What mass suicide cult involving the Hale-Bopp comet was led by Marshall Applewhite?

If you think a comet is going to bring about the end of the world, then you might just be the right fit for Heaven's Gate. Cult leader Marshall Applewhite thought that the Hale-Bopp comet that was fast approaching in 1997 would be trailed by a spaceship, ready to deliver the followers to a higher plane of existence. The founder and 38 of the cult's members committed mass suicide by eating drugged pudding and applesauce.

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