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...]
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...]
It's been 29 years since 39 cult members killed themselves in the largest mass suicide ever in the United States. The Heaven's Gate cult suicide came as a result of years of systemic brainwashing and remains shrouded in mystery, all…[Continue Reading...]
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…[Continue Reading...]
Dateline Rancho Santa Fe. March 26, 1997. A 911 call came into the San Diego Sheriff’s Communications Center. It was treated as a prank call at first. From what turned out to be a nearby payphone, the caller said something…[Continue Reading...]
(Waldport, Oregon) – In the middle of September, an unusual, even other-worldly anniversary will occur for the Oregon coastline. September 14, 1975 was the date of an infamous lecture in Waldport, where an oddball group held an event talking about…[Continue Reading...]
Nichelle Nichols made history as one of the first black women featured in a popular TV series with her role as Lieutenant Uhura on Star Trek. Sadly, she went on to face a personal tragedy related to the 'final frontier'…[Continue Reading...]
On March 26, 1997, San Diego police followed up on an anonymous tip and entered a home in one of the city's wealthy suburban neighborhoods, according to History.com. When the officers arrived, the stench of decomposing human bodies greeted them.…[Continue Reading...]
March 26, 1997 was a bad day for a lot of people. It was a bad day for the family and friends of 39 Heaven’s Gate cult members, who learned that their loved ones had died in a mansion in…[Continue Reading...]
A chilling cult convinced 39 people to end their lives to "board an alien spaceship" for a new life among the stars. The leader of Heaven's Gate filled the minds of his followers with strange beliefs and, after an anonymous…[Continue Reading...]
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