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 Gandhi
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
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