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The Cult Next Door | Heaven's Gate
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53:51Now PlayingIn 1997, the discovery of a grisly scene in Rancho Santa Fe, California, shocked the nation. Thirty-nine members of the Heaven's Gate cult - a New Age religious group with its basis in Christian heresies and pseudoscience - had taken their own lives. They left behind literature, a website, several videos, and eerie "Exit Statements" from several members. But why? What could inspire nearly forty people to commit such an act? More importantly, what kind of person could lead them to this? This is the story, not only of the Heaven's Gate tragedy, but of the man who created this dark path: Marshall Applewhite. Welcome back to The Lore Lodge...
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