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When the bodies were discovered they were all wearing the same type of Nike tennis shoes(the Nike Decade). Leader-member relations were so high that followers believed that once they left their bodies,they would ascend to heaven via spacecraft.

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Having an autocratic leadership style, Applewhite believed and led his followers to believe he was a direct descendant of Jesus Christ. Which fed on his follower's religious beliefs here in the U.S . His diminished view of life on earth was accepted by his followers. They gave up many of their worldly possessions. What is amazing is all of these people were what one would consider 'sane' people. To convince a mass of people, who were neither sick or suffering, to commit a mass suicide is amazing. He used informational influence to brainwash his followers. As he fed information and helped form opinions and ways of living. The longer the people lived and worked together, everyone's thoughts and opinions were pretty much in sync. Applewhite's leadership styles,along with his manipulation of information from sources like the Bible and Qu'ran, led to this leader and his followers demise.

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Marshall Applewhite with his partner, Bonnie Nettles, preached the notion that they were "The Two"( witnesses referred to in the book of Revelations 11:3. it is said they met at a hospital where Nettles worked.Bonnie was good at making astrological charts and performing seances to "communicate" with the dead.
Together, they convinced a mass of followers that the return of "Haley-Bop"( A comet that was believed to have a spaceship trailing it.) Would be their ticket to heaven once they leave their physical bodies. Unfortunately this would have to happen by what society considers suicide. Bonnie Died from cancer 14 years before the mass suicide.

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Marshall Applewhite: The leader of Heaven's Gate

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Marshall Applewhite: The leader of Heaven's Gate

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In a time where people were trying to find meanings in life and searching for spiritual meaning in a world seamlessly flowing into an age of science, Marshall Applewhite used a fusion of Christian apocalyptic beliefs (scare tactics) along with UFO narratives. This included belief in aliens and reptilian humans .

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On March 26,1997 a charismatic leader by the name of Marshall Applewhite , and 38 of his followers drank a deadly mixture of phenobarbital and vodka and then lay down to die. This was all part of a cult called Heaven's Gate.
In 1993, Applewhite's group first started out as Total 'Overcomer's Anonymous' . The group maintained itself financiall by building websites for businesses using the name' Higher Authority'. The group later evolved to their most famous name "Heaven's Gate"
In these padlets, I will be exploring the life of the leader of Heaven's gate. His leadership style and how it influenced groupthink, which led to mass suicide. Amazingly, the cult still exists today and even has a website!! On this site ,you can find information about Heaven's Gate through the books they sell, and free tidbits of information about them through excerpts from their books. They have, however, taking a position against suicide.

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1.https://www.historicmysteries.com/heavens-gate-cult/
2. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavens-gate-cult-members-found- 3.dead http://www.fangoria.com/new/true-grue-marshall-applewhite-and-the-tragedy-of-heavens-gate
4.https://donforsythgroups.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/groupthink-and-the-tragedy-of-heavens-gate/
5.http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/halebopp/hg/index.
6.htmhttp://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/halebopp/hg/index.htm
7.https://www.biography.com/people/bonnie-lu-nettles-236028?_escaped_fragment_=