Just Evil! Cult Leaders That Rose To Power & How They Did It (LIST)

The California based Heaven’s Gate cult believed that doomsday was evident, as 21 women and 18 men voluntarily committed suicide in three groups on three successive days in March of 1997.

Combining elements of Christianity with unusual beliefs about the nature of UFOs, the cult would interpret passages from the four gospels and the Book of Revelation as referring to UFO visitation.

They look upon earth as being in the control of evil forces, and perceived themselves as being among the elite who would attain heaven. They held a profoundly dualistic belief of the soul as being a superior entity, which is only housed temporarily in a body.