What do you believe?
What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern New Age religion forever. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs.
Themesalienascensionbarbituratescastrationcult
Cast
Marshall Applewhite
Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)
Bonnie Nettles
Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)
Sawyer
Self - Former Member
Frank Lyford
Self - Former Member
Benjamin Zeller
Self - Religious Studies Professor
Janja Lalich
Self - Sociologist
Robert Balch
Self - Sociologist
Kelly Cooke
Self - Daughter of Members
Neely Bruce
Self - Former Student of Herff (“Do”)
Michael Conyers
Self - Former Member (archive footage)
