Among the cult's following, Marshall was known as "Do." Following the discovery of the Hale-Bopp comet in July of 1995, Marshall told the Heaven's Gate members that it was a signal from aliens.

A ctor Jim Parsons, who rose to stardom while playing Sheldon Cooper in the long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory, has found his next role. After a Broadway run and his work as ...

In the early 1970s, Applewhite met Bonnie Nettles, who would go on to found Heaven's Gate with him. She fostered his belief that he was a prophet with a divine mission.

Heaven’s Gate was led by Marshall Applewhite, who went by the name “Do,” and Bonnie Nettles, who went by “Ti.” ...

Marshall Applewhite, who founded Heaven’s Gate in 1974 and went by the name “Do,” brainwashed his followers into believing that the world was going to end in 1997 and the only chance to ...

Marshall Herff Applewhite 65, music teacher turned cult leader Missouri prosecutor Tim Braun never forgot the car-theft case that came his way in 1974, when he was a novice St. Louis County public ...

In a new two-hour special edition of "20/20," ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer and team decode the mysteries of the cult and examine the secrets of its compelling leader, Marshall Applewhite.

Marshall Applewhite, the cult’s co-founder and leader, was a music instructor at UA in the early 1960s, about 12 years before he founded Heaven’s Gate with a co-believer, Bonnie Nettles.

Heaven’s Gate leader Marshall Applewhite’s heart disease may have hastened his death after he took a lethal mix of drugs and alcohol, according to an autopsy. Results confirm the charismatic ...