remember that quite was a cold front of the 1970s by former seminarian called marshall applewhite and his girlfriend bonnie lou nettles. members of the court believe they were part of an alien species trapped in human form. applewhite top them to give up all human attachments. the relationships with their families and friends and jobs. their possessions, ultimately their names, their genders and their own bodies. sound familiar? 1995 the discovery of the hale bopp comet convinced marshall applewhite his prophecies were about to come true. what did he deal? in pursuit of endogenous immortality he castrated himself and encourage his father cultist to do the same. many dead. they castrated themselves at a clinic in mexico. 2 years later at applewhite structure the cold committed mass suicide house outside san diego.