Heaven's Gate: Rehearsing for the Apocalypse

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Jun 1, 202639:03Society & Culture

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 powe...

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