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Airport Home Appliance, unbeatable price selection and people. 10 00:00:40,760 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: Welcome to the first Unexplained Extra. For the weeks in 11 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: between episodes, we'll be taking a look at the stories 12 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: that for some reason or other didn't make it into 13 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 1: the show. For last week's episode, do you See what 14 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: I See? We came across a story that demonstrates the 15 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 1: sheer power of belief and how one man's interpretation of 16 00:00:58,080 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: the arrival of the hail Bob comment led to the 17 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: death of thirty nine people. The story begins in nineteen 18 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: seventy two with a Houston born nurse named Bonnie Nettles. 19 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: Nettles was in every way the typical suburban Texan, married 20 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: to a local businessman with whom she shared four children. 21 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: Some might say she had it all, but things, as 22 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 1: they often are, weren't quiet as they seemed. The marriage 23 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: had begun to deteriorate, during no small part to Bonnie's 24 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: insistence that she had started receiving messages from a nineteenth 25 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: century monk named Brother Francis. Nettles began attending seances in 26 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: an attempt to converse with Brother Francis, and it was 27 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: at one such meeting that she was given a message 28 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: that would change her life forever. She was informed that 29 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,400 Speaker 1: she would meet a mysterious man with light hair and 30 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: a fair complexion. Despite the cliched nature of the message, 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: Bonnie became convinced that there was a guiding hand at play. 32 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: Sure Enough, a few months later, Bonnie did indeed cross 33 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 1: paths with a strange and mysterious man. His name was 34 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 1: Marshal Applewhite. True to the message, Marsha was indeed tool 35 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: with fair hair, and like Bonnie, he too had sensed 36 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: a strange connection between them. Convinced of their mutual destinies, 37 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 1: the pair agreed to leave behind the lives they'd known 38 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: and set off on a journey of self discovery around 39 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: the United States. It was on this journey that the 40 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: pair claimed to have experienced an extraordinary awakening. Suddenly everything 41 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,400 Speaker 1: had become clear. They had been sent to Earth by 42 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: an unknown race of extraterrestrials with a special mission to 43 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 1: ascend to the level above human and to bring as 44 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: many other people with them as possible. The pair changed 45 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: their names to Tea and Doe and started to refine 46 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: their philosophy, incorporating a fusion of new Agism, science fiction, 47 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,720 Speaker 1: and Christianity. In October nineteen seventy five, a nineteen year 48 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: old California named Nuel Moore and his girlfriend Yanna Prucher 49 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: came across a strange newspaper article. The heading read UFOs 50 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 1: Where did they come from? And requested the attendance of 51 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: all who were seeking meaning in their life. The advert 52 00:03:13,639 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: was enough to entice the pair to hitchhike all the 53 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: way to San Francisco to attend the meeting. Unfortunately, they 54 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: arrived too late, but were thankful when two members of 55 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: the group offered to drive them home. During the journey, 56 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: David and Yanna learnt a bit more about the group, 57 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: and in particular their enigmatic leaders T and Doe, Daniel, 58 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: and Yanna had stumbled upon what would become known as 59 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: the Heaven's Gate Cult. Yanna and Daniel returned the following week, 60 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,760 Speaker 1: and impressed by the magnetism and message that T and 61 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: Doe were preaching, they agreed to join them, and many 62 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: others followed, all seduced by T and Doe's ultimate promise, 63 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: the granting of entry into the Kingdom of Heaven. Before long, 64 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: the group had begun to attract considerable attention in the 65 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: local press, and not much of it good. Fearing the 66 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 1: negative attention, T and Doe decided that in order for 67 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: the group to survive, they would have to cut off 68 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: all ties with the familiar human world and take the 69 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: operation underground. For the group members, this meant a strict 70 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: adherence to a number of rules and regulations. They were 71 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: ordered to cease all contact with family and friends. They 72 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: were to keep to a rigorous program promoting their distinctly 73 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,919 Speaker 1: separate way of life, with every action regimented, from the 74 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: way meals would be cooked to how a man was 75 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: to shave himself. They would be given new names and 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:36,840 Speaker 1: would henceforth be collectively known as the Class. As an 77 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:39,839 Speaker 1: ex member of the group remarked the strict regime was 78 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,919 Speaker 1: designed to brainwash individuals in order to enable them to 79 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 1: commit completely and absolutely to t and Doe's vision. In principle, 80 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: they believed the body was nothing more than a vehicle 81 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: for the soul, that the human experience was a temporary 82 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: existence that ultimately holds us back from our true potential. 