Join Jenny, the Disaster Queen and her BFF Becky Dell as they discuss the terrible ending of Jim Jones' socialist dream with the mass \"murder-suicide\" (the Disaster Queen calls it straight up murder) of over 900 of Jones' followers as well as Congressman Leo Ryan and several members of the media on November 18, 1978. Before the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, it was the largest loss of civilian American life in a single event. Learn about what happened, the events that led to the END, and what the world learned from this heinous tragedy.
Here are the sources I used to research this episode:
Book: The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn
Documentary series : Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (based on Guinn's book)
Documentary: Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre (currently on Hulu)
https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/timeline-of-jonestown
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
Book: Seductive Poison by Deborah Layton
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