Heaven's Gate survivor reflects on the cult's mass suicide 25 years ago

The cult began in the early 1970s and led to the largest mass suicide in the U.S.

On March 26, 1997, an anonymous caller directed police to a mansion outside San Diego where authorities soon discovered the largest mass suicide on U.S. soil.

The 39 victims found within the home were all members of a strange and secretive cult called Heaven's Gate, which had a goal to transcend to “higher beings” by spaceship.

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The anonymous caller was Rio DiAngelo, a surviving member who left the group after three years and was to stay behind and tell the world about the group’s story.