Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

First aired

December 3, 2020

Ended

Avg. episode: 51m

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
EnglishDocumentaryCrime

What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern New Age religion forever. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs.

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Cast

  • Marshall Applewhite

    Marshall Applewhite

    Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)

  • Bonnie Nettles

    Bonnie Nettles

    Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)

  • SA

    Sawyer

    Self - Former Member

  • FL

    Frank Lyford

    Self - Former Member

  • BZ

    Benjamin Zeller

    Self - Religious Studies Professor

  • JL

    Janja Lalich

    Self - Sociologist

  • RB

    Robert Balch

    Self - Sociologist

Media

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