Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Synopsis

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.

First aired

03 Dec 2020

Runtime

51 min / episode · 1 season

Cast

Marshall Applewhite

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

Bonnie Nettles

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

S

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