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When Bonnie Lu Nettles and Marshall Herff Applewhite meet in the 1970's, no one could have predicted the impact this duo would have over the minds of many. The cult operated for over 20 years before the highly publicized tragedy of Heaven's Gate occurs in 1997.  Fav True Crime Shirts: https://amzn.to/3xDcSp7 https://amzn.to/4aNzvWf https://amzn.to/4cUvxgD Social: Tiktok @truecrimeexposed Instagram @truecrimeexpod Sources: HBO documentary "Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults"

Bonnie Lu Nettles and Marshall Herff Applewhite, Jr. founded what is known today as Heaven's Gate, a fantastic group of UFO enthusiasts and religious believers. Though they both came from a Christian background in Texas, the mystery of Area 51 affected their daily lives to the very end.  Nettles was a nurse, and Applewhite was a pastor, but they shared a willingness to adjust their cosmology (and theology) with new information. Before the end, they had biblical arrangement of seer and spokesman, but they were a lot more extreme about sexual abstinence than even your most annoying Christian friend.   Bonnie and Marshall adopted new names about as often as you might change your shoes--something that Nike would prefer not to talk about.   While the evidence suggests that Nettles and Applewhite were true believers, going so far as to offer financial support to those who decided their commune wasn't right for them, thing proved dangerous at the end, when Applewhite decided that the spirit of a long deceased Nettles was on a spaceship tailing the Hale-Bopp Comet, which would pass by the Earth in 1997.  Fearing an unprovoked Waco-style massacre, and believing the next stage of human evolution was achievable through suicide, the cult of Heaven's Gate willingly took their own lives with pudding/apple sauce mixed with phenobarbital.  We explore the realities surrounding brainwashing, and the various pseudonyms taken on by everybody involved, and the fantastic range of names adopted by the church before settleing on Heaven's Gate (Anonymous Sexaholics Celibate Church; Human Individual Metamorphosis; Total Overcomers Anonymous).   All this and more....   Support us on Patreon or you can get our merch at Spreadshop.Join the Community on Discord.Learn more great religion factoids on Facebook and Instagram.

Show Notes Episode 442: “Which Brings Us Back to DOH!”  Part One of Packing a Purple Shroud  This week Host Dave Bledsoe asks the bartender to float him one last drink because later he will be leaving to join a Mothership located near Uranus. (He was still giggling when the bouncer dragged him out.) On the show this week we turn back to 1997 when a group of religious enthusiasts made big news for their unorthodox travel plans! We are talking about Heaven's Gate! Along the way we discover that Dave once tried to join a Wiccan coven because he thought he would see chicks naked. (They turned him down because they had no desire to see Dave naked.) Then we meet Marshall Herff Applewhite, a gentle soul born in the wrong place and time, also the wrong planet.  We follow Herff on his journey toward enlightenment, by which we mean we watch him struggle with being gay.  Herff struggles would eventually lead him to his cosmic destiny in the form of a middle aged Registered Nurse who was into astrology and aliens. (Everyone has a soulmate.) Together the two would join together to become The Two, Bo and Peep and Ti and Do. (Yes, like the song.) When we are done you will have the backstory you need to understand (OK not understand, but be informed about) the origins of the Heaven's Gate Cult. Our Sponsor this week is The Temple of Dave Ascendant, we may not save your soul, but at least you get to keep your dick and balls. We open with Lewis Black close withEdgard Roock who metals up on old classic. Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/jAb9uPIHfds?si=r9DbrVpkaFZFJ1D5 We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: General background information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate:_The_Cult_of_Cults Wikipedia Heaven's Gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group) Wikipedia Fourth Great Awakening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Great_Awakening Eyes on Glory: Pied Pipers of Heaven's Gate https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/28/us/eyes-on-glory-pied-pipers-of-heaven-s-gate.html?sec=health&pagewanted=1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On March 26th, 1997, the largest suicide mass on US soil was unearthed in a prestigious neighborhood of San Diego, called Rancho Santa Fe, California. To the outside, it appeared to be a mass suicide, a horrible and unfortunate event. But to the 39 people inside, it was a commencement – a graduation that their leader, Marshall Herff Applewhite, had been preaching to them for years. This is the story of The Heaven's Gate Cult and you are listening to Murder in America.  - This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit betterhelp.com/MIA and use our custom code MIA for 10% off your first month of easy online therapy - Show yourself some love this month and get 50% off your first Care/of order by going to takecareof.com and using code STATE50 Stay Connected:  Join the Murder in America fam in our free Facebook Community for a behind-the-scenes look, more insights and current events in the true crime world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4365229996855701 If you want even more Murder in America bonus content, including ad-free episodes, come join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/murderinamerica Instagram: http://instagram.com/murderinamerica/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/people/Murder-in-America-Podcast/100086268848682/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MurderInAmerica TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theparanormalfiles and https://www.tiktok.com/@courtneybrowen Feeling spooky? Follow Colin as he travels state to state (and even country to country!) investigating claims of extreme paranormal activity and visiting famous haunted locations on The Paranormal Files Official Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheParanormalFilesOfficialChannel

Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Nettles are two normal, middle-aged Texans… who happen to be huge advocates for alien abduction. They say it's the only way to reach heaven's gate. Even in 1976, it seems crazy that anyone would believe them – especially since their doctrine forbids sex and relationships–and yet hundreds do. And with the two of them at the helm of this organization, two decades later, many will take the ultimate leap of faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esta es la primera parte de dos, donde hablaremos del caso de Marshall Herff Applewhite, su secta llamada Heaven's Gate y todo el misticismo e infinidad de situaciones que los llevaron al gran suicidio en masa en 1997, quieres saber como ocurrió todo esto? entonces acompáñanos a escuchar, el caso Heavens Gate...

Op 26 maart 1997 ontdekt de politie van San Diego de lichamen van 39 mannen en vrouwen in een gehuurd huis in een chique buitenwijk van de stad. Ze pleegden collectief zelfmoord. De lichamen zijn gekleed in identieke zwarte t-shirts, joggingbroeken en gloednieuwe zwart-witte Nike Decade sneakers. Hun bovenlichamen zijn bedekt met een paars laken. De 39 bleken lid te zijn van de sekte Heaven's gate. Ze pleegden geen zelfmoord, ze verlieten enkel hun aardse lichaam in een poging om aan boord te komen van een ufo die volgens hen achter de passerende Hale-Bopp-komeet vloog. De bedenker van die onzin? Marshall Herff Applewhite. Hier is aflevering 38! Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Continuing the conversation about Heavens Gate founders, Bonnie Lou Nettles and Marshall Herff Applewhite. Follow us on Twitter: @cultscoffeecon1 Facebook: cultscoffeeconversation Instagram: cultscoffeeconvo email: cultscoffeeconvo@gmail.com. Record a voice message on your smart phone and email it to us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cultscoffeeconvo/message

This is one important Monday for us. We're dropping our 100th episode, starting our series on one of the most infamous cults in history, and launching our Patreon! But let's take it slow and start with this week's episode. Join us as Mando takes Paige and Andrea through the life and times of Marshall Herff Applewhite and his platonic partner, Bonnie Nettles. To find out how the group became what it did we have to start at the very beginning and look at the backgrounds of this cult's founders. Before they were "Ti and Do" they were two kids from Texas just trying to do The Elephant Walk and look to the stars! Also, we just launched our Patreon! [Insert Air Horn Noises Here] If you'd like to donate and join our cult, please visit www.patreon.com/cultpodcast or visit our website and click on the Patreon tab. Also also, we're doing another live show! To see us live on August 27th at 7:30pm in Burbank, CA go to www.cultpodcastshow.com/burbank or visit our website and click on the shows tab. Tickets are $10 online and $15 at the door.

