Just over 20 years ago, a payphone caller claimed dozens of people had committed suicide at a Mediterranean-style villa in the

Gilded San Diego suburb of Rancho Santa Fe. Two hours later, Sheriff's Deputy Robert Brunk crept into the mansion and found a macabre scene of

ritualized death. Investigators would count 39 corpses, 21 women, 18 men, ranging in age from 26 to 72. It was the largest mass suicide ever committed on US soil.

Each body light out in a bed clad in black sweatpants, black button-down tunics, and out-of-the-box Nike Decay jogging shoes. Each torso and shorn head enshrouded by a square of deep purple fabric, each corpse had exactly $5.75 in their pocket.

An everyone wore a trekky inspired arm patch that read, Heaven's Gate Away Team. Computers in the mansion flashed a starship enterprise style red alert. What the fuck?

How did this happen? Why did they do it? What led 39 people to kill themselves in a desperate attempt to board a spaceship?

If you don't know, you're about to find out. And if you already know, you're about to realize there was some info you probably missed.

Time to go full alien, full cult, full crazy in this Heaven's Gate, comments tale, and space Jesus edition of Time Suck.

Hail Nimrod, and Happy Monday, you deeply inquisitive, succumbic, suck basis. What's up person who actually enjoys a little learning, you weirdo?

Why don't you just read a tabloid in gossip about the reality story, Flavor of the Month? Why don't you do that?

Why don't you just listen to some news network talking heads vomit up some preformed narratives designed less to inform you and more to sell commercials by playing to a specific target demographic?

What the fuck is wrong with you? Let your eyes gloss over already and give up on life. Get in line. Do what you're told.

No? All right, all right, your life I guess. Keep listening if you want.

I'm Dan Cummins, aka the Suck Master, aka Master Sucker, aka Lord Suck, aka Sir Sucks a lot, aka ruler of the third kingdom,

profit of Nimrod, and all the other weird and hilarious shit you guys call me when you send in your emails and messages.

I love it. Today's episode is a wild ride as you would expect with the suicide cult. Appreciate you. Let him work. Wait a bit to listen to it.

Huge thanks to the Lily Willies. I almost called you the Lily Willies. That would be a nursing. Huge thanks to the Lily Twins.

Sarah and Rebecca Reba, OG members of the Bojangles Research Team for fucking crushing the initial research of this episode.

So nice what I'm doing my own digging to know it matches up with what somebody else has found.

Somebody else I trust. So nice to be presented with awesome angles to expand on and great info.

I may have never found on my own. You two killed it. Thanks for all the emails too. Holy shit you guys have been firing those emails in.

I really thought I was going to catch up this week, but my travel schedule has been exhausting.

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