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:

Qubec Coroner's Report 1996

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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