November 18, 1978: The Jonestown Massacre
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🗓️ 18 November 2019
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | At Barclays, we're here for the land of football. |
| 0:06.4 | We're here for the Premier League, |
| 0:09.0 | and the Barclays Women's Super League. |
| 0:12.1 | We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance. |
| 0:18.0 | We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy booths. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all. |
| 0:27.6 | Barclays, here for the land of football. Today is Monday, November 18th, 2019. |
| 0:37.0 | On this day in 1978, Jim Jones, the founder of the People's Temple cult, led a little over 900 followers to drink poisoned |
| 0:49.0 | flavor aid in a mass suicide. |
| 1:00.0 | Welcome to today in true crime, a parcast original. Due to the graphic nature of today's crimes, |
| 1:03.0 | listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:05.0 | Extreme caution is advised for listeners under 13. |
| 1:09.0 | Today, we're covering the tragic fallout |
| 1:12.0 | of Congressman Leo Ryan's investigation of the People's Temple |
| 1:16.0 | cult, a mass suicide of over 900 people. |
| 1:21.1 | Now let's go back to the compound in Jonestown, Guyana on November 18th, 1978, a little |
| 1:29.3 | after four in the afternoon. |
| 1:40.0 | Jim Jones perched on his throne, ruminating. The pavilion was almost empty. |
| 1:42.0 | His vassals were busy toiling in the fields working to please him. |
| 1:48.0 | But like all great things, Jones's rule was coming to an end. |
| 1:54.3 | He'd seen the Harbingers of destruction looming for years. |
| 1:58.8 | And with the latest bloody confrontation, Jones knew that the end was nigh. |
| 2:06.3 | The most recent sign of trouble was Congressman Leo Ryan. |
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