Founded in 1975, the Heaven's Gate cult held new-age beliefs, convinced that their souls would "graduate" to an alien spacecraft behind the Hale-Bopp Comet upon death. In 1997, 39 members died in a mass suicide, shocking the world.
Founded in 1975, the Heaven's Gate cult held new-age beliefs, convinced that their souls would "graduate" to an alien spacecraft behind the Hale-Bopp Comet upon death. In 1997, 39 members died in a mass suicide, shocking the world.
