Serial Killers

Heaven's Gate: Rehearsing for the Apocalypse 2026-06-01 03:00:00

A charismatic leader convinces his devoted followers that salvation awaits aboard an alien spacecraft trailing a comet—leading the Heaven’s Gate cult to a tragic, otherworldly mass suicide that exposed the dangerous power of blind faith and cosmic delusion.
Sources for this episode include:

Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults (HBO Max)
Heaven’s Gate: America’s UFO Religion by Benjamin E. Zeller
Bounded Choice: True Believers and Charismatic Cults by Janja A. Lalich

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