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Monday!

If you're new here, hi, how are you? That's great. So every Monday I sit down and I talk about a true crime story that's been heavy on my...

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This week I'm going to do a story that's been highly requested. Bailey cover more cults, they say, and I was like, okay, okay.

Calm down. So today we're going to talk about Heaven's Gate. Have you heard of it? Well, I vaguely remember when it happened because I kind of was living not far from where it all took place, you know?

But I didn't really know like the full story. So I went down a rabbit hole, part usual, and now I'm going to tell you everything that I learned.

But other than that, I will shut my very little trap and I'll get right into it. A little backstory. We're going to start with Marshall Apple White.

Now Marshall, he was born in Texas in 1931. His father was said to be a minister and he combined aliens into Christian theology.

So it was a little different than normal religion. Marshall, he served in the United States Army. He then went on to finish school at Austin College.

And he also taught music at the University of Alabama. So after teaching there for a little bit, he actually ended up returning to Houston, Texas.

And that is where he also would teach music. And he served as the chair of the music department at the University of St. Thomas.

Now it's alleged that he was fired due to having a sexual relationship with one of his male students. Now Marshall's dad would pass away in early 1970s.

And this sent Marshall into like a really deep depression. He was really close to his father and he was devastated when his father passed away.

And he just wasn't doing well. He was not doing well.

It was said at some point Marshall ended up staying at a psychiatric hospital for a bit of time. While staying at the psychiatric hospital, that's where he met a woman named Bonnie.

Bonnie Nettles. So who is Bonnie Nettles? Well, let me tell you a little bit about her now. Bonnie Nettles, she was born in 1927, also in Texas. And she was born into a Baptist family.

She would go on to become a registered nurse. And then she also married a successful businessman. His name was Joseph. And this was in 1949.

The two of them would go on to have four children together. And their marriage seemed all good, all dandy, until about 1972.

It was said that the marriage between Bonnie and her husband began to fall apart when Bonnie's belief that the 19th century monk named Brother Francis often spoke to her, gave her instructions on like what to do in life.

So she was listening to this, this monk in her head. Bonnie would become very interested in conducting seances with mediums in order to connect with spirits, people who are dead.

And it started as like a little hobby, you know, an interest. And then it just kind of like consumed her life. So her husband is like, dude, with the, what the hell are you doing? You know, in 1972, Bonnie went on to see multiple different psychics who told her that she was going to meet a man who was tall with light hair and a fair complexion.

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