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The Solar Temple Cult
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22:48 - 30:01 (07:12)

In 1995, a mass suicide took place in southeastern France where 16 bodies were found in a forest near an area called the Pit of Hell, two of them being French police officers. The Solar Temple cult responsible for the event had a belief system that revolved around both Christianity and New Age ideas.

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Tragic events that span multiple continents over nearly thirty years of a group called the Order of the Solar Temple which amassed hundreds of members looking for direction and enlightenment, but instead, found something more sinister.
22:48 - 27:38 (04:49)
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Order of the Solar Temple
Summary

Tragic events that span multiple continents over nearly thirty years of a group called the Order of the Solar Temple which amassed hundreds of members looking for direction and enlightenment, but instead, found something more sinister.

Chapter
The Solar Temple Cult
Episode
66: The Order of the Solar Temple: Suicide Cult Based On The Knights Templar
Podcast
Lights Out
In 1994 and 1995, the Solar Temple cult committed a series of murders and suicides across Switzerland and southeastern France in the belief that they were being transported to a better place.
27:38 - 30:01 (02:23)
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Cults
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In 1994 and 1995, the Solar Temple cult committed a series of murders and suicides across Switzerland and southeastern France in the belief that they were being transported to a better place. Their final act was the simultaneous murder and suicide of 16 members, including three children, in a forest in France on December 22, 1995.

Chapter
The Solar Temple Cult
Episode
66: The Order of the Solar Temple: Suicide Cult Based On The Knights Templar
Podcast
Lights Out