“Heaven’s Gate” - Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles
Cults26 Sep 2017

“Heaven’s Gate” - Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles

Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettle believed their bodies were merely hosts for extraterrestrial angels, and that they would one day ascend on a UFO to the “kingdom-level-above-human.” How did they come to believe this? Greg and Vanessa dig into the early lives and first meetings of “the UFO Two”, comparing Applewhite's nomadic, musical Christian background to Nettles’ New Age Spiritualism, and then recounting the Near Death Experience that eventually led to 39 suicides. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Inside CULTS: Charles Manson

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The very first episode of the Cults podcast features one of the most infamous cult leaders who ever lived. Now, Charles Manson is the sinister subject of the first chapter in Parcast’s NEW book. Revis...

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In the 1980s, David Koresh was a man with a divine mission. He spent the decade ingratiating himself with a religious sect in Waco, Texas, using his charisma to prey on teenage girls in the community....

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In 1903 a traveling preacher put down roots in Benton Harbor, Michigan to prepare for the end times. Then he built a sprawling amusement park. A traveling baseball team came next. “King Ben” charmed l...

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