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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.
Mass suicide by cult members at direction of cult leader [27] [28] 21: Black Widow Murders: Los Angeles: 1999, 2005: 2: Two elderly women convicted of murdering two vagrants, the first in 1999 and the second in 2005 [10] 22: Glenn Helzer: Concord: 2000: 5: Former leader of the "Children of Thunder" cult murdered five people as part of an ...
The Blackburn Cult, officially the Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven, or the Great Eleven Club, was a new religious movement started in 1922 by the American woman May Otis Blackburn. She started the group on Bunker Hill in Downtown Los Angeles , California , and later formed a retreat in the Southern California Simi Valley .
Known for its pioneering in California lifestyle staples like health food, yoga, psychedelic rock and hippie fashion, the group’s leader, Father Yod, née Jim Baker, “left the body” in 1975 ...
Charles Manson suggested he was a killer long before he became the infamous cult leader who instructed his followers to commit a series of heinous murders, known as the Manson Murders, that ...
EDITOR’S NOTE — On Jan. 26, 1971, Charles Manson and three members of his California cult were convicted for the murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. On Tuesday ...
The Bohemian Grove is a restricted 2,700-acre (1,100-hectare) campground in Monte Rio, California.Founded in 1878, it belongs to a private gentlemen's club known as the Bohemian Club.
Hells Angels clubhouse in Oakland Hells Angels California tattoo Hells Angels members. Numerous police and international intelligence agencies classify the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club as a motorcycle gang and contend that members carry out widespread violent crimes, including drug dealing, trafficking in stolen goods, gunrunning, extortion, and prostitution rings.