The Heaven's Gate group is adding a scientific genius among its throes, as Jim Parsons joins the cast of The Leader. Parsons ...

In March 1997, Marshall Applewhite Jr., leader of the Heaven's Gate cult, convinced 38 followers to commit suicide so that their souls could board a UFO.

Marshall Applewhite, the leader of the Heaven's Gate cult, was a former music instructor at the University of Alabama. He's the key figure in a new docuseries, “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of ...

What was eventually discovered is that they were told by their leader, Marshall Applewhite (aka “Do”) that they should join a spaceship that’s trailing the arriving Hale-Bopp comet.

Before we dive into the mass suicide that shocked the world, we need to briefly talk about the history of Heaven's Gate, specifically its two founders, Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.

Season 2 Episode 4 Preview: In 1975 in Oregon, Marshall Applewhite held an early meeting drumming up interest in his Heaven's Gate cult. One man who was mildly interested said he was convinced ...

Marshall Applewhite, who founded Heaven’s Gate in 1974 and went by the name “Do,” brainwashed his followers into believing that the world was going to end in 1997 and the only chance to ...

Despite Applewhite being the most current cult leader in the timeline, it seems that his name is not as well-known as Koresh or Jones, so here's a little background on Applewhite and the Heaven's ...

Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite, better known to his followers as ‘Do’ Hill Harper tonight investigates the bizarre San Diego-based 1997 mass suicide by UFO religious cult Heaven ...