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Transmissions From Jonestown

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  • On November 18 1978 Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple died in Jonestown in what is considered to be the largest mass suicide in modern history. Locked deep within an FBI vault, the tapes chronicling the history of Peoples Temple were finally made public after 20 years. From Jim Jones shady beginnings as a faith healer to that final tragic night that his loyal followers drank the Koolaide. Join us as we piece together the history of Peoples Temple and try to understand what led to their demise.
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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 Rev. Jim Jones 909 members of the peoples temple agricultural project lost their lives, some believed they were committing a revolutionary act of 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 how it all began. 
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    45 mins
  • 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 mins
  • Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide

    Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide
    Nov 18 2017

    Unable to delay Leo Ryan's congressional inquiry any longer, Jim Jones readied the settlement for what he believed to be an attempt to destroy the Peoples Temple by defectors. An elaborate show was performed in the pavilion and fried chicken was served. To the visitors the people seemed happy and well nourished.  The atmosphere in Jonestown relaxed as Leo Ryan expressed how impressive the community was , it seemed the Peoples Temple had survived yet another attack by outside forces. As the Jonestown Express played on, a note was passed to newsman Don Harris that said, "HELP US GET OUT OF JONESTOWN". This episode focuses on Jonestown, on its last day on earth.  
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    48 mins
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Fantastic

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

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Awesome

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

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