Daily Archives: October 4, 2014

53 found dead in cult murder-suicide in Switzerland, Canada 20 years ago this hour (Oct 5 1984)

1990s


Video: 'Oct. 5, 1994: Cult Suicide in Switzerland'

(Wednesday, October 5, 1994, around 5 a.m. CET) — 48 people were found dead today in an apparent murder-suicide carried out simultaneously in two Swiss villages by members of a secret religious doomsday cult known as the Order of the Solar Temple; five other bodies were found the same week in a building owned by the sect near Montreal, Canada.

‘The Matchmaker’ episode airs on ‘Frasier’ 20 years ago this hour (Oct 4 1994)

1990s, Television 1990s


Video: 'frasier season 2 episode 3 The Matchmaker 1'

(Tuesday, October 4, 1994, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Frasier sets up a date for Daphne with the new station manager, Tom, unaware that Tom is gay and believes he’s actually dating Frasier on tonight’s episode of the NBC-TV sitcom series Frasier.

This episode was listed as #43 on TV Guide‘s 1997 list of Top 100 Episodes of All Time.