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On a fall day back in 1994, authorities from a tiny ski village in Canada's Lurinja

mountains responded to reports of a house fire.

Inside two bodies were discovered, initially ruled as suicides.

Until police discovered three more bodies, they'd been stabbed to death.

The very next day, two small towns in Switzerland were rocked by eerily similar tragedies.

As investigators unravel the link between the shocking discoveries, they found a trail leading back to an apocalyptic cult

with influential members across the globe.

Were the deceased members of the cult true believers?

Or were they murdered on the orders of their unhinged leaders?

Men desperate to escape punishment for another despicable crime.

The truth defies easy explanation and the consequences of that fateful week

would echo long after the orchestrators themselves were dead.

Join me now as we look into the history of the solar temple, a secret of international religious order,

whose dark end bears an eerie similarity to the infamous Jonestown massacre.

To understand the twisted path that led to the cult's finale, we'll have to trace its origins back to its humble beginnings

as a new age spiritual movement and follow the thread through an intricate tale of faith, deception and violence.

Before we get into this wild case, I'd like to introduce you to Sarah Pooth, a Canadian-born actress who plays one of our most favorite characters in the hit-8 part series, Three Pines.

We absolutely fell in love with Sarah's character on the show.

She plays an officer adding just the right amount of comic relief and is series based on murder mysteries that take place in a small rural town in Quebec,

which also just happens to be where Sarah grew up and started her career.

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