What It Was Like
The Swiss Cult That Ended With 5 Mass Suicides (Part 2)
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Between 1994 and 1997, the sect known as The Order of the Solar Temple snuffed itself out via five mass murder suicides. We spend this episode looking at what happened—and why.
For further info, check out some of our sources:
The challenge of identification following the tragedy of the Solar Temple
Solar Temple in Salvan: 25 years later, a luxury chalet on the site of the massacre
Cult Horror Maims Prominent French Family: The New York Times
The Philosophy of Fanaticism: Paul Katsafanas
Extremes podcast: Escaping a Cult Julian interviews a Jonestown survivor
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