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Something Was Wrong

S4 Ep1: There's No Comfort to Run To | Season Four - Escaping Jonestown

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This podcast is intended for mature audiences and discusses topics that could be triggering to some.

0:06.1

Opinions expressed by guests on the show are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of this podcast.

0:12.3

I am not a therapist or a doctor. All resources, books, and sources mentioned on the podcast can be found linked in the episode notes.

0:22.5

If you or someone you love is being abused, please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. If you or someone

0:32.5

you love is struggling with a suicidal crisis or emotional distress, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention

0:39.2

Lifeline 24-7 at 1-800-273-8255. Some of today's episode involves suicidal ideation or thoughts

0:49.9

of suicide. Please take care when listening. Thank you. A few months back, I received a message from

0:56.2

Leannis Bogue, a 22-year-old listener of the podcast from Dixon, California. Leah was reaching out

1:03.1

because she wondered if I might have any interest into telling her family's story. Leah's dad,

1:08.9

Tom Bogue, and his father, Jim Bogue, were survivors of the People's Temple

1:14.2

cult. Tom and Jim narrowly escaped the massacre at Jonestown on November 18, 1978,

1:21.3

when 918 other people lost their lives in a mass murder at the hands of an evil gaslighting psychopath

1:30.8

named Reverend Jim Jones. I was taken aback at the information and wondered if I was reading

1:38.0

her messages correctly. Leah let me know her father was a busy guy, as he's the mayor of Dixon,

1:45.5

but she hoped that he would make time to speak with me. She herself wanted to know more about her own father's story.

1:51.5

She had heard bits and pieces of her dad's story, and despite his taking part in countless

1:55.9

interviews over the past 40 years, her dad Tom's story never really got told. Most of the media wanted only

2:03.6

to use Tom as a prop and gain information about the people's temple leader, the Reverend Jones.

2:10.4

I told Leah I was absolutely interested in talking with her dad and hearing his story.

2:15.7

She told me the next day that he had agreed. He would let me interview him.

2:19.6

I was to send my questions over in advance, and a date for the interview was set. Leah also let me know

2:25.3

that, though she hoped he would change his mind, her grandpa Jim would not be willing to speak with me.

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