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New HBO docuseries 'Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults' explores the UFO-obsessed cult that committed mass suicide by drinking a lethally spiked apple sauce, in hopes to enter what they called 'the Next Level'
39 people died and it was the largest mass suicide event in US history; cult was led by husband and wife leaders who went by 'Ti' and 'Do' - he was a former music professor and she was a nurse
The cult started in the 1970s and required people to take a vow of celibacy and leave behind their earthly possessions, personalities and bodies so they could become 'technically advanced beings' in the 'Next Level'