Heaven's Gate: Cult Suicide in San Diego by Bill Hoffmann

THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY BEHIND AMERICA’S FIRST MASS SUICIDE

Graphic, untold descriptions from inside the Death House.

Inside the mysterious lives of 39 UFO cultists. The frightening secret of the computer files and the Internet. The castration shocker: Applewhite’s stunning
sexual secrets.

A Star Trek star’s tragic family secret, The “space ship”: actual Internet photos,
The weird TV movie that made Applewhite a star, Applewhite’s steamy sex trysts with a student. The chilling aftershocks of the mass suicide nightmare, including a Grateful Dead expert’s horrifying copycat suicide. And much more

Bill Hoffmann is a veteran journalist and bestselling author. He has reported around the world for Reuters, The Daily Mail, The Times of London, The New York Post and other well-known publications, covering such stories as the death of Princess Diana, the O J Simpson trial, 9-11, the crash of TWA Flight 800, the William Kennedy Smith case and the divorce of Donald and Ivana Trump.

He has frequently appeared on radio and television as a correspondent and commentator for such organisations as the BBC, NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox. Throughout his diverse career, he has served as a general assignment reporter, international correspondent, film critic, gossip columnist, city desk editor, travel writer and celebrity ghost writer.

He is co-author of the books "Palm Beach Babylon" and "Heaven's Gate: Cult Suicide in San Diego.’’ He appeared in the Emmy-winning HBO documentary “Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists, and the Warner Brothers/Discovery series “The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade.’’ He lives in New York City.