continue Reading...]

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