In this season two premiere episode Alice and Leslie talk about the Heaven's Gate cult. They discuss the leader's decent into madness and discover the cult members' unusual habits, including how they ate.

Sources & Further Reading:

Wikipedia: Heaven's Gate, Museum of Death

History: Heaven’s Gate cult members found dead, https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead

Space.com: Hale-Bopp: The Bright and Tragic Comet, https://www.space.com/19931-hale-bopp.html

Britannica: Heaven's Gate, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Heavens-Gate-religious-group

AL.com: 7 creepy things we learned about cult leader and former UA teacher Marshall Applewhite, https://www.al.com/life/2020/12/7-creepy-things-we-learned-about-cult-leader-and-former-ua-teacher-marshall-applewhite.html

Vice.com: Higher Source: The Immortal Web Design of the Suicide Cult 'Heaven's Gate', https://www.vice.com/en/article/pgapzy/heavens-gate-web-designers-higher-source-suicide-cult