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Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

What do you believe?

20206.81 Season4 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by J. Clay Tweel
Produced by Mark McCune
NetworksHBO Max

Top 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)

S

Sawyer

Self - Former Member

F

Frank Lyford

Self - Former Member

B

Benjamin Zeller

Self - Religious Studies Professor

J

Janja Lalich

Self - Sociologist

R

Robert Balch

Self - Sociologist

Themes & Keywords

castrationcultufoaliennew agemass suicidedoomsdayreligious cultritual suicideascensioncultistsufo cultbarbiturates

About Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults is a documentary, crime series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of castration, cult, ufo, alien, new age, mass suicide. Created by J. Clay Tweel, it stars Marshall Applewhite, Bonnie Nettles, Sawyer. 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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