Heaven's Gate: What You Didn't Know

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Résumé

TLDRHeaven's Gate was a notorious cult led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, culminating in a mass suicide of 39 members in March 1997. The cult believed in ascending to a higher evolutionary level called 'tella' aboard a spacecraft following the Hale-Bopp comet. Members were encouraged to sever ties with the outside world and adopt extreme beliefs, including the idea that their bodies were mere vehicles for their consciousness. The cult's website remains active today, maintained by former members, to spread their ideology and ensure accessibility of their beliefs for potential followers.

A retenir

  • 🛸 Heaven's Gate was a cult that led to a mass suicide of 39 members.
  • 👤 Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles were the cult leaders.
  • 🌌 Members believed in ascending to a higher level called 'tella'.
  • 🍏 They committed suicide by drinking vodka and eating poisoned applesauce.
  • 🌠 The Hale-Bopp comet was central to their beliefs.
  • 💻 The cult leveraged the early internet to spread their ideology.
  • 🍽️ Just days before their suicide, members had dinner together.
  • 🔗 The Heaven's Gate website is still active today.
  • 🔍 Alan Hale predicted strange events after the comet's discovery.
  • 📉 After Nettles' death, Applewhite changed key beliefs about their bodies.

Chronologie

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    Heaven's Gate se te yon sekt ki te mennen nan yon trajedi ki te frape nouvèl Ameriken yo nan mitan ane 1990 yo. Yon lidè karismatik, Marshall Applewhite, te konvenki 38 moun pou yo pran lavi yo pou yo ka monte nan yon nivo siperyè yo rele 'tella'. Sektè a te kwè ke yo ta viv sou yon veso espasyal ki t ap swiv komèt Hale-Bopp. Yo te fè aksyon etranj tankou kastrasyon ak abandone tout bagay ki fè pati lavi imen, tankou fanmi ak zanmi. Nan mwa mas 1997, tout sektè a te pran lavi yo ansanm, abiye ak kostim nwa, pa bwè vodk ak sòs pòm ki te melanje ak ravaj.

Carte mentale

Vidéo Q&R

  • What was Heaven's Gate?

    Heaven's Gate was a cult that led to a mass suicide of 39 members in 1997, believing they would ascend to a higher level of existence.

  • Who were the leaders of Heaven's Gate?

    The cult was led by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.

  • What did members of Heaven's Gate believe?

    They believed in ascending to a higher evolutionary level called 'tella' and that their bodies were vehicles for their consciousness.

  • How did the members of Heaven's Gate die?

    They committed suicide by drinking vodka and eating applesauce laced with poison.

  • What was the significance of the Hale-Bopp comet?

    The Hale-Bopp comet was central to their beliefs, as they thought it would lead them to their spacecraft.

  • Is the Heaven's Gate website still active?

    Yes, the Heaven's Gate website remains active and is maintained by former members.

  • What did members do before their suicide?

    Just two days before their suicide, they had dinner together at a restaurant.

  • What was the reaction of scientists to the cult's actions?

    Alan Hale, who discovered the comet, predicted that strange events and suicides would occur after its discovery.

  • What happened to the members' beliefs after Bonnie Nettles died?

    After Nettles' death, Applewhite changed the belief that members could take their bodies with them to claiming they would receive new ones.

  • How did the cult leverage the internet?

    The cult used the early internet to spread their ideology and attract followers.