I 1997 begikk 39 mennesker rituelt selvmord i Rancho Santa Fe i California. Alle var kledd i Star Trek liknende uniformer, Nike joggesko og med en patch hvor man kunne lese "Heaven´s Gate away team". I denne serien ser jeg nærmere på denne bevegelsen som ble startet av Marshall Herff Applewhite og Bonnie Lu Nettles. I denne første delen tar jeg for meg historien til grunnleggerne, og hva som inspirerte tankegodset og teologien deres. For til tross for at mediene avfeide det hele som en gal UFO kult, så hadde bevegelsen langt mer til felles med de voksende new age- og evangelisk kristne miljøene enn hva det virket som på overflaten. https://taakeprat.com

Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lu Nettles believed they were heavenly messengers sent from outer space to Earth to recruit humans and help them reach the next Evolutionary Level. For two decades, a handful of converts followed the teachings and worked on shedding their humannesses until they eventually shed their "containers" in a mass suicide in March 1997. Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources “'95 Statement by an E.T. Presently Incarnate.” Heaven's Gate - How and When It May Be Entered, www.heavensgate.com/misc/95upd96.htm. Feinberg, Ashley. “The Online Legacy of a Suicide Cult and the Webmasters Who Stayed Behind.” Gizmodo, Gizmodo.com, 5 Jan. 2015, gizmodo.com/the-online-legacy-of-a-suicide-cult-and-the-webmasters-1617403237. Fisher, Marc, and Sue Ann Pressley. “Crisis of Sexuality Launched Strange Journey.” The Washington Post, 29 Mar. 1997, www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/03/29/crisis-of-sexuality-launched-strange-journey/3709d9ff-51ee-4f50-a9cd-a45525d7ad8f/?utm_term=.29280808a359. Genoni, Thomas G. “Art Bell, Heaven's Gate, and Journalistic Integrity.” CSI, 1997, www.csicop.org/si/show/art_bell_heavenrsquos_gate_and_journalistic_integrity. Hafford, Michael. “Heaven’s Gate 20 Years Later: 10 Things You Didn’t Know.” Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2017, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/heavens-gate-20-years-later-10-things-you-didnt-know-114563/. “Inside Story: Heaven’s Gate Cult.” BBC One, BBC, 6 Aug. 1997, www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h1nt7. Myers, Sergio, director. Heaven's Gate: The Untold Story. UFOTV, www.amazon.com/Heavens-Gate-Untold-Marshall-Applewhite/dp/B071XNRVKW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534795461&sr=8-1&keywords=heaven's gate the untold story. Phelan, James S. “Looking for: The Next World.” The New York Times Magazine, 29 Feb. 1976, archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/mag.html. Purdum, Todd S. “Former Heaven's Gate Member Commits Suicide.” The New York Times, 7 May 1997, archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/national/050797heavens-gate.html. Rainey, James. “The Cult in Hindsight : Diamond Bar Woman Recalls Group's Beginning and the Unease That Turned Into a Crusade Against It.” Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 1997, articles.latimes.com/1997-03-30/news/mn-43687_1_diamond-bar. Steinberg, Jacques. “From Religious Childhood to Reins of a U.F.O. Cult.” The New York Times, 29 Mar. 1997, www.nytimes.com/1997/03/29/us/from-religious-childhood-to-reins-of-a-ufo-cult.html. “Suicide Cult's Possessions Auctioned Off.” The New York Times, 22 Nov. 1999, www.nytimes.com/1999/11/22/us/suicide-cult-s-possessions-auctioned-off.html. Zeller, Benjamin E. “Anatomy of a Mass Suicide: The Dark, Twisted Story behind a UFO Death Cult.” Salon, Salon.com, 15 Nov. 2014, www.salon.com/2014/11/15/anatomy_of_a_mass_suicide_the_dark_twisted_story_behind_a_ufo_death_cult/. Zeller, Benjamin E. Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion. NYU Press, 2014.

