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Oxygen4 年
How Heaven’s Gate’s Choice Of Nikes For Mass Suicide Became A Cultural Touchstone
While the Heaven’s Gate mass suicide was an absolute tragedy, a particular element of it became a cultural touchstone of the 1990s: those Nike shoes. During a three-day period of late March 1997, 39 ...
ABC News18 年
Heaven's Gate Investigator Saw Dozens Dead With Their Shoes On
Inside were 39 corpses, all of them members of a strange and secretive cult called Heaven's Gate. They had sealed themselves inside and killed themselves one by one. The chief investigator for the ...
Newsweek8 年
How Nike's Decade Became a Cult Shoe, in the Wrong Way
Inflated, no doubt, because of the rarity of the shoe and the absurd circumstances with which it became associated. Cult leader Marshall Herff Applewhite, aka Do, in the Heaven's Gate initiation ...
Couriermail1 年
The creepy reason these Nikes are worth a fortune
Marshall Herff Applewhite, alleged leader of the 'Heaven's Gate' cult. Picture: Channel 9 They explained to me, via email, that the easy iconography of the matching shoes has been blown out of ...
The Gazette8 年
20 years later, Heaven’s Gate lives on — via internet, scholarly debates
They donned matching black track suits with customized patches identifying themselves as the 'Heaven's Gate Away Team.” They slipped on brand new black Nike shoes. They packed duffel bags.
CNN4 年
What the rise of this ’70s cult says about American culture
all wore simple dark uniforms and Nike tennis shoes. Bizarre as these details may seem, if you actually look at the group’s beliefs and history, Heaven’s Gate has far more in common with ...
Houston Chronicle8 年
20 years later, Heaven's Gate lives on
They donned matching black track suits with customized patches identifying themselves as the "Heaven's Gate Away Team." They slipped on brand new black Nike shoes. They packed duffel bags.
Gizmodo16 年
Heaven’s Gate UFO Cult Sneakers – Creepy, Wrong, or Fake?
Click to view Rumors are swirling that Nike discontinued work on this sweet black-and-purple prototype Dunk shoe because it reminded consumers too much of the Heaven’s Gate cult mass suicide.
Decider4 年
HEAVEN’S GATE: THE CULT OF CULTS : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
On March 26, 1997, the 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate cult were found dead in a house ... in black jogging suits and blue Nike running shoes. What was eventually discovered is that they were ...
Rolling Stone8 年
Heaven’s Gate 20 Years Later: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
“The Heaven’s Gate incident was a tragedy. It had nothing to do with Nike.” The surviving members agree. They say that the shoes were purchased in bulk because of their cost, not necessarily ...
The Hollywood Reporter4 年
‘Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults’: TV Review
Clay Tweel's four-part HBO Max docuseries explores the Heaven's Gate cult beyond the 'Star Trek' obsession, cheap website and matching Nikes in 'Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults.' By Daniel ...