Episode 380 - Jim Jones Part 2: The Jonestown Massacre

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Last week we told you how over 1,000 people ended up in the Guyanese jungle following the orders of a meth-head with a god complex. Short answer: Nobody knowingly joins a cult.

This week we’re here to tell you how the arrival of US Congressman Leo Ryan inadvertently set off a chain of events that led to the chaotic end of Jonestown and the tragic loss of nearly 1,000 lives.

This is part two of their story.

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Sources:
The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn (ISBN:9781476763835)

A Thousand Lives by Julia Scheers (ISBN: 9781416596394)

Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People by Tim Reiterman (ISBN: 9780525241362)

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