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Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr. (May 17, 1931 – March 26, 1997), also known as Do, among other names, was an American religious leader who founded and led the Heaven's Gate new religious movement (often described as a cult), and organized their mass suicide in 1997.
Mar 7, 2023 · Marshall Herff Applewhite (1931-1997). Credit: Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images. It was one of the strangest and saddest news headlines of 1997. Inside a San Diego mansion, authorities...
The son of a Presbyterian minister and a former soldier, Marshall Applewhite began his foray into Biblical prophecy in the early 1970s.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Marshall Applewhite? Marshall Applewhite was the leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult in Texas. He was a self-proclaimed prophet, drawing rhetoric from science...
Aug 9, 2022 · As founder of the California-based Heaven's Gate cult, Marshall Applewhite and 38 of his followers died by suicide in March 1997 to ascend to an Earth-saving spaceship. On March 21, 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult sat down for a final meal together.
Mar 11, 2022 · Heaven's Gate was started in the early 1970s by Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lou Nettles. Applewhite was the son of a Presbyterian preacher and became a talented stage actor and singer.
Mar 25, 2022 · 25 years ago Heaven’s Gate co-founder and leader Marshall Applewhite filmed a message encouraging members of his cult, Heaven’s Gate, to die by suicide. On March 26, 1997, the police discovered the bodies of 39 members in a suburban house near San Diego.
