Remember these guys?

It was ten years ago tonight that the 39 members of the “Heaven’s Gate” cult were found dead – after committing mass suicide – in their house in California. That was one weird thing when it happened. In case you were a bit younger: these guys were a UFO cult that believed a flying saucer was accompanying the Hale-Bopp Comet, which was big in the skies that spring. By killing themselves – or “leaving their earthly vehicles” as they put it – the Heaven’s Gate bunch thought they were going to be takign a trip into outer space. Remember when they were showing footage shot inside the place: all those bodies with bags around their heads, wearing the same outfits and all found to be carrying five dollars in quarters (for the “videogames” that were going to be onboard the UFO that was supposed to pick them ...