{"podcast":{"title":"Unexplained America The Podcast","slug":"unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775","podcast_index_feed_id":6730775,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/edfbc1a4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://unexplainedamerica.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39826993/39826993-1743797021261-8b8615d7aa5a7.jpg","author":"Unexplained America the Podcast","episode_count":132,"summary":"Unexplained America is a weekly podcast, hosted by Lisa Ponson. I discuss true crime, paranormal, cryptid, legend, and anything unexplained connected with America. Join me for episodes rich in researching the history, background and nuance of the story perhaps a bit quirky. If possible, I love to explore the places myself and discuss the story from a personal perspective. The more creepy and unexplained the better!!!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:18:20.270181+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775"},"episode":{"title":"Heaven's Gate The Back Story (Part 2)","slug":"heaven-s-gate-the-back-story-part-2","published_at":"2026-05-17T18:09:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/heaven-s-gate-the-back-story-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/unexplained-arkansas/episodes/Heavens-Gate-The-Back-Story-Part-2-e3jgcrm","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/edfbc1a4/podcast/play/120123702/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-17%2Fd31b30f9-8044-ddb5-6cab-9be2a0aa8e9e.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will finish discussing the group Heaven's Gate, picking up where I left off in Part 1 in the year 1986, Listener Discretion-Mental Illness/Unaliving --- On Wednesday, March 26, 1997, the San Diego County Sheriff's office received a 911 telling them that there was a mass unaliving at the location of 18241 Colina Norte in Rancho Sante Fe. The deputies really thought that this must be a crank phone call. When the deputies go to the house what they find there is anything but funny. They find 39 bodies at this location--they will received 1500 calls from around the country from concerned family and friends of these individuals. Hearts will be broken and the leader (Herff) will be on the cover of Time Magazine--but not for any good reason. We will also discuss the present day and my email exchange.--Make sure to listen to the end because I had two add on thoughts that I forgot. Listen to the whole episode for a deep look at the group. References for this Episode: "Heaven's Gate America's UFO Religion"- Benjamin E. Zeller--https://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Gate-Americas-UFO-Religion/dp/1479881066 "Marhsall Herff Applewhite Jr."-Times Information Services--Corpus Christi Caller--Sat. Mar. 29, 1997 "Cult Video Discovered"--LA Times--The Cincinatti Enquier--Mon. May 12, 1997 "Harlinger AP"--Austin American-Statesman-Sat. Oct. 18, 1975 "UFO Sect Lures Away Their Son"--The Miami Herald Tues. Mar 23 1976 "UFO pair say 22 followers are safe"-San Antonio Express-News--Sun. Dec. 7, 1975 "Co-founder's children struggle for answers in wake of suicides"-Star-Phoenix- Tues. Apr 1, 1997 "'The Two' still haunt Coast Man"--by Jerry Easterling-Oregon Territory- S…","meta_description":"In this episode of Unexplained America, your host Lisa will finish discussing the group Heaven's Gate, picking up where I left off in Part 1 in the year 1…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9950,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/episodes/heaven-s-gate-the-back-story-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unexplained-america-the-podcast-6730775/heaven-s-gate-the-back-story-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}