Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

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Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

"What do you believe?"

2020 • 0h 51m • 1 Season • 4 Episodes • ★ 6.8 (39 votes) Ended

Documentary Crime

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.

Rating

6.8

Runtime

51 min

Episodes

4

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Production

CNN Original Series

Campfire Studios

Campfire Studios

Top Billed 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)

Sawyer

Self - Former Member

Frank Lyford

Self - Former Member

Benjamin Zeller

Self - Religious Studies Professor

Janja Lalich

Self - Sociologist

Robert Balch

Self - Sociologist

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Keywords

castrationcultufoaliennew agemass suicidedoomsdayreligious cultritual suicideascensioncultistsufo cultbarbiturates