While the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide was an absolute tragedy, a particular element of it became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s: those Nike shoes. During a three-day period of late March 1997, 39 ...

Believing they were about to board a spacecraft bound for the “Kingdom of Heaven,” 39 members of the reclusive “Heaven’s Gate” cult killed themselves in March 1997. With powerful doses of sedatives ...

It has been 25 years since 39 people died in the Heaven's Gate mass suicide Editor's note ... "She was very low-key and always in the background," recalls Sausalito harbormaster Ted Rose.

“We know whatever happens to us after we leave our bodies is a step forward” — videotaped message by Marshall Applewhite, leader of Heaven’s Gate. Driven by the belief that the comet Hale-Bopp was ...

Marshall Applewhite, the wacky leader of the Heaven’s Gate cult. “It doesn’t appear ... reading from a yellow legal pad. “You can think this is all fantasy … But this is no illusion ...

Their Web site had an "outer space" background, and each of the suicides wore a patch that said "Heaven's Gate Away Team" on it. After news of the suicides reached the public, several people ...

Clay Tweel's four-part HBO Max docuseries explores the Heaven's Gate cult beyond the 'Star Trek' obsession, cheap website and matching Nikes in 'Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults.' By Daniel ...

Here’s how it works. Before watching Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults, there are a few things to know about the story of doomsday cult, one that continues to shock the world 23 years after the ...

Frank Lyford looks back on his decision to leave the the Heaven's Gate cult, whose members were all found dead wearing matching Nike sneakers in a 1997 mass suicide Chris Harris has been a senior ...