Jonestown Part 2: The Peoples Temple and the Journey to Jonestown

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Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In the second installment of Jonestown we’re picking up right where we left off. This week we’re discussing Jim’s time in Brazil where a prophetic vision led him to take his followers out west to California until an exposè was released that included interviews with ex-peoples temple followers and all hell broke loose leading Jim to uproot his followers once again and make their way to Guyana. Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Peace_Mission_movement ‘The Road to Jonestown’ Jeff Guinn https://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/02/archives/pastor-a-charlatan-to-some-a-philosopher-to-wife.html https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Nine-Places-to-Hide.pdf https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=69269 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-california/

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1:24.4	I'm your Cult Leader Spencer Henry, and this week's episode, Jones Town Part 2, we're
1:29.4	exploring Jim Jones's transition from Preacher to Cult Leader.
1:33.6	In part one, we learned all about Jim's upbringing, his introduction to the church by across
1:38.3	the street neighbor, Myrtle Kennedy, as well as the tumultuous relationship between Jim's
1:42.8	parents.
1:43.8	When we left off, Jim had recently acquired a building on 10th and Delaware streets in
1:48.0	Indianapolis.
1:49.1	He renamed his church from community unity, briefly to Wings of Deliverance, eventually settling
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