Crime Story

An insider’s view of Heaven's Gate and the tragic mass suicide of 39 followers

05.20.2024 - By CBCPlay

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In 1997, members of a cult named Heaven's Gate took their lives in a mass suicide. Glynn Washington grew up in a cult and remembers thinking, could that have been me? Washington is now host of the podcast, Heaven’s Gate, and joins Crime Story to help us understand how 39 people were driven to death.

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