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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 shoes were worn by members of the Heaven's Gate cult during the group's mass suicide that took place from March 24-26, 1997. The eerie photos from the scene of the crime famously featured each ...

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.

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.

The infamous black and white Nike Decades have become synonymous with the Heaven’s Gate Cult. 1993 'Nike Decade' shoes sell for hundreds on ebay, even in poor condition. This pair sold for $ ...

Heaven's Gate Committed Mass Suicide In March 1997 In ... mass suicide featured images of the cult members in matching Nike shoes, black pants, and black sweatshirts under those purple clothes ...

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 ...