EXCLUSIVE: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) is a new addition to the cast of The Leader, the true-crime thriller inspired by ...

Per Deadline, Parsons has joined Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga for the project, which is currently in production. Nelson and Farmiga are set to play the cult's leaders, Marshall Applewhite and ...

Heaven's Gate Was Founded In 1974 Before we dive into the mass suicide that shocked the world, we need to briefly talk about the history of Heaven's Gate, specifically its two founders, Marshall ...

All these years later, Lyford tells PEOPLE, he hasn’t fully recovered. “Being in the Heaven’s Gate cult was an experience in which I gave my power away on all levels,” Lyford, 65, says.

SAN DIEGO - The jokes started right away, even though 39 people had died. Heaven's Gate felt ripe for ridicule. It happened 20 years ago. In a Rancho Santa Fe mansion, Marshall Applewhite, a Texas ...

Cult's Self-Denial Left Room for Pizza and Trip to Las Vegas Detailed financial ledger kept by Heaven's Gate cult shows that in weeks leading up to mass suicide at Rancho Santa Fe, Calif, members ...

Heaven’s Gate was solidly ahead of the curve when it came to filming their informational sessions and, for all of the shock expressed in 1997, the cult’s early days received a reasonable ...

In today’s Back Story, staff writer John Wilkens discusses how two decades of academic study and debate are reshaping our understanding of the group. Q; How big of a deal was Heaven’s Gate?

Sometimes a major Oscar can be a curse in disguise. And a reputation as a movie disaster can be an injustice. Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate”–an epic western about the Johnson County ...

Heaven's Gate began in the early 1970s with co-founders Marshall Herff Applewhite and Bonnie Lou Nettles. Applewhite was the son of a Presbyterian preacher and became a talented stage actor and ...

Cult's Self-Denial Left Room for Pizza and Trip to Las Vegas Detailed financial ledger kept by Heaven's Gate cult shows that in weeks leading up to mass suicide at Rancho Santa Fe, Calif, members ...