On the evening of March 19, 1997, thirty-eight members plus the leader of Heaven’s Gate took phenobarbital mixed with applesauce, then washed it down with vodka. They secured plastic bags around their heads to induce asphyxiation before lying down on their bunks and covering their faces and torsos with a square purple cloth. Their decomposing bodies were discovered on March 26, 1997.

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