We are back once again with the second half of our coverage of Jonestown and the massacre that rocked the world.
When we left you in part 1 Jones had just moved over 100 of his followers to California to start his communal communist utopia. But he soon realized that staying in the US would cost him control of his followers. So he set out to find a new home for the People's Temple.
This new home, in the rainforest of Guyana in South America, was perfect for Jones to exact total control over his followers; the thousand or so he got to move with him. But within a few short years what was once meant to be a model for future communities became a model for how to start, and end, a cult.
TPL EP 120 Source Notes:
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/jim-jones-drugs-jonestown-control-peoples-temple
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones#Apostolic_Socialism
https://biologyinsights.com/how-does-starvation-affect-the-brain/
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