Marshall Applewhite
Birthday: Born in 1931-05-17 in Spur, Texas, USA
Deathday: 1997-03-26
Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. was an American cult leader who founded what became known as the Heaven's Gate religious group and organized their mass suicide in 1997, claiming the lives of 39 people.
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Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults
Character: Self - Co-Leader of Heaven’s Gate (archive footage)
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....
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Beyond Human
Character: Self
A series of 12 videos documenting the history of Heaven's Gate as told by the group's leader, Marshall Applewhite (known to his followers as Do). Applewhite explains the theology of the group, the reasons for the "exit" they were planning in the late 1990s. Applewhite explains the "students" of the group that were part of an intensive classroom training. He also explains the behaviors the students needed to "drop" to become a member of the Kingdom of Heaven....
Heaven's Gate Initiation Tape 1996
Character: Himself
The initiation tape where cult leader talks to the camera. It was made in September 1996 to explain their religious beliefs....
Heaven's Gate - Culticide in California
Character: Himself (Archive)
Culticide in California explores the grim events surrounding the mass suicide of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult, led by Marshall Applewhite. This group held strange beliefs tied to the Hale-Bopp Comet. This documentary uses news footage to tell the story of how 39 people could all have such strong beliefs that they would chemically castrate themselves and die in the hope that a passing spaceship would pick them up....
Heaven's Gate Initiation Tape
Character: Himself
The initiation tape where cult leader talks to the camera. It was made in 1997 5 days before the suicides, trying to convince members to commit suicide in order to join a spaceship behind the comet, driven by his father, God/Te....
Heaven's Gate: The Untold Story
Character: Cult leader
Documentary chronicling the history of the Heaven's Gate cult, including actual home video footage and interviews with surviving members....
Holy Smoke
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While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth....
Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society
Character: Heavens gate
The story of the Cacophony Society. This documentary follows their evolution from the San Francisco Suicide Club - 1977, the exploits of SF Cacophony, their nexus creating the Burning Man Festival, to the irreverent Los Angeles Cacophony and beyond. This is the history of the most significant American underground cultural movement of our time! 'The Cacophony Society is, 'a randomly gathered network of free spirits engaged in the pursuit of experiences beyond the mainstream.' The credo is 'You Ma...
Planet Earth About to Be Recycled: Your Only Chance to Survive Is to Leave with Us
Character: himself
"We'll title this tape, "Planet Earth About to be Recycled - Your Only Chance to Evacuate is to Leave With Us." Planet Earth about to be recycled - Your only chance to survive or evacuate is to leave with us. Now, that's a pretty drastic statement - pretty bold - in terms of religion, in terms of anybody's intelligent thinking. To most people who would consider themselves intelligent beings, they'd say, "Well, that's absurd. What's all this doomsday stuff? What's all this prophetic, apocalyptic ...
Last Chance to Evacuate Earth Before It's Recycled
Character: himself
"I'll try to just put it as briefly as I can and as clearly as I can. This planet is about to be recycled, refurbished, started over. That doesn't mean it's going to be destroyed, it doesn't mean it's the end of the world. But it does mean that it is going to be spaded under. Now, you can say, "Well, who are you to say that?" And I'll tell you who I am. As to whether or not you believe who I am is up to you. And whether or not you believe that this civilization is going to be recycled or refurbi...