83 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: To this end, every human habit and construction to be 84 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: completely stripped away. All understanding of gender, emotion, and sexuality 85 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: was rejected and egos obliterated in preparation for ascension to 86 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: the next level. The eradication of sexual desire proved particularly difficult, 87 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 1: with many of the men committing voluntary castration to overcome 88 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 1: their natural urges, and so the group remained for a 89 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: number of years until tragedy struck In nineteen eighty two. 90 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: Bonnie Nettles was diagnosed with cancer after losing an eye 91 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,160 Speaker 1: to the disease. She later died in January nineteen eighty 92 00:05:34,160 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 1: five at the age of fifty eight. For Marshall, it 93 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: was a horrific blow, but somehow he had found an 94 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: extraordinary way to rationalize it. Are you always taking care 95 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: of your family? Do you often take care of others 96 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: and not yourself. Now it's time to take care of yourself, 97 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: to make time for you. You deserve it. Tele adoc 98 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: gives you access to a licensed therapist to help you 99 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: get back to feeling your best to feeling like yourself again. 100 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: With teledoc, you can speak to a licensed therapist by 101 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: phone or video. 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That's teladoc dot com slash Unexplained Podcast. He 111 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: had come to believe that t had not died at all, 112 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,239 Speaker 1: but had instead, in the process of passing over, picked 113 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,760 Speaker 1: up an angelic body with which to continue her life. 114 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,720 Speaker 1: He knew this, he told the group because although her 115 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,520 Speaker 1: body had died, she had continued to remain in contact 116 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: with him, and that only he alone could interpret her messages. 117 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,800 Speaker 1: One such message was that T was planning to one 118 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: day returned to Earth to pick up the rest of 119 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: the group. It was an idea that became the basis 120 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: for Marshall's ultimate plan. In the mid nineties, the group 121 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: relocated to one eight two three nine Perseo Victoria in 122 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: Rancho Santa Fe. They became self sufficient through a number 123 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: of small businesses, including intriguingly website design. At some point, 124 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 1: Doe's health had also begun to deteriorate, and after witnessing 125 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,120 Speaker 1: what had happened to T, he became convinced that he 126 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 1: was also dying of cancer. And it was at this 127 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 1: point that something changed. After years of social conditioning, all 128 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 1: the members had come to accept that Doe was their 129 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: literal savior. He had become nothing less than a god, 130 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: someone they were prepared to do anything for. But more pertinently, 131 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: Doe was the only man who had the power to 132 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: grant them access to the next level and ascension into 133 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,680 Speaker 1: the Kingdom of Heaven. It became clear that time was 134 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 1: running out, and things took a sinister turn in March 135 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety seven, as the hail Bop comet reached peak brightness, 136 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Doe approached the group with an extraordinary claim. Flying just 137 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: behind the comet, unbeknownst to the rest of the world, 138 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,679 Speaker 1: was a UFO. It was t finally returning to collect 139 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: them all. The class knew immediately this was their last 140 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: chance to evacuate Earth before it was too late. In 141 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: a remarkable series of videos still available online, you can 142 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 1: watch the final messages recorded by the group, one after 143 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: the other. They talked to the camera, smiling, relaxed, and 144 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: even ecstatic at the thought of what awaited them. On 145 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: March twenty fourth, the group visited a local restaurant for 146 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: an all American dinner of iced tea, turkey, and blueberry cheesecape. 147 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: It was to be their last outing together. Two days later, 148 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: the San Diego Police Department received an anonymous phone call. 149 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: It had been placed by a member of the group 150 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: called Rio D'Angelo, formerly known as Richard Ford. He requested 151 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: the assistance of police officers at a location that was 152 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,719 Speaker 1: well known to the San Diego Police Department, number one 153 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 1: eight two three nine, Perseo Victoria. When the first officers arrived, 154 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 1: they found a surreal and haunting scene. Laid out on 155 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,400 Speaker 1: beds and mattresses throughout the mansion were the bodies of 156 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 1: all thirty nine members of Heaven's Gate. Each member wore 157 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: black Nike trainers and was dressed head to toe in 158 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: the same black uniform. On each of their left arms 159 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: a small triangular patch with the notation Heaven's Gate Away 160 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: Team written on it, and all had been found with 161 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: five dollars and seventy five cents in cash on their person, 162 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: an old habit they had adopted in case they were 163 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: ever to get stranded anywhere and needed a bus home. 164 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: Included amongst the bodies was that of a forty year 165 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:33,959 Speaker 1: old David Moore. After postmortem, it was found that all 166 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 1: thirty nine members had died after voluntarily ingesting a concoction 167 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: of alcohol, venobarabatol, and hydrocodone. It was the largest group 168 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: suicide to ever have occurred in the United States of America. 169 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: After all the others had been accounted for, Martial apple 170 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:53,320 Speaker 1: White's body was found in the master bedroom, seated at 171 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: the end of his bed. After examination, it was found 172 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: that he had not been suffering from cancer after all. 173 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: All elements of Unexplained are produced by me Richard McClain smith. 174 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,680 Speaker 1: Please subscribe and rate the show on iTunes, but feel 175 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: free to get in touch with any thoughts or ideas 176 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: regarding the stories you've heard on the show. Perhaps you 177 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: have an explanation of your own you'd like to share. 178 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: You can reach us online at Unexplained podcast dot com 179 00:11:23,400 --> 00:12:32,160 Speaker 1: or on Twitter at Unexplained Pod Now. It's time to 180 00:12:32,240 --> 00:12:36,479 Speaker 1: take care of yourself. 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