Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy's Sister and Mass Murder Jim Jones' Son Speak Out

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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From February 17, 2010: Oprah talks to Jim Jones, Jr., the son of the notorious Peoples Temple leader, about the Jonestown Massacre, why he didn’t “drink the Kool-Aid,” and how sports saved his life. Karen Kuzma opens up publicly, for the first time, about her brother serial killer John Wayne Gacy. She recalls life as they were growing up, the phone call when he was arrested and his last hours before he was executed.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes, I believe the Open Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
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0:22.0	The LOLs, the moments that matter, the eye-opening white lessons.
0:28.0	Never allow them to take to somewhere else.
0:31.0	I'm bringing them back!
0:33.0	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.0	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.0	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know.
0:46.0	Do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
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0:59.0	We've all heard the expression don't drink the Kool-Aid,
1:02.0	which means don't just go blindly along with the crowd.
1:05.0	Think for yourself.
1:06.0	But do you know where that term comes from?
1:09.0	The 1978 Jonestown massacre, where more than 900 Americans all drank a Kool-Aid-like beverage.
1:19.0	It wasn't actually Kool-Aid.
1:20.0	Laced with poisonous cyanide.
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