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.

Network

• HBO Max

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Marshall Applewhite

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

  4 eps

• 

  Bonnie Nettles

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

  4 eps

• Sawyer

  Self - Former Member

  4 eps

• Frank Lyford

  Self - Former Member

  4 eps

Themes

• castration
• cult
• ufo
• alien
• new age
• mass suicide
• doomsday
• religious cult
• ritual suicide
• ascension
• cultists
• ufo cult

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