Deciphering the Mayan Calendar: Apocalypse Misunderstood?

Deciphering the Mayan Calendar: Apocalypse Misunderstood?

By Augustus Kane · Published June 10, 2026 · Updated June 10, 2026 The Mayan calendar apocalypse is a modern misreading. December 21, 2012 marked the completion of the 13th baktun in the Maya Long Count, a cyclical rollover after roughly 5,125 years. No surviving Maya inscription predicts destruction on that date; the doomsday narrative […]

Heaven’s Gate (1997): The Comet-Cult Suicide that Changed Apocalyptic Movements

Heaven's Gate (1997): The Comet-Cult Suicide that Changed Apocalyptic Movements

Heaven’s Gate, March 1997: What the Coroner’s Files and the Cult’s Own Tapes Actually Establish Between March 22 and March 26, 1997, thirty-nine members of Heaven’s Gate died by coordinated suicide at a rented estate at 18241 Colina Norte in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ingesting phenobarbital in apple sauce or pudding washed down with vodka […]