in black shirts and sweatpants and with armband patches which read "Heaven's Gate Away Team.” Most infamously, though, they were all wearing those black-and-white Nike shoes, which was a model called ...

The Nike Decade in its black and white colorway is one of those shoes, and is tied to a particularly morbid moment in American history. The shoes were worn by members of the Heaven's Gate cult ...

as well as “Out of Omaha,” which focused on twin black brothers who overcome systemic racism in Omaha, Nebraska. “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” will be the latest in a string of ...

They donned matching black track suits with customized patches identifying themselves as the “Heaven’s Gate Away Team.” They slipped on brand new black Nike shoes. They packed duffel bags.

patches reading "Heaven's Gate Away Team" and black-and-white Nike Decade sneakers. Occasionally, the Decade will show up on eBay. They're expensive. One recent listing—no doubt pegged to the ...

The walk from Black Crack to Heaven’s Gate takes only a few minutes ... an anchor point has been constructed around a large white pine growing at the mouth of the cave. Dropping from the ...

They were all members of the Heaven’s Gate cult, who believed that ... all 39 bodies were wearing matching black-and-white Nikes. Not surprisingly, Nike went into crisis mode, quietly ...