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Episode 7: The Jonestown Massacre

Episode 7: The Jonestown Massacre

Disaster Area · Disaster Area

April 28, 20162h 22m

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Show Notes

Over nine hundred men, women, and children died in 1978 in a small settlement in Guyana established by the People Temple, a church which presented itself as representing the ideals of racial equality, social justice, support of the elderly and children, and other seemingly positive issues. But behind the scenes, the machinations of "Father" Jim Jones led to sexual assault, violence, manipulation, and ultimately mass suicide.