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b'IN THIS EPISODE: Following an anonymous tip, police enter a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, an exclusive suburb of San Diego, California, and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide. The deceased\\u201321 women and 18 men of varying ages\\u2013were all found lying peaceably in matching dark clothes and Nike sneakers and had no noticeable signs of blood or trauma. It was later revealed that the men and women were members of the \\u201cHeaven\\u2019s Gate\\u201d religious cult, whose leaders preached that suicide would allow them to leave their bodily \\u201ccontainers\\u201d and enter an alien spacecraft hidden behind the Hale-Bopp comet. *** PLUS, the creepy true-crime story of two men who were caught trying to steal the body of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. But that is by no means the end of this story full of twists, turns, myths, and conspiracies.

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE\\u2026
\\u201cHeavens Gate\\u201d by Rolling Stone: http://bit.ly/WeirdDarkness2D7tbeZ, Ranker: http://bit.ly/weirddarkness2UIsK4O, and History.com: http://bit.ly/WeirdDarkness2G3uqfN
\\u201cStealing Lincoln\\u2019s Bones\\u201d by Troy Taylor: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/stealing-lincolns-bones
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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"I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." \\u2014 John 12:46
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Originally aired: November 28, 2021

PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/life-in-heavens-gate/

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