Jonestown: "Don't Drink the Kool-Aid"
The Complete Story Behind the Mysterious Jim Jones & His Exodus to Guyana
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In 1978, a tragedy occurred in the Guyanese jungle in South America: 918 American citizens allegedly took their own lives and Congressman Leo J. Ryan became the first U.S. Congressman killed in the line of duty.
The life and death of Jim Jones and his followers in Jonestown still mystifies people to this day. "Drinking the Kool-Aid" became a famous metaphor for holding an unquestioned belief without critical examination. But was there a far more sinister play at hand than the official story revealed?
This audiobook is a complete history of Jim Jones and People's Temple, with further analysis on what might have been the real cause of this tragedy. In the words of Oliver Stone, in regard to historical events, "What really happened is always subject to examination."
©2014 William DelGrande (P)2014 William DelGrandeListeners also enjoyed...
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In the 1950s, a young Indianapolis minister named Jim Jones preached a curious blend of the gospel and Marxism. His congregation was racially mixed, and he was a leader in the early civil rights movement. Eventually, Jones moved his church, Peoples Temple, to northern California, where he got involved in electoral politics and became a prominent Bay Area leader. But underneath the surface lurked a terrible darkness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An Important Accurate Historical Report
- By Julia on 08-24-17
By: Jeff Guinn
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A Rope and a Prayer
- The Story of a Kidnapping
- By: David Rohde, Kristen Mulvihill
- Narrated by: David Rohde, Kristen Mulvihill
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
The compelling and insightful account of a New York Times reporter's abduction by the Taliban and his wife's struggle to free him. Invited to an interview by a Taliban commander, New York Times reporter David Rohde and two Afghan colleagues were kidnapped in November 2008 and spirited to the tribal areas of Pakistan. For the next seven months, they lived in an alternate reality, ruled by jihadists, in which paranoia, conspiracy theories, and shifting alliances abounded.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A History Lesson
- By Ed on 12-31-10
By: David Rohde, and others
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Case Closed
- Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK
- By: Gerald Posner
- Narrated by: Scott Aiello
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 312
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Story5 out of 5 stars 277
The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, continues to inspire interest ranging from well-meaning speculation to bizarre conspiracy theories and controversial filmmaking. But in this landmark audiobook, reissued with a new afterword for the 40th anniversary of the assassination, Gerald Posner examines all of the available evidence and reaches the only possible conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Giving the truth - with some attitude
- By Amazon Customer on 06-13-15
By: Gerald Posner
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Reclaiming History
- The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
- By: Vincent Bugliosi
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 870
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 625
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 627
Polls reveal that 85 percent of Americans believe there was a conspiracy behind Lee Harvey Oswald. Some even believe Oswald was entirely innocent. In this encyclopedic, absorbing audiobook, Vincent Bugliosi shows how the public has come to believe such lies about the day that changed the course of history. Bugliosi has devoted almost 20 years of his life to this project, and is determined to show that, despite the overwhelming popular perception, Oswald killed Kennedy and acted alone.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exceptional Detailed Account
- By Lindsay on 06-20-07
By: Vincent Bugliosi
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Truth Doesn't Have a Side
- My Alarming Discovery About the Danger of Contact Sports
- By: Dr. Bennet Omalu, Mark Tabb, Will Smith - foreword
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
One day in 2002 the 50-year old body of former Pittsburgh Steeler and hall of famer Mike Webster was laid on a cold table in front of pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu. Webster's body looked to Omalu like the body of a much older man, and the circumstances of his behavior prior to his death were clouded in mystery. But when Omalu cut into Webster's brain, it appeared to be normal. Something didn't add up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Truly Enlightening
- By Marie on 01-31-20
By: Dr. Bennet Omalu, and others
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The Skies Belong to Us
- Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking
- By: Brendan I. Koerner
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 428
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 386
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Story4 out of 5 stars 386
A shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow commandeered Western Airlines Flight 701 as a vague protest against the war. Through a combination of savvy and dumb luck, the couple managed to flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom, a feat that made them notorious around the globe. Koerner spent four years chronicling this madcap tale, which involves a cast of characters ranging from exiled Black Panthers, to African despots, to French movie stars.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A very entertaining and engaging audiobook
- By S. Perry on 07-13-13
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Mary's Mosaic
- The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peace
- By: Peter Janney
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 419
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 381
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 375
A shocking expos on the life and death of political peace activist Mary Pinchot Meyer, whose relationship with John F. Kennedy sheds new light on the circumstances surrounding his assassination. Who really murdered Mary Pinchot Meyer in the fall of 1964? Why was there a mad rush by CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton to immediately locate and confiscate her diary? What in that diary was so explosive and revealing?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read to understand the real power brokers of this country
- By barry Lowe on 02-12-16
By: Peter Janney
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Revolution’s End
- The Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Mind Control, and the Secret History of Donald DeFreeze and the SLA
- By: Brad Schreiber
- Narrated by: Brad Schreiber
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 62
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 56
Revolution's End fully explains the most famous kidnapping in US history, detailing Patty Hearst's relationship with Donald DeFreeze, known as Cinque, the head of the Symbionese Liberation Army. Not only did the heiress have a sexual relationship with DeFreeze while he was imprisoned, she didn't know he was an informant and a victim of prison behavior modification.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting spin
- By jay rollins on 08-29-20
By: Brad Schreiber
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Killing a King
- The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel
- By: Dan Ephron
- Narrated by: Assaf Cohen
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 214
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin remains the single most consequential event in Israel's recent history and one that fundamentally altered the trajectory for both Israel and the Palestinians. Killing a King relates the parallel stories of Rabin and his stalker, Yigal Amir, over the two years leading up to the assassination, as one of them planned political deals he hoped would lead to peace - and the other plotted murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tragic history well presented.
- By Mmday on 02-28-16
By: Dan Ephron
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CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys
- How and Why US Agents Conspired to Assassinate JFK and RFK
- By: Patrick Nolan, Dr. Henry C. Lee - foreword
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,114
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 991
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 989
In CIA Rogues and the Killing of the Kennedys, Patrick Nolan fearlessly investigates the CIA’s involvement in the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy - why the brothers needed to die and how rogue intelligence agents orchestrated history’s most infamous conspiracy. Nolan furthers the research of leading scholars who agree that there remain serious unanswered questions regarding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where are we now?
- By Payton on 04-12-17
By: Patrick Nolan, and others
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Inside Scientology
- The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion
- By: Janet Reitman
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,167
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1,848
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,865
Scientology, created in 1954 by a prolific sci-fi writer named L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world's fastest-growing religion, with millions of members around the world and huge financial holdings. Its celebrity believers keep its profile high, and its teams of "volunteer ministers" offer aid at disaster sites such as Haiti and the World Trade Center. But Scientology is also a notably closed faith, harassing journalists and others through litigation and intimidation, even infiltrating the highest levels of government to further its goals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My cup of tea.
- By MWMcCabe on 08-09-11
By: Janet Reitman
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The Plot to Kill King
- The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- By: Dr. William F. Pepper Esq.
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 357
William Pepper was James Earl Ray's lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and even after Ray's conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray's innocence. This myth-shattering expose is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper's original best-selling and critically-acclaimed book of the same name, with 26 years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details of the night of the murder, the trial, and why Ray was chosen to take the fall for an evil conspiracy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required listening
- By MJ in LA on 07-20-17
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Guests of the Ayatollah
- The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
- By: Mark Bowden
- Narrated by: Mark Bowden
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 411
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 278
The Iran hostage crisis was a watershed moment in American history. It was America's first showdown with Islamic fundamentalism, a confrontation at the forefront of American policy to this day. It was also a powerful dramatic story that captivated the American people, launched yellow-ribbon campaigns, made celebrities of the hostage's families, and crippled the reelection campaign of President Jimmy Carter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worth a listen, with a few reservations
- By Eunice on 06-02-09
By: Mark Bowden
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The Unbreakable Miss Lovely
- How the Church of Scientology Tried to Destroy Paulette Cooper
- By: Tony Ortega
- Narrated by: Tony Ortega
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 292
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 287
In 1971 Paulette Cooper wrote a scathing book about the Church of Scientology. Desperate to shut the book down, Scientology unleashed on her one of the most sinister personal campaigns the free world has ever known. The onslaught, which lasted years, ruined her life and drove her to the brink of suicide. The story of Paulette's terrifying ordeal is told in full for the first time in The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A "CHURCH" THAT IS DESTRUCTIVE. INSIDE SCIENTOLOGY
- By Count B on 09-29-16
By: Tony Ortega
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In Plain Sight
- The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation
- By: Tom Smart, Lee Benson
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
This riveting inside story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager who was kidnapped from her bed reveals never-before-told details of the largest investigation in Utah state history. Paced like a thriller, this true account moves between the parallel stories of the searchers and the abductor. Going beyond a mere eyewitness account, the book includes information culled from interviews with more than 150 people involved in the search and investigation, notes from family meetings, and memos from law enforcement officials.
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2 out of 5 stars
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You are one strange man.
- By Dustin Izsa on 03-21-20
By: Tom Smart, and others
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Striking Back
- The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
- By: Aaron J. Klein
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 720
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 405
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 407
1972. The Munich Olympics. Palestinian members of the Black September group murder 11 Israeli athletes. Nine hundred million people watch the crisis unfold on television, witnessing a tragedy that inaugurates the modern age of terror.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very, very good book. When researched.
- By Roadrunner At Large on 01-26-06
By: Aaron J. Klein