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  2. Heaven's Gate (religious group) - Wikipedia

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    Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicides committed by its members in 1997. Commonly designated a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985), known within the movement as Do and Ti.

  3. Jonestown - Wikipedia

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    Guyana: Cult of the Damned, a 1979 exploitation film based on the Jonestown tragedy; Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, a 1980 television movie based on the life of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple; Seconds From Disaster, a documentary television series that covered the events at Jonestown in Season 6, Episode 2 ("Jonestown Cult Suicide")

  4. Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God

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    On 17 March 2000, followers of the religious movement died in a fire and a series of poisonings and killings, which were initially considered a mass suicide. That initial suspicion was revised to mass murder when hundreds of other bodies were discovered in pits at sites related to the movement that had died at least weeks prior to the event ...

  5. The 16 best cult documentaries you can stream right now - AOL

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    "Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults" (Max) In 1997, 39 members of Heaven’s Gate, a celibate religious sect, died in a mass ritual suicide timed to the approach of the Hale-Bopp Comet. The deceased ...

  6. Marshall Applewhite - Wikipedia

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    Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, [a] among other names, [b] was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997. The suicide is the largest mass suicide to occur inside the U.S. [1]

  7. She grew up in an Arizona church community. Now, she ... - AOL

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    It's murky; the American Psychological Association says a cult is "a religious or quasi-religious group characterized by unusual or atypical beliefs, seclusion from the outside world and an ...

  8. Gloriavale Christian Community - Wikipedia

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    The Gloriavale Christian Community is a small and isolated cult located at Haupiri on the West Coast of the South Island in New Zealand. It has an estimated population of 710 as of June 2024. [1] It has operated on a property owned by the registered charitable Christian Church Community Trust since 1991. [2]

  9. Glenn Close opens up about life in a religious cult - AOL

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    Glenn Close spent her childhood as a member of a cult-like religious group called the Moral Re-Armament.