Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicide of its members in 1997. Often described as a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite and B
A recruitment flyer posted in San Francisco in August 1975
Marshall Applewhite
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Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr., also known as Do, among other names, was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement, and organized their mass suicide in 1
Heaven's Gate (religious group)
…American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicide of its members in 1997. Often described as a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985), known within the movement as Do and Ti, respectively. Nettles and Applewhite first met in 1972 and went on…
Applewhite in an initiation video for Heaven's Gate, September of 1996
A depiction of a scene from the Book of Revelation, which Applewhite believed described interactions between humans and extraterrestrials
Comet Hale–Bopp over California in April 1997