Inside Story

Inside Story· Season 16 · Episode 9

The Cult

S16E09·August 6, 1997·50m·BBC One

On 26 March this year, the bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult were found in a house in San Diego. They all recorded their farewells on videotape and committed suicide by taking a fatal cocktail of drugs and alcohol. Who were they and why did they end their lives?

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