On November 18, 1978, 918 people died in a mass murder suicide in the remote jungle of Guyana. Jim Jones, a charismatic evangelical preacher turned socialist revolutionary influenced his followers to sell their possessions and follow him to the promised land. Once isolated in the heart of darkness, Jim Jones, consumed by drug fueled paranoia, ordered his followers to drink cyanide after killing a Congressman.

The tapes and documents left behind by those who died and the words of those who survived, tell a deeper story.

Join us as we investigate what happened in Jonestown, and examine the history of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple.

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The Attention Span Recovery Project is proud to present “Transmissions From Jonestown”, a true crime podcast series examining the history of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. A deep investigation into what led to the tragedy in Jonestown told by surviving former members and Peoples Temple tapes and documents obtained from the FBI.

“Collect all the tapes, all the writing, all the history. The story of this movement, this action, must be examined over and over. It must be understood in all of its incredible dimensions. 

Let all the story of this Peoples Temple be told.” - Suicide note found in Jonestown