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Podcast: Crime Writers On...
Episode: Heaven's Gate and Room 2806
Description: The HBO Max documentary âHeavenâs Gate: The Cult of Cultsâ traces the groupâs founding in the 1970s through the Internet age to explain the origins of the largest mass suicide in US history. The four-part series takes a serious look at a religious group dismissed as space cadets.
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When New York City police arrested Dominique Straus-Kahn for raping her in his hotel room, the story shook two continents. The Netflix series âRoom 2806: The Accusationâ looks at what happens when one of the worldâs...