November 18th...The Jonestown Massacre

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 91. This time we examine the year 1978 as the Jonestown massacre occurs.

 

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkookcrAnSE&has_verified=1

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Jones

https://www.ranker.com/list/life-in-jonestown/beth-elias

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Peoples-Temple

https://www.history.com/news/jonestown-jim-jones-mass-murder-suicide

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-suicide-at-jonestown

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jonestown-massacre

https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/jonestown-13-things-you-should-know-about-cult-massacre-121974/

https://www.grunge.com/195254/how-many-people-survived-the-jonestown-massacre/

 

Photo: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones#/media/File:Rev._Jim_Jones,_1977.jpg