Heaven's Gate was an American UFO religious suicide cult based near San Diego, California. It was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985). On March 26, 1997, members of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group in a house in the San Diego suburb of Rancho Santa Fe. They had participated in a mass suicide; specifically, a coordinated series of ritual suicides, in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp.
This documentary was created as a labor of love and dedicated to all those harmed by the mass suicide. The footage for this documentary has been tracked down over time from Heavens Gates self released footage, Marshall Applewhites "Do's Final Exit", original news coverage from 1997, tours of "The Monastery", interviews with first responders, and more.
This documentary exists as a not for profit but as a labor of love from it's editor and the voice of his generation, the incomparable Tape Eater.
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