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Episode 129: A Kool-Aid Massacre

Kori and Courtney Season 2 Episode 129

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Jim Jones was an American cult leader who proclaimed to be the messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San Fransico based evangelist group. He promised his followers a utopia living in the Jungles of South America by way of an agricultural commune in Guyana known as Jonestown. Jones ultimately led his followers into a mass suicide on November 18, 1978, which left more than 900 dead and came to be known as the Jonestown Massacre. So, why did Jim Jones lead his flock to their untimely deaths?
References:
Cult | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica

Why Did Hundreds of Americans 'Drink the Kool-Aid' at Jonestown? | HowStuffWorks

Mass suicide at Jonestown | November 18, 1978 | HISTORY

Mass suicide at Jonestown | November 18, 1978 | HISTORY

Jonestown ‑ Massacre, Guyana & Cult | HISTORY

Jonestown | History, Facts, Jim Jones, & Survivors | Britannica

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