{"podcast":{"title":"Scams, Money, & Murder","slug":"scams-money-murder-7008396","podcast_index_feed_id":7008396,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/moneycrimes","website_url":"https://www.pavestudios.com/crimehouse","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8476766.jpg","author":"Crime House","episode_count":216,"summary":"Your daily front-row seat to Crime House. Every day, we bring you episodes covering true crime, scams, cults, conspiracies, and the cases that pull you past the headlines into the darkest corners of greed and deceit. One feed, a new story every day.This is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow now so you never miss an episode. For ad-free access, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T14:19:08.169140+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396"},"episode":{"title":"The Last Transmission: Heaven's Gate","slug":"the-last-transmission-heaven-s-gate","published_at":"2026-07-15T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/the-last-transmission-heaven-s-gate","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8386352/8386352_2026-05-15-214152.256.mp3?rssID=6041","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/serve.castfire.com/audio/8386352/8386352_2026-05-15-214152.256.mp3?rssID=6041","summary":"Marshall Applewhite believed — and made others believe — that Earth was about to be wiped clean, and that the only escape was to shed the human body and board a spacecraft trailing the Hale-Bopp comet. In March 1997, 39 members of Heaven's Gate were found dead in a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California, dressed in matching black and wearing new Nike sneakers. They had packed bags for the journey. Applewhite had been refining this theology for decades, and the people who followed him were not fringe figures — they were educated, thoughtful, and completely certain. We look at the belief system, the man who built it, and the community that died by it. For more, follow Crimes Of... wherever you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/1838511303 If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Scams, Money, & Murder to never miss a case! To hear episodes ad-free, subscribe to Crime House+. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. Scams, Money, & Murder is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. 🎧 Need More to Binge?  Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Crimes Of…, Crime House 24/7, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts! Follow me on Social Instagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudios X: @crimehousemedia YouTube: @crimehousestudios","meta_description":"Marshall Applewhite believed — and made others believe — that Earth was about to be wiped clean, and that the only escape was to shed the human body and b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5217,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scams-money-murder-7008396/episodes/the-last-transmission-heaven-s-gate/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/the-last-transmission-heaven-s-gate.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}