Ep. - 312 - DIRECTOR OF HEAVEN’S GATE SHANNON BIRD REVIEWS REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SALT LAKE CITY
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.7 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Clay Tweel, Director of HBO Max’s "Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults”, a thorough examination of the infamous UFO cult through the eyes of its former members and loved ones. What started in 1975 with the disappearance of 20 people from a small town in Oregon, ended in 1997 with the largest suicide on US soil and changed the face of modern new age religion forever. This four-part docuseries uses never-before-seen footage and first-person accounts to explore the infamous UFO cult that shocked the nation with their out-of-this-world beliefs.
Mormon Instagram influencer and blogger Shannon Bird reviews Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
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| 0:00.0 | They're amazing Kate Casey. |
| 0:05.1 | Welcome back to another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey. |
| 0:08.3 | This is a great episode. |
| 0:09.4 | I've got two fantastic segments for you. |
| 0:11.7 | The first is with director Clay Twheel, who has directed a fantastic docu-series on HBO |
| 0:17.5 | Max about heaven's gate, which is this fascinating UFO cult that was based near San Diego, California. |
| 0:26.1 | Many other is an interview with Shannon Bird, who is a well-known Instagram influencer and |
| 0:31.0 | blogger, a Mormon blogger from Salt Lake City. |
| 0:34.4 | I had her review Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. |
| 0:39.0 | Now if you're not familiar with heaven's gate, they were this UFO religious cult, like I |
| 0:43.9 | said, based near San Diego. |
| 0:45.5 | It was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Apple White and Bonnie Nettles. |
| 0:50.4 | In March 26, 1997, deputies of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department discovered the bodies |
| 0:56.6 | of 39 members of the group, including Mettel Apple White in this house in Rancho Santa |
| 1:02.6 | Bay. |
| 1:03.6 | They had participated in this mass suicide with a coordinated series of ritual suicides |
| 1:08.4 | in order to reach what they believed was an extraterrestrial spacecraft following |
| 1:14.2 | comet hellbop. |
| 1:16.1 | Just before the mass suicide, the group's website was updated with the message. |
| 1:20.8 | Hellbop brings closure to heaven's gate. |
| 1:23.4 | Our 22 years of classroom here on planet earth is finally coming to a conclusion, graduation, |
| 1:30.1 | from the human evolutionary level. |
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