A split image showing a close-up of a man with facial tattoos and a septum ring on the left, and an older man with wide eyes on the right. In the mid-1970s, two Earth-bound souls who would come to be ...

HBO Max has gone Full Cult with its recent docuseries Heaven’s Gate, which follows the titular infamous religious cult (the “cult of cults”) through its portentous 24-year history. Founded in ...

“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 ...

True crime and cult documentaries have become a pop culture phenomenon. Almost everything about cults intrigues audiences, from how people join to what motivates their actions. One of the most ...

Selling a house tainted by murder or suicide presents a real challenge, and the prices they go for tend to be well below those for comparable but unstigmatized properties; photos of O J Simpson's ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before watching Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults, there are a few things to know about the story ...

Many people first became aware of the Heaven’s Gate cult in 1997, when — after an anonymous tip was called into the San Diego Police Department — the bodies of 39 men and women were found in a rented ...

On March 26, 1997, an anonymous caller directed police to a mansion outside San Diego where authorities soon discovered the largest mass suicide on U.S. soil. The 39 victims found within the home were ...

March 26 is the 20th anniversary of a grisly discovery in Rancho Santa Fe: the corpses of 39 members of a religious group called Heaven’s Gate. They committed suicide believing their souls would ...