Best Masssuicide Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 21 Sunday Service Liar's Communion 1:59:49

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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. Temple members were …

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Episode 20 Sunday Service Leave Room for the Holy Ghost 1:20:01

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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 healing…

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Episode 19 Sunday Service Hands Clasped 1:07:39

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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!…

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Episode 18 Where there's smoke 1:24:46

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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 a…

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Episode 17 He's Able 1:45:54

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Music was often peoples first, and last impression of Peoples Temple. From the moment you walked into a temple service, the music created a certain atmosphere. The voices of the choir lifted the spirits of the congregants, electrifying the audience. In 1973 the temple recorded the gospel funk album “He’s Able”. The altruistic message of equality ex…

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Episode 16 MK United 2:24:02

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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.By The Attention Span Recovery Project

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Episode 15 The Nuclear Family 1:04:27

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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 J…

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Episode 14 Evangelical Profit 1:38:20

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I believe in Jim Jones. Many of you have seen the photograph. An elderly woman dressed in her Sunday best with a resolute, if not revolutionary sparkle in her eye. But what did Jim Jones believe? 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 imme…

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Episode 13 God's Highway 1:07:10

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Welcome back. All this time I was searching for the truth, I ignored the psychedelic elephant in the room. Former members of the temple, the survivors, have as many questions about what happened in Jonestown as I do. I invite you to forget everything you think you know about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple and let go of your outsiders perspective.…

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Episode 12 Hill Of Dreamers 44:52

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41 years ago today the Jonestown massacre claimed the lives of 918 Americans. When the people of Jonestown died, their bodies remained where they fell for 4 days. Sprayed with pesticides and crowded into military body bags, the remains of Jonestown’s dead were shipped to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for processing. In the end 593 people were id…

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Episode 11 Ockham's Razor, Solving The Mystery Of Q875 1:03:22

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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 othe…

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Episode 10 Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself 1:05:33

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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 p…

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Episode 9 Q875, Is It Too Late For Russia? 1:01:11

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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.By The Attention Span Recovery Project

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Episode 8 The Psychodelic Elephant 1:06:42

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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.By The Attention Span Recovery Project

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Episode 7 The Electric Koolaid Acid Tests 1:03:02

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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 …

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Episode 6 Apostolic Socialism 55:20

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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…

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Episode 5 The Consequences Of Apathy 1:01:48

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Leo Ryan wasn’t the only publicly elected official assassinated the week of November 18. In the weeks following the mass tragedy in Jonestown, rumors of a Peoples Temple hit squad terrified the concerned relatives and survivors. In the wake of false news reports, the world struggled to understand what had happened to the Peoples Temple. For the few…

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Episode 4 The Death Tape 56:45

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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 plac…

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Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide 48:05

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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. To the visitors the people seemed happy and well nourished. The atmosphere in Jonestown relaxed …

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Episode 2 Life In The Promised Land 46:45

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After the New West article, 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 tens…

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Episode 1 Peoples Temple 44:53

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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 agricultural project lost their lives, some believed they were committing a revolutionary act of suicide, others were forced or coerced by the group. A colo…

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Transmissions From Jonestown

The Attention Span Recovery Project

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Episode 21 Sunday Service Liar's Communion 1:59:49

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Episode 20 Sunday Service Leave Room for the Holy Ghost 1:20:01

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Episode 19 Sunday Service Hands Clasped 1:07:39

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Episode 18 Where there's smoke 1:24:46

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Episode 17 He's Able 1:45:54

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Episode 16 MK United 2:24:02

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Episode 15 The Nuclear Family 1:04:27

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Episode 14 Evangelical Profit 1:38:20

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Episode 13 God's Highway 1:07:10

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Episode 12 Hill Of Dreamers 44:52

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Episode 11 Ockham's Razor, Solving The Mystery Of Q875 1:03:22

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Episode 10 Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself 1:05:33

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Episode 9 Q875, Is It Too Late For Russia? 1:01:11

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Episode 8 The Psychodelic Elephant 1:06:42

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Episode 7 The Electric Koolaid Acid Tests 1:03:02

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Episode 6 Apostolic Socialism 55:20

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Episode 5 The Consequences Of Apathy 1:01:48

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Episode 4 The Death Tape 56:45

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Episode 3 Revolutionary Suicide 48:05

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Episode 2 Life In The Promised Land 46:45

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Episode 1 Peoples Temple 44:53

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