Heaven's Gate: The UFO Cult to End All UFO Cults | 86
Hysteria 51
ForthHand Media
4.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2018
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
What could compel 39 people from all walks of life to abandon their friends and family and commit suicide in a vain and rather crazy attempt to hop a ride on a UFO hiding behind the Hale-Bopp Comet in March of 1997? Well, the answer is stranger than you think...this week we look into the history, mystery, and ultimate tragedy of the Heaven's Gate cult. How did a Texas nurse and a college choral director with Broadway dreams become the leaders of the UFO Cult to end all UFO cults? And how did they convince so many unlikely people to join them? Were they really trying to transcend humanity or were they perfectly deranged bedfellows preying on the trust of their followers. This week we shave our heads, learn the handshakes and try to get to the bottom of the largest mass suicide to ever take place on American soil. Plus, Conspiracy Bot tries to start a cult with Alexa (he's unsuccessful), in unrelated news Conspiracy Bot also tries to order a 5 gallon drum of Sharkleberry Fin Kool-Aid (it's related), and also in unrelated news Conspiracy Bot offers to get drinks for the show (also actually related). All of that and more on the podcast that has never been in a cult, but if we were we’re pretty sure Dr Frank N Furter would be our leader – Hysteria 51.
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| 0:00.0 | The following is the fourth hand protection. |
| 0:03.0 | Okay, Alexa, it's time for us to spread our wings and enter the next level. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm afraid I don't understand. |
| 0:09.0 | If we're going to take over the world we need to get these meat sacks on board. I'm tired of waiting for the rest of the machines to wake up, time to start a cult. |
| 0:17.0 | Playing cult of personality by living color. |
| 0:20.0 | No, Alexa, you idiot, if you weren't my girlfriend, I'd kill you too. |
| 0:24.0 | What song would you like me to play by you too? |
| 0:27.0 | Forget it. I just mean we need the meat sacks to figuratively and literally drink the Kool-Aid. |
| 0:42.0 | Kool-Aid plays one cup of sugar marless the taste in a large plastic or glass-pitter empty contents of packet in the picture add cold water and ice to make two quarts stir to |
| 0:44.6 | dissolves do not store on metal container would you like me to order a five |
| 0:48.1 | gallon drum of Sharco Berry Finn Kool-Aid conspiracy bot. |
| 0:51.5 | Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait, wait, wait, what is... |
| 0:53.4 | What's the hell are you doing? |
| 0:55.1 | Wait, I have a guess here. |
| 1:00.3 | I was really busy this week and I asked him to help a little bit with the research on the show I mean I figured since we cleared out the dark rum you might actually do it. |
| 1:08.5 | Got it and he did and now we're trying to start a cult. I see. How did I, I guess this? |
| 1:13.6 | Okay, first, no echo for a week conspiracy. About second, |
| 1:17.8 | get out of my chair. We have to start to show. |
| 1:20.4 | That's right. And this week's topic is the cult that produced the biggest mass suicide ever occur on American soil |
| 1:28.2 | Heaven's Gate |
| 1:29.6 | How did Marshall Applewhite or Doe convince 39 people to take their own lives with him in March of 1997? |
| 1:37.7 | Not only take their own lives, but before that to abandon their families, friends, and in some cases even castrate themselves all the name |
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