Transmissions From Jonestown

On November 18 1978 Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple died in Jonestown in what is considered to be the largest mass suicide in modern history. Locked deep within an FBI vault, the tapes chronicling the history of Peoples Temple were finally made public after 20 years. From Jim Jones shady beginnings as a faith healer to that final tragic night that his loyal followers drank the Koolaide. Join us as we piece together the history of Peoples Temple and try to understand what led to their demise.

Episode 21 Sunday Service Liar's Communion 08/15/2021

Episode 21 Sunday Service Liar's Communion Jim Jones had a gift for recognizing and cultivating a person’s capacity for magical thinking or the belief that unrelated events are connected by invisible, supernatural threads. Those who followed Jim Jones surrendered their will, believing that, whatever Father was planning, he had the power and knowledge to guide them home. With a wink and a smile Jim Jones reassured his flock that the chicanery was all a part of God’s plan. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/20144696

Episode 20 Sunday Service Leave Room for the Holy Ghost 08/15/2021

Episode 20 Sunday Service Leave Room for the Holy Ghost The paranormal healing ministry drew new members into the movement with Jim Jones’ promises of supernatural support for the cause. The divine gifts physically drained him, he could feel people’s sickness and pain as he healed them. He began using sleight of hand when removing cancers, this seemed to cause a chain reaction and trigger actual healings. As more helpers were recruited, secrets were traded amongst the inner circle like currency, making Jim Jones the richest man in Peoples Temple. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/20144687

Episode 19 Sunday Service Hands Clasped 08/15/2021

Episode 19 Sunday Service Hands Clasped Welcome to the Sunday Service, a 3-part immersive experience exploring Jim Jones’ paranormal ministry and the mystery of the nine gifts of the holy spirit. Your first visit to Peoples Temple will involve a profound, life changing, spiritual experience of the paranormal variety. The blind shall see, the deaf shall hear and the dead shall rise again! Lose yourself in the mystique, as Jim Jones’ creates the illusion that leads to the Temple’s eventual demise. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/20144669

Episode 18 Where there's smoke 05/21/2021

Episode 18 Where there's smoke Denise was three years old when her family first joined the Peoples Temple. Like so many early childhood memories, obscured by the lenses of time or augmented by repeated viewings of the family photo album, Denise’s early recollections of her time in the temple are vivid snapshots of experiences and emotions. She sacrificed her youth to Jim Jones and the cause, but as she grew up, she learned that no show of loyalty was ever enough. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/19196849

Episode 17 He's Able 03/05/2021

Episode 17 He's Able The moment you walk into a temple service, the music created a certain atmosphere. In 1973 the temple recorded the gospel funk album “He’s Able”. The altruistic message of equality expressed on the album, the optimism and high energy of the singers juxtaposes what we know will be their eventual fate in Jonestown. Yet in that moment in 1973 now etched on vinyl, the temples future is not yet set, and the dreamers still believe, and you can hear it. This is the story behind the making of “He’s Able� /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/18199532

Episode 16 MK United 01/02/2021

Episode 16 MK United Jim Jones will be remembered as the notorious cult leader who betrayed his followers trust and orchestrated their deaths. Join us as we examine the fabric of his ideals and beliefs stained by the blood of his flock in search of his true motives and spiritual beliefs. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/17395766

Episode 15 The Nuclear Family 12/16/2020

Episode 15 The Nuclear Family Irrational fear opens the floodgates of our imaginations unleashing upon ourselves the monsters and demons we let live in our subconscious. In 1962 Jim Jones leaves his church in Indiana behind to travel to Belo Horizonte Brazil under the guise of missionary work. Join us as former members of Peoples Temple remember this mysterious chapter of Jim Jones' life. Did Jim Jones travel to Brazil as part of a clandestine government project? Was Jim Jones searching for a safe haven from nuclear fallout? /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/17214512

Episode 14 Evangelical Profit 12/02/2020

Episode 14 Evangelical Profit Jim Jones, the pied piper of lies, will forever be remembered as the self-proclaimed prophet who led his flock to the slaughter. Traditional Churches immediately distanced themselves from the Peoples Temple Christian church after the tragedy in Jonestown claiming that Jim Jones only used religion to introduce people to socialism. We challenge this assumption. Join us as we examine Jim Jones beliefs and his adventures with the Holy Ghost. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/17029082

Episode 13 God's Highway 11/18/2020

Episode 13 God's Highway I invite you to forget everything you think you know about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple and let go of your outsiders perspective. Was Jim Jones responsible for a series of deaths that occurred in California, years before the tragic mass murder suicide in Guyana? Three automobile accidents, spanning three decades, provide a backdrop for examining this question, and others, about the infamous cult leader and Peoples Temple members. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/16837565

Episode 12 Hill Of Dreamers 11/19/2019

Episode 12 Hill Of Dreamers 41 years ago, tonight, the people of Jonestown died in a tragedy that was, at the time the largest loss of American civilian life caused be a deliberate act. That morbid record stood until September 11 2001 when 2996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York. This is not a normal episode of the program but rather a memorial to those who died on November 18, 1978 deep in the jungle of Guyana. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/12087428

