According to a New York Times article the following year, the comet was likely regarded as a sign, and the trailing light seen by Heaven’s Gate believers to be an extraterrestrial—a ship that ...

Marshall Applewhite, the wacky leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult. “It doesn’t appear ... blue ion tale of the comet Hale-Bopp, a bright light in the night sky for more than a year.

Many people first became aware of the Heaven's Gate cult in 1997, when — after an anonymous tip was called into the San Diego Police Department — the bodies of 39 men and women were found in a ...

Frank Lyford left the Heaven’s Gate cult four years before 39 of his “classmates” committed mass-suicide in 1997. Now, you can watch him tell his story in HBO Max’s “Heaven’s Gate ...

In all, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead ... All the dead were wearing dark trousers, sneakers and light-colored shirts. There were no obvious signs of injury on any of ...

Purdum Special report, Odyssey To Suicide, traces long journey of Heaven's Gate cult, from founding by Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Nettles in 1973, to mass suicides by 39 members ...