Episode 30 Heaven’s Gate Now Boarding

Who were the 39 members of Heaven’s Gate that died by suicide in March 1997? Join Dawn as we dive into the details of the days leading up to the group’s exit to the next level.

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series.

Heaven's Gate Members

David Geoffrey Moore b 1956 ALXody

Cheryl Elaine Butcher b 1954 ANLody

Joel Peter McCormick b 1968 AVNody

Norma Jeane Nelson b 1938 BRNody

Erika Ernst b 1956 CHKody

Brian Alan Schaaf b 1957 DRRody

Robert Leon Nichols b 1938 DSTody

Marion Yvonne Hill b 1958 DVVody

Lyndley Ayerheart Pease b 1955 DYMody

Dana Tracey Abreo b 1962 EVNody

Ladonna Ann Brugato b 1957 GLDody

Lawrence Jackson Gale b 1950 GLNody

Robert John Arancio b 1951 JMMody

Susan Frances Strom b 1953 JNNody

Denise June Thurman b 1952 JWNody

Darwin Lee Johnson b 1954 LEOody

John Michael Craig b 1934 LGGody

Julie Elmira LaMontagne b 1951 LVVody

Margaret Ella Richter b 1951 MLLody

Susan Elizabeth Paup b 1943 NRRody

David Cabot Van Sinderen b 1948 OLLody

Jacqueline Leonard b 1925 PRSody

Alphonso Ricardo Foster b 1952 QSTody

Suzanne Sylvia Cooke b 1942 SLVody

Betty Eldrie Deal b 1933 SMMody

Joyce Angela Skalla b 1940 SNGody

Margaret June Bull b 1943 SNNody

Steven Terry McCarter b 1956 SRRody

Gary Jordan St Louis b 1953 STLody

Gordon Thomas Welch b 1947 STMody

Luca Eva Pesho b 1933 STRody

Raymond Alan Bowers b 1952 TDDody

Michael Howard Carrier b 1949 TLLody

Jeffrey Howard Lewis b 1956 TRSody

Michael Barr Sandoe b 1971 VRNody

Nancy Diane Nelson b 1952 WKNody

Judith Ann Rowland b 1946 WNDody

Gail Renee Maeder b 1969 YRSody

Marshall Applewhite b 1931 Do

Researched, written, hosted and produced by Dawn Cate

Edited by MoInspo

Music by Timmoor from Pixabay

Sources:

CNN - Applewhite: From young overachiever to cult leader - Mar. 28, 1997

Marshall Applewhite - Bonnie Nettles, Death & Facts - Biography

Heaven's Gate : Federal Bureau of Investigation : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Farsight Institute | Definition of Remote Viewing


https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/07/us/ex-cultist-dies-in-suicide-pact-2d-is-critical.html

CRISIS OF SEXUALITY LAUNCHED STRANGE JOURNEY - The Washington Post

From Religious Family to Reins of Deadly Cult (nytimes.com)

Heaven's Gate, 23 Years Later: Remembering Lives Lost in Cult | PEOPLE.com

Heaven's Gate 20 Years Later: 10 Things You Didn't Know - Rolling Stone

Heaven's Gate: A timeline | The San Diego Union-Tribune (archive.org)

www.nytimes.com/library/national/050797heavens-gate.html

CNN - Heaven's Gate redux: 1 dead, 1 ill - May 7, 1997

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE CULT EXPERIENCE - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

AT THE GATES OF HEAVEN - Orlando Sentinel

Heaven's Gate Survivor Lost His Soulmate to Suicide Cult | PEOPLE.com

Why do people join cults? Ted Talk by Dr Janja Lalich

Heavensgate.com

BBC News: Hale Bopp


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