Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Heaven's Gate (religious group)" in English language version.
On March 22, 1997, thirty-nine members ... consumed phenobarbital ... all dying
On Saturday ... The first team of 15 ... Sunday, the next team of fifteen followed. Finally, there were seven on Monday, and then only two.
March 24 ... Fifteen members died that night. Fifteen more died the next day, followed by nine on March 26.
In an earlier suicide bid, on 1 April, a 58-year-old recluse was found dead in his home in a remote mountain canyon in northern California after dying by suicide. He had left a note indicating he believed that he would also join the dead Heaven's Gate cult members.
In an earlier suicide bid, on 1 April, a 58-year-old recluse was found dead in his home in a remote mountain canyon in northern California after dying by suicide. He had left a note indicating he believed that he would also join the dead Heaven's Gate cult members.
March 23: The first group of 15 swallow applesauce ... March 24: Fifteen more die ... March 25: The remaining cultists kill themselves
According to material the group posted on its Internet site, the timing of the suicides were probably related to the arrival of the Hale–Bopp comet, which members seemed to regard as a cosmic emissary beckoning them to another world.
A former member of the Heaven's Gate cult was found dead today in a copycat suicide in a motel room near the scene of the group's mass suicide in San Diego County, and another former member was found unconscious in the same room, the authorities said.
15 people on March 24, another 15 on March 25, and the final nine on March 26
On Saturday ... The first team of 15 ... Sunday, the next team of fifteen followed. Finally, there were seven on Monday, and then only two.
