Tag: group suicide

‘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...]

Horrifying cult ‘massacre video’ shows final moments of brainwashed disciples sharing last drink with their mass-murdering leader before they were killed with lethal injections

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On October 5, 1994, in two sleepy villages in the Swiss mountains, a series of horrific discoveries were made. What at first appeared to be unconnected fires at a farm house in the hamlet of Cheiry and at ski chalets…[Continue Reading...]

Neighborhood ties to the Heaven’s Gate ‘UFO Cult’ story

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Over the holiday season, many tune in to fuzzy Hallmark romances or Christmas classics. I watch documentaries about cults. The Heaven’s Gate “UFO Cult” became famous in the 1990s after 39 members quietly overdosed themselves in a California mansion, believing…[Continue Reading...]

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