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    Heaven's Gate was a cult that led to a
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    tragedy that took American news by storm
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    in the mid 1990s a charismatic and
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    inherently insane cult leader had
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    convinced 38 people to take their own
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    lives the reason for this was to be able
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    to ascend to an allegedly higher level
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    of being named tella which stands for
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    the evolutionary level above human upon
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    reaching tella they'd be living on a
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    spacecraft as it flies behind the
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    hale-bopp comet Marshall Applewhite and
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    Bonnie nettles were the infamous
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    masterminds behind this tragedy and they
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    leveraged the rise of the Internet as
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    their engine to drive this insane
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    ideology and gain a following their
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    members part token outlandish acts such
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    as castrating themselves and giving up
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    all possessions and relationships that
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    make up basic human life such as friends
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    family material things sexuality you
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    name it they also believe crazy things
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    such as the idea that God was an alien
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    they were living in the end times
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    and that their bodies were nothing more
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    than vehicles for their consciousness
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    also they thought that if they stayed on
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    earth they'd have to eventually battle
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    demons which Applewhite had called the
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    Luciferians it was absolutely insane how
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    their members believed any of this
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    anyway in March of 1997 the entire
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    Heaven's Gate cult took their own lives
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    while wearing black track suits they did
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    this by drinking vodka and eating
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    applesauce laced with rabbits in doing
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    this they were finally going to be able
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    to leave their vehicles behind and board
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    the spacecraft who live in an infinite
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    heaven awesome right
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    well it didn't go this way and police
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    eventually found their bodies after an
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    ominous 9-1-1 call
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    today we're going to dive into five
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    things you probably didn't know about
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    the Heaven's Gate cult
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    originally members were promised that
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    they'd be able to take their vehicles or
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    bodies with them as they ascended to the
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    Telus base craft in an interview with
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    the Los Angeles Times in 1994 members
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    expressed excitement to be able to do
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    this without dying however after the
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    death of Bonnie nettles Applewhite
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    backtracked on this ideology and
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    convinced his followers that they'd be
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    granted a new vehicle entirely upon
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    boarding the craft members were taken
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    aback by this but maintained optimism
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    and the possibility of being able to
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    ascend without dying as we know this was
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    definitely not the case
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    Heaven's Gate members were urged to cut
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    off all ties to the normal world
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    including their material items family
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    and friends however this did not stop
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    them from doing things together only two
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    days before their suicide yes to the
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    entire cult ate dinner at the Marie
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    Callender's restaurant in Carlsbad while
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    here they apparently all ordered the
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    same thing ice tea's dinner salads with
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    tomato vinegar dressing turkey pot pie
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    and cheesecake with blueberries the
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    waitress claimed that they seemed really
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    nice friendly and polite honestly it
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    really makes you think twice about who
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    you serve at work you never know if the
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    person you're talking to today will be
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    alive tomorrow
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    Alan Hale was one of the scientists who
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    discovered the hell Bob comment which
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    was a centerpiece of the Heaven's Gate
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    ideology after the mass suicide in March
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    of 1977 Hale had claimed that he had a
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    feeling that something like this would
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    happen he claimed that he told a
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    colleague that after discovery of the
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    comet there would likely be suicides and
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    other strange events occurring
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    thereafter due to people reading about
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    apocalyptic events and other
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    conspiracies that would arise around
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    this discovery he urged science fiction
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    writers to stray away from writing about
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    things like this to prevent such
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    tragedies however this was not the case
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    all in all he was not surprised by the
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    group's actions when the suicide
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    happened
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    the Heaven's Gate cult began to grow at
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    just the right time back in the early
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    1990s the internet was still in its
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    infancy and was still a marvel to users
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    who were just discovering it back during
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    this time cult leaders were able to
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    compile all their ideas onto a webpage
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    for potential followers to view over
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    time the views expressed on the website
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    had become more and more extreme to the
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    point of being reclusive and at this
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    point the ideology behind the hale-bopp
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    comet began to take the limelight as a
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    centerpiece of their beliefs we now know
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    that this eventually led to Applewhite
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    convincing his followers to partake in
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    this mass suicide
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    if you go to the Heaven's Gate website
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    you'll notice that it looks exactly the
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    same as it's always been in fact if you
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    contact the email from the side you'll
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    surprisingly still get a response one
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    person reached out and asked why these
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    people are still here while everyone
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    else is on tella and they responded
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    saying that they're still here to spread
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    the word about Heaven's Gate and make
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    sure that the information is quote
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    accessible for their return those who
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    are interested will find the information
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    the alleged people behind the websites
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    continued existence are rumored to be
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    Mark and Sarah king who are two longtime
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    members that stayed back on earth how
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    this website still remains active to
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    this day baffles me and it'll be
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    interesting to see if any changes occur
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    within our lifetimes Heaven's Gate
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    remains as one of the most infamous
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    cults in the world and the resulting
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    suicide that occurred merely from
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    brainwashing is absolutely astonishing
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    those 39 people took their own lives for
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    absolutely no reason and now they live
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    on throughout history being remembered
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    as the unfortunate victims of an evil
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    mastermind
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    either that or they're living happily on
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    tella basking in the sunlight and in
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    peace for eternity
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    it looks like we'll never really know we
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    just dope into Heaven's Gate I hope you
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    all like this and I look forward to
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    seeing you tomorrow for day 3 thanks so
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    much for watching I love you all and
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    good night
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    [Applause]
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    [Music]
Tags
  • Heaven's Gate
  • cult
  • mass suicide
  • Marshall Applewhite
  • Bonnie Nettles
  • Hale-Bopp comet
  • tella
  • brainwashing
  • internet
  • beliefs