Bay City, Michigan native, Shirlee Fields, made her way out west upon graduating high school and eventually found herself in the wilds of Guyana. Hoping and trying for a better future, Shirlee and her family followed Jim Jones into Jonestown and never returned.
We follow Shirlee's story, allowing her to step out of the Jonestown shadow and see Shirlee Fields.
Sources:
Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple.
Cole's MLive series on Shirlee Fields (five parts);
Shirlee's Story: Part 1 , Shirlee's Story: Part 2 , Shirlee's Story: Part 3 ,
Shirlee's Story: Part 4 , Shirlee's Story: Part 5.
E-Mail the show at BorrowedBonesPodcast@proton.me
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