Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
What do you believe?
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12/3/2020Runtime
4 eps, 204 minsGenres
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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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An immersive, unflinching investigation into the psychology and rhetoric that bound a group to apocalyptic belief, told through archival materials and survivor testimony that make the unthinkable feel disturbingly credible. You watch not just what happened, but how it happened to ordinary people.
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Marshall Applewhite
Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)
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
Kelly Cooke
Self - Daughter of Members
Neely Bruce
Self - Former Student of Herff (“Do”)
Michael Conyers
Self - Former Member (archive footage)
Steve Hassan
Self - Cult Exit Counselor
Jason Bartel
Self - Former Member
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