Episode 11 Ockham's Razor, Solving The Mystery Of Q875 11/18/2018

Episode 11 Ockham's Razor, Solving The Mystery Of Q875 Q875, known as the November 19 mystery tape, with its static filled audio and found footage type origins, perplex and mystify those who choose to analyze it. A Jonestown survivor claims to hear the voice of Jim Jones hours after the settlement had been poisoned. Others believe the CIA made the tape. Q875 was found in Jonestown with hundreds of other tapes, what makes the mystery tape unique is that it was the only tape recorded in Jonestown AFTER everyone was dead. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/7551509

Episode 10 Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself 11/18/2018

Episode 10 Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself 40 years ago, 918 Americans died in the largest mass murder/suicide in modern history. Defined by the last day of their lives, the people of Jonestown became a part of true crime lore, overshadowed by their charismatic leader Jim Jones. We all know how the Peoples Temple died, but how did they live? The Attention Span Recovery Project is proud to present this memorial special, honoring the lives of the people of Jonestown, told by the survivors who knew and loved them. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/7549958

Episode 9 Q875, Is It Too Late For Russia? 12/09/2017

Episode 9 Q875, Is It Too Late For Russia? What if everything you thought you knew about Jonestown was a lie? This is the final episode of Transmissions From Jonestown. Join us as we examine new evidence that not only challenges popular theory, but history itself. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/6015375

Episode 8 The Psychodelic Elephant 12/09/2017

Episode 8 The Psychodelic Elephant Truth often requires those who search for it to accept coincidence as a form of nature. How are Jim Jones, Patty Hearst, Jack Ruby, and Sirhan Sirhan all connected? Find out as we go further down the rabbit hole. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/6015361

Episode 7 The Electric Koolaid Acid Tests 12/02/2017

Episode 7 The Electric Koolaid Acid Tests After world war two German scientists were recruited by the American military into intelligence programs. MKULTRA, a behavior modification program, used American citizens for its experiments after the war until 1974 when the program went underground. As society attempted to understand how a massacre like Jonestown could happen, many theorized that the Peoples Temple were victims of a CIA medical experiment. Join us as we investigate Jonestown conspiracy theories and MKULTRA. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5993781

Episode 6 Apostolic Socialism 12/01/2017

Episode 6 Apostolic Socialism Guyana has a strange and fascinating history. Once believed to hide the lost city of El Dorado, the northwest territory of Guyana is home to a violent mythology predating the Jonestown massacre by hundreds of years. Mined for its gold and known for its mysterious mountains, mid century Guyana emerged as a newly independent nation lost in a world of espionage. Join us as we investigate why Guyana was chosen to be Jim Jones’s socialist paradise. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5977175

Episode 5 The Consequences Of Apathy 11/25/2017

Episode 5 The Consequences Of Apathy In the wake of false news reports, the world struggled to understand what had happened to the Peoples Temple. For the few who made it out of Jonestown, the process of reentering society was traumatic. Surviving the lonely road home in a world demanding answerers robbed many survivors of their grief. Join us as we investigate what became of the Peoples Temple. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5977158

Episode 4 The Death Tape 11/24/2017

Episode 4 The Death Tape Of all the evidence collected in Jonestown a single audio recording proved to the world that over 900 American citizens chose to drink cyanide laced Kool-aid on the command of their cult leader Jim Jones. But what if the tape was edited? Or spliced together from earlier white nights and planning commission meetings in which suicide drills took place? Join us as we analyze the death tape. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5942013

Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide 11/18/2017

Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide Unable to delay Leo Ryan's congressional inquiry any longer, Jim Jones readied the settlement for what he believed to be an attempt to destroy the Peoples Temple by defectors. An elaborate show was performed in the pavilion and fried chicken was served. As the Jonestown Express played on, a note was passed to newsman Don Harris that said, "HELP US GET OUT OF JONESTOWN". This episode focuses on Jonestown, on its last day on earth. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5941734

Episode 2 Life In The Promised Land 11/17/2017

Episode 2 Life In The Promised Land Jim Jones fled to his jungle compound bringing several hundred Peoples Temple members with him. The population of Jonestown exploded from about 50 to over 900 residents. Resources and food were scarce and Jim Jones rambled over the loudspeakers warning the community of a coming siege. The atmosphere in Jonestown was tense and chaotic, the people toiled 10 hours a day in the fields as Jim Jones slipped into a drug induced waking nightmare. Join us as we investigate life in Jonestown. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5925780

Episode 1 Peoples Temple 11/07/2017

Episode 1 Peoples Temple On November 18 1978, an entire community of United States Citizens died deep in the jungle of Guyana. At the command of their charismatic leader rev Jim Jones 909 members of the peoples temple lost their lives, some believed they were committing a revolutionary act of suicide, others were forced or coerced by the group. Join us as we investigate how it all began. /episode/index/show/radiojonestown/id/5918445

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