DEEP DIVE - On this episode we talk about one of the biggest mass suicides on American soil and an organisation that shook the American people to the core in the late 90s, The Heavens Gate Cult. Classed as crackpots and 'Techno Pagans’ the cult operated from 1976 until the mass suicide event in 1997 where 39 people died by ingesting poison laced applesauce, and lying down peacefully to die with a purple shroud over their face. This strangest of scenes was orchestrated by the cults leader Marshall Herff Applewhite who founded the cult with his wife and partner Bonnie Lou Nettles. They allegedly met in a psychiatric hospital where Nettles was a nurse and Applewhite a patient. Suspected schizophrenia was the cause of Applewhite's mental maladies and when paired with Nettle’s support and somewhat similar delusions, the recipe for a crazy religious organisation was born.Using mysticism, theosophy and fundamental elements of many religions, Nettles and Applewhite created a UFO focussed cult that appealed to the more modern faithful follower. God and Jesus didnt do it anymore for people coming out of the swinging 60s and the promise of hitching a ride, body and soul, on a real honest to goodness UFO into another galaxy was a dream for these cult members.After Nettles death in 1985 the cult belief system took a dark turn and self mutilations, like castration, began to take place. Polygamy, starvation, celibacy, and mind control techniques like regiments sleep and food and constant humming were all inflicted on the members of the cult in Bonnies absence. Applewhite hatched a plan and created a new doctrine where only the spirit would now be accepted into the spaceship and in 1997 they got their chance.The Hale-Bopp Comet was to sail past the Earth and Marshall convinced the followers of the cult that there was a spaceship in its wake; piloted by Bonnie Nettles spirit 12 years after her death. The all believed and went about video taping confessional suicide notes on tape and describing their justification for the mass suicide that was about to take place. We discuss the origins of the cult, the nature of the relationship between Applewhite and Nettles and the mentality of the members to take their own lives. ________________________This podcast is supported by the generous donations of the wonderful folks over at Patreon. If you want to support the show and get exclusive content, ad-free episodes, access to live chats and private social media like Instagram and Discord and a whole load of other stuff click here http://bit.ly/TCG-PatreonIf you want to follow TCG on social platforms including the Discord, watch video versions of the livestream podcast and documentaries; or even join in on live chats about current events; buy TCG merch; get notifications of and buy tickets to upcoming live stage shows or to just support the show on Patreon; all the links, info and instructions you can find by clicking this link http://www.linktr.ee/thoseconspiracyguys

MAIN EPISODEOn this episode we talk about one of the biggest mass suicides on American soil and an organisation that shook the American people to the core in the late 90s, The Heavens Gate Cult. Classed as crackpots and 'Techno Pagans’ the cult operated from 1976 until the mass suicide event in 1997 where 39 people died by ingesting poison laced applesauce, and lying down peacefully to die with a purple shroud over their face. This strangest of scenes was orchestrated by the cults leader Marshall Herff Applewhite who founded the cult with his wife and partner Bonnie Lou Nettles. They allegedly met in a psychiatric hospital where Nettles was a nurse and Applewhite a patient. Suspected schizophrenia was the cause of Applewhite's mental maladies and when paired with Nettle’s support and somewhat similar delusions, the recipe for a crazy religious organisation was born.Using mysticism, theosophy and fundamental elements of many religions, Nettles and Applewhite created a UFO focussed cult that appealed to the more modern faithful follower. God and Jesus didnt do it anymore for people coming out of the swinging 60s and the promise of hitching a ride, body and soul, on a real honest to goodness UFO into another galaxy was a dream for these cult members.After Nettles death in 1985 the cult belief system took a dark turn and self mutilations, like castration, began to take place. Polygamy, starvation, celibacy, and mind control techniques like regiments sleep and food and constant humming were all inflicted on the members of the cult in Bonnies absence. Applewhite hatched a plan and created a new doctrine where only the spirit would now be accepted into the spaceship and in 1997 they got their chance.The Hale-Bopp Comet was to sail past the Earth and Marshall convinced the followers of the cult that there was a spaceship in its wake; piloted by Bonnie Nettles spirit 12 years after her death. The all believed and went about video taping confessional suicide notes on tape and describing their justification for the mass suicide that was about to take place. We discuss the origins of the cult, the nature of the relationship between Applewhite and Nettles and the mentality of the members to take their own lives. Presented by Gordo, Ed Sammon and Eamonn O'Neill---LIVE SHOW ANNOUNCEMENTIm doing a LIVE SHOW as part of the Cork Podcast Festival this weekend on Saturday 12th October in Kino theatre in Cork City. 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The 20 year anniversary of one of the strangest tales in modern American religious history is quickly approaching. On March 26th, March 26, 1997 Marshall Herff Applewhite led a group of 39 devoted followers to their final destination. In their minds they were headed to a spaceship following the Hale-Bopp Comet where they would be taken and transformed into perfect angelic alien beings, a state in which they would live forever. We're joined by Benjamin E. Zeller, Religious Historian and Author of the book "Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion."