Case 60
Jonestown
*** Content Warning: abuse, mass death, child victims, suicide, animal cruelty ***
[Part 3 of 3]
On November 17 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan travelled to Guyana to inspect Jonestown for himself. When a number of Peoples Temple members expressed a desire to leave with him, Jim Jones was furious. What followed next would go down in history.
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EPISODE:
Research & writing – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC:
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
OTHER:
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
BOOKS:
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown – Julia Scheeres
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple – Jeff Guinn
IMAGES:
Transcription of Marceline Jones
The Eight Revolutionaries Letter to Jim Jones
ARTICLES:
Nurture Failure: A Psychobiographical Approach to the Childhood of Jim Jones– James L. Kelley
Indiana University Reflects 30 Years After Jonestown Massacre – Indiana Daily
Nine Places to Hide – Esquire Magazine
Sex in Peoples Temple – David Parker Wise
‘Caravan of Hope’ Crosses America – Proclaims Brotherhood and Cooperation as Cure for Nation’s Ills
Was Peoples Temple Responsible for the Deaths of Some of its Former Members?
Inside Peoples Temple – New West Magazine
VIDEOS:
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jonestown Cult Suicides: The True Story