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 On November 18, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana, over 900 people died in one of the largest mass murder-suicides in modern history. Locked deep within an FBI vault, the audio tapes documenting the rise and fall of Peoples Temple were sealed away until they were finally made public more than 20 years later. From Jim Jones’ shadowy beginnings as a faith healer to the final, tragic night when his devoted followers drank cyanide laced Flavor Aid, Transmissions from Jonestown pieces together the story of a movement that spiraled into catastrophe. Transmissions from Jonestown is a true crime podcast and investigative audio documentary that exposes the untold story of Peoples Temple and the Jonestown tragedy using rare archival recordings, interviews with survivors, and original research. More than the story of a cult, this is an important chapter of American history that challenges everything we thought we knew about power, belief, and the cost of blind devotion. Crímenes Reales Mundial
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  • Episode 1 Peoples Temple

    Episode 1 Peoples Temple
    Nov 7 2017

    On November 18, 1978, an entire community of United States Citizens died deep in the jungle of Guyana. At the command of their charismatic leader Reverend Jim Jones, over 900 members of the Peoples Temple agricultural project lost their lives. Some believed they were sacrificing their lives for revolutionary suicide, others were forced or coerced by the group. A colorful toxic mix of Flavor Aid, Kool-Aid, and cyanide was passed around in Dixie cups. For those unable or unwilling the mixture was administered using syringes. Most of us have heard the story: an egomaniacal madman and his brainwashed cult of zombie followers commit mass suicide in the heart of darkness. Nothing more than a cautionary tale reminding us all to think for ourselves and never ever drink the Kool-Aid. Join us as we investigate what happened in Jonestown and the history of Jim Jones and Peoples Temple.

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    45 m
  • Episode 2 Life In The Promised Land

    Episode 2 Life In The Promised Land
    Nov 17 2017

    After the New West article, Jim Jones fled to his jungle compound bringing several hundred Peoples Temple members with him. The population of Jonestown exploded from about 50 to over 900 residents. Resources and food were scarce and Jim Jones rambled over the loudspeakers warning the community of a coming siege. The atmosphere in Jonestown was tense and chaotic, the people toiled 10 hours a day in the fields as Jim Jones slipped into a drug induced waking nightmare. For the members of Peoples Temple who’d sold all of their worldly possessions to live in the promised land, the realization that the pied piper of lies was in total control came the moment they entered Jonestown and handed in their passports. Join us as we investigate life in Jonestown.
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    47 m
  • Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide

    Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide
    Nov 18 2017

    Jonestown prepared for its final reckoning. Unable to postpone Congressman Leo Ryan’s inquiry any longer, Jim Jones orchestrated an elaborate facade. Dinner was served, the pavilion was staged for visiting eyes, and the music of the Jonestown Express filled the air. To the congressional delegation and reporters, the people of Jonestown appeared vibrant, well-fed, and content. The atmosphere relaxed when Leo Ryan praised the community saying that the people he observed seemed happy. For a fleeting moment, it seemed that Jim Jones and his followers had weathered yet another storm of criticism, another assault from a hostile world.

    But behind the painted smile of Jonestown’s polished presentation, signs of fear and paranoia were slipping through the cracks. As applause echoed through the compound, a desperate note was thrust into the hand of NBC newsman Don Harris: "HELP US GET OUT OF JONESTOWN."

    This episode delves into the final day of Jonestown’s descent into tragedy. Join us as we retrace the chilling events that led to the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan and the deaths of over 900 men, women, and children. Jonestown’s last day on earth.

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    48 m
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This us the podcast that got me interested in the Peoples Temple. It's a very good launchpad to understand the complex and fascinating history of the group. I recommend it all the time then follow up with Raven, the book. There are some inaccuracies in the podcast (it's not at all mysterious what Jones was doing in South America for 2 years for instance) but it gives a very approachable yet sufficiently in depth look at a often talked about but misunderstood group in history.

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Phenomenal. Richard Dwyer was the CIA link that Jim Jones wanted to protect. Most were injected on their back near their shoulder blade. They were testing mind control under Project MKULTRA with a context or concentration of group dynamics and not the individual. There was Psychic Driving 24/7. When it was not Jim Jones talking live., it was him talking through recordings. When they would torture somebody it would be broadcast to the whole compound. They found enough LSD and Thorazine to drug all of Guyana hundreds of times over. Go check out the picture of Jim Jones and Rosalynn Carter and the picture of her with John Wayne Gacy who was another agent, an agent of John David Norman's Delta Project, which is also connected to Dean Corll, Francis Shelden, Bud Vermilye, New Orleans Boy Scout Troop 137 and CIA Robert Lang but that is another rabbit hole. Did you know that the land that was used for the Peoples Temple was used by the CIA to train mercenaries to fight in Angola? They wanted to test whether people would kill themselves, if they would obey, if they would jump when told to. Most did not. When they saw the people being killed they ran into the jungle. Within 5 days they were all killed by soldiers and mercenaries protecting the Black Operation. Those who they let survive and live were taken to military hospitals and reprogrammed so they would spew the official story of taking the kool-aid. So when the White Night alarm sounded most did not take the poison. Almost half a century later most people are under nanoparticulate and electromagnetic frequency mind control and they did they take the poison under the guise of a life saving vaccine!

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Extremely well done. Tons of research that is presented in a well organised and easily understandable way. Does a very good job of supplying as much information as possible in as unbiased a way as I think can be done.
I'm so impressed with this, and I wish I was better at writing reviews so I could convey all the reasons this is incredible. I highly recommend listening

Excellent

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Awesome listen! Everything was well researched and laid out perfectly. Hope there will be more to come one day

Awesome

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