Heaven's Gate and Room 2806

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🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The HBO Max documentary “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” traces the group’s founding in the 1970s through the Internet age to explain the origins of the largest mass suicide in US history. The four-part series takes a serious look at a religious group dismissed as space cadets. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "HEAVEN'S GATE: CULT OF CULTS" GO TO 30:00 When New York City police arrested Dominique Straus-Kahn for raping her in his hotel room, the story shook two continents. The Netflix series “Room 2806: The Accusation” looks at what happens when one of the world’s most powerful men must defend himself from a working-class woman of color. FOR OUR SPOILER-FREE REVIEW OF "ROOM 2806: THE ACCUSATION" GO TO 58:00 In crime of the week: walk the walk. Click here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

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0:00.0	This is Jen from Yardley, Pennsylvania.
0:03.0	See what the cool kids do and get exclusive podcasts and more at patreon.com slash partners
0:09.5	in crime media, just like I do.
0:12.5	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is Crime Raiders On.
0:29.0	The original True Crime Review Podcast that digs in a true crime, pop culture, other
0:34.2	podcasts, and this week it was known as the cult that thought it would be taken to heaven
0:40.0	in a UFO.
0:41.5	Why did members stay for two decades only to take their lives in a mass suicide?
0:46.6	We'll talk about heaven's gate, the cult of cults.
0:50.0	Then a foreign diplomat is accused of raping a hotel maid.
0:53.9	Out of the case against Dominique Strauss-Con fall apart, we'll review Room 2806, the accusation
1:01.4	on Netflix.
1:02.4	Joining me to get that done and more is my real life husband and true crime co-author,
1:06.7	former TV journalist Kevin Flynn.
1:08.5	Hello Kevin.
1:09.5	Hello Rebecca.
1:10.5	Also with us is journalist true crime author, former defense investigator, licensed private
1:15.1	investigator, and certified cat detective, Laura Bricker.
1:18.9	Hello Laura.
1:19.9	Hello Rebecca.
1:21.7	And finally, our captain of Voxenacism, even though he's not actually that cynical in
1:26.1	real life, he's not actually a captain